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TorbyFork234 wrote:

How do you even get stuff patented?

You file for a patent in the US with a whole bundle of paper work and images explaining the patent your filing and claiming. It's a long and technical process, but the government has to approve it.

TorbyFork234 wrote:

stevetheipad wrote:

TorbyFork234 wrote:

How do you even get stuff patented?

You file for a patent in the US with a whole bundle of paper work and images explaining the patent your filing and claiming. It's a long and technical process, but the government has to approve it.

Who's the guy that let's "playing with your cat with a laser pointer" be patented? They should start making the system better.

Definetely. Although it's rather easy to simply say something is a problem...changing it is another thing.

How about the tree?  Or the door?  If they're not patented, they will be soon enough.

oh i know
Why dont i patent communication :p

So everytime someone communicates with someone else they pay me £10

G0D_M0D3 wrote:

And lightnin posted another non-mod-y topic.

Misconception busted: mods, and even admins, are people with a sense of humor! And quite often a good one too... 

stevetheipad wrote:

Just more proof that we have a horrible patent system that needs to be changed. :I

+1
I patent the idea of moderators having a sense of humor. I'm gonna file it next week with Calvin's dad.

I'd love to try this on my cousins' cat. 

I might as well patent chicken.

It's probably patented already O.O

Well, this is odd.

"Chicken glasses date back to at least the early 1900′s. In fact, United States patent 730,918 was granted to Andrew Jackson Jr. on June 16, 1903. Andrew’s patented chicken glasses were basically an early version of safety glasses for poultry as they were meant to help protect chickens from getting their eyes pecked by other birds in the flock."

List of things that should be patented:
Tree
Claws
Teeth
Cats
Dogs
Bob
Bones
Baskets
Letters
Messages
My fursonas
Fish
LOLing

IDEA! Patent everything to me, then I can let everyone use everything freely!

bobbybee wrote:

IDEA! Patent everything to me, then I can let everyone use everything freely!

I like that idea.

ImagineIt wrote:

scimonster wrote:

G0D_M0D3 wrote:

And lightnin posted another non-mod-y topic.

Misconception busted: mods, and even admins, are people with a sense of humor! And quite often a good one too... 

stevetheipad wrote:

Just more proof that we have a horrible patent system that needs to be changed. :I

+1
I patent the idea of moderators having a sense of humor. I'm gonna file it next week with Calvin's dad.

I'd love to try this on my cousins' cat. 

At first I thought you said my cat's cousin. 

Am I the only one to get the "Calvin's Dad" refrence?

Hardmath123 wrote:

Believe it or not, two prime numbers have been patented. R. Schlafly got a patent on a couple of huge ones (150 digits and 300 digits respectively) because of their importance in encryption algorithms.

Code:

7,994,412,097,716,110,548,127,211,733,331,600,522,933,776,757,046,707,649,963,673,962,686,200,838,432,950,239,103,981,070,728,369,599,816,314,646,482,720,706,826,018,360,181,196,843,154,224,748,382,211,019
and 
103,864,912,054,654,272,074,839,999,186,936,834,171,066,194,620,139,675,036,534,769,616,693,904,589,884,931,513,925,858,861,749,077,079,643,532,169,815,633,834,450,952,832,125,258,174,795,234,553,238,258,030,222,937,772,878,346,831,083,983,624,739,712,536,721,932,666,180,751,292,001,388,772,039,413,446,493,758,317,344,413,531,957,900,028,443,184,983,069,698,882,035,800,332,668,237,985,846,170,997,572,388,089

So legally, you can't use these numbers.