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http://www.awoodpatents.com/claims_booklet_%28r...

great,
as they say in the states, you got it buddy!!

someone can reproduce virtually the same invention as yours but as long as their claims do not ‘read over’ your claims they have not infringed

A new nightmarish piece of patent terminology for me
‘read over’ ‘read over’ ‘read over’ ‘read over’

I think Brendan you are talking about a new use type of patent. An example I read about is the medicine aspirin. Supposedly if the drug is given to cattle it causes weight gain. Now a new patent is possible because the application and results are both un-obvious and novel which is key to obtaining a patent. Same product, different claims.

Hope your right Dond would be great if it is just ‘new use’

The simple little explanatory story on the first couple of pages on link below made me go, oops! though

http://www.awoodpatents.com/claims_booklet_%28r...;

I must further investigate

Hi Brendan, don’t know if it helps, but found the new use patent for aspirin and cattle. Check out: http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=ImddAAAA...
The claims are all about aspirin being a growth stimulant which was an unexpected discovery.

Hi Brendan

I wrote my own patent(not fun, took forever) I think dond is right. I read a book called Patent it Yourself by David Pressman and he uses the cattle aspirin example in his book.

Thanks for the tip folks, I am checking it out