Entertaining Cat With A Laser (Patent)(google.com)
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Entertaining Cat With A Laser (Patent)
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=OfwkAAAAEBAJ&dq=5,443,036
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Well, I violate that one on a regular basis...
"The involuntary and almost imperceptibly slight movements of the hand holding the laser device of the present invention creates a jittery animated effect in the light pattern at the opaque intersection appealing to cats even when the device is held essentially steady."
I hope the production model infantry laser rifle of the future is forced to include patent 5,443,036 on account that even in the hands of a bio-mechanical super-soldier, the jittering effect of the laser's appeal to cats was patented decades earlier.
I hope the production model infantry laser rifle of the future is forced to include patent 5,443,036 on account that even in the hands of a bio-mechanical super-soldier, the jittering effect of the laser's appeal to cats was patented decades earlier.
Am I the only one reminded of this Monty Python classic
Confuse a cat :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Je1CEPkUM
Confuse a cat :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Je1CEPkUM
How can you patent something that exists in two separate forms:
There has to be prior art before 1995 no? (look how large that laser is! mine is the size of a AAA battery)
So can I patent making a ball out of tin-foil and throwing it around with my cat (she chases it like crazy).
1. playing with cat
2. flashing a laser around
There has to be prior art before 1995 no? (look how large that laser is! mine is the size of a AAA battery)
So can I patent making a ball out of tin-foil and throwing it around with my cat (she chases it like crazy).
Webcatting: Saw this last month at NYU's ITP
http://itp.nyu.edu/~nbe206/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/s...
Natalie's blog: http://itp.nyu.edu/~nbe206/blog/
http://itp.nyu.edu/~nbe206/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/s...
Natalie's blog: http://itp.nyu.edu/~nbe206/blog/
Amusing still, but one of the longtime examples of an obvious invention.
Well - I just lodged a patent:
Method of entertaining a human with a cat.
PISS OFF IT'S MINE!
Method of entertaining a human with a cat.
PISS OFF IT'S MINE!