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by What » 3 Apr 2006 22:09
stupid freaking advanced forums(that i dont have access to).
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by greyman » 25 Apr 2006 9:17
Charnley wrote:Hi [...] One of my applications has just been granted a UK patent and now I have to find the eye watering money to file a PCT in the next couple of weeks. The design is currently being developed and should be ready for UK and USA launch in a few months. Ive been very lucky and have a big name that is not part of the Empire behind it too !
John
I'd also love to hear about your patent application. Can you tell us a little about it without spilling the beans ("disclosure" in lawyer speak)? A very knowledgeable friend of mine said to me recently "nothing is new in the world of locks". The more locks and lock patents you hear about the more you realise how true this is!
I was involved in filing a PCT (not for locks) in around 1994. My then employer paid upwards of AU$100,000 to file internationally. The US version of the patent finally appeared in 2001.
You may be able to recoup some of the money by offering to consult on the patent attorney's response, if your employer does not cover your time to do this. My experience was that the patent attorney comes back with a huge list of prior art patents that you have to argue are not equivalent to your idea. Only the inventor has any real chance to make a convincing case of this, so the patent attorney must seek your advice (unless he is an expert). If their advice costs $500/hour, make yours cost $1000/hour!

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by mh » 4 Oct 2006 11:46
n2oah wrote:Here are some awesome locks from Evva. These aren't even produced yet! Evva 1Evva 2
Just heard from EVVA about their new lock "ICS" = "Innen Codiertes System" = the key is coded on the inside (?!)
http://www.ws-huethig.de/product/018006 ... a1a45.html
They apparently presented a preview on the German "Security" trade fair - alas, I wasn't there...
Anyone has pics from that lock? (It's not the lock pictured on that web page).
Cheers,
mh
"The techs discovered that German locks were particularly difficult" - Robert Wallace, H. Keith Melton w. Henry R. Schlesinger, Spycraft: The secret history of the CIA's spytechs from communism to Al-Qaeda (New York: Dutton, 2008), p. 210
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by Double_Chin » 4 Oct 2006 12:24
Well, here's a photo of the item described in the first link:
"The present invention provides novel isolated BFLP0169 polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded by the BFLP0169 polynucleotides. Also provided are the antibodies that immunospecifically bind to a BFLP0169 polypeptide or any derivative (including fusion derivative), variant, mutant or fragment of the BFLP0169 polypeptide, polynucleotide or antibody. The invention additionally provides methods in which the BFLP0169 polypeptide, polynucleotide and antibody are utilized in the detection and treatment of a broad range of pathological states, as well as to other uses."
The first patent appears to be a patent on gene that produces a specialized polypeptide chain that's used in treatin lupus nephritis... no locks there.
JAY
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by Legion303 » 5 Oct 2006 6:19
johndoe1961 wrote:I am new at this
You're also a spamming moron, and I hope someone makes short work of your post.
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by Shrub » 5 Oct 2006 11:06
Thanks for that Steve, could you pm me if you see other such things
Cheers 
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by pauly003 » 25 Jan 2007 13:45
Great find, there are some nicely detailed drawings, and it's cool to know exactly what they are putting a patent on. 
Happy Picking
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by webidiot2 » 22 Nov 2008 16:54
I finally found the patent for the Van Lock, unfortunately it's the original and not the Vanamatic. Van Lock Patent
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by webidiot2 » 23 Nov 2008 7:37
Oops  sorry I haven't been on in a while I'll try to add to it some more. I am hoping this thread will grow 
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