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DJRND3 DJ looper Patent Publication Number: 20030171933 at www.uspto.gov ----- Original Message ----- From: "mark sottilaro" <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 7:23 PM Subject: Patent law > Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a patent a > protection of an idea's implementation and not an > idea? Like for instance I couldn't patent "car break" > but I could patent a new technology I developed to > break a car... So if the Repeater (or any Looper) > implemented time stretching of audio USING someone > else's circuit design and code, they'd be in trouble. > However if they developed a new way of doing it, > they're in the clear. I have to think it's got to be > like this or how could Microsoft make Windows... or > Apple make it's OS after looking at Zerox's computer > GUI? You can't patent "clicking on an icon brings up > a graphical representation of a window" but you can > patent the code you use to implement it. Am I totally > off here? > > Mark > > --- jeff larson <jeff.larson@sailpoint.com> wrote: > > > > > From: Warren Sirota [mailto:wsirota@wsdesigns.com] > > > Interesting. Can you give me any hints as to where > > I might find the > > patent > > > info? > > > > Mr. Perille was kind enough to send me this URL: > > > > > http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u > > > =%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=per > > ille.IN.&OS=IN/perille&RS=IN/perille > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >