Wheel patented in Australia
18:18 03 July 01
An Australian man has been issued with an innovation patent for the
wheel after setting out to test the workability of a new national
patent system.
John Keogh was issued the innovation patent for a "circular
transportation facilitation device" under a patent system introduced
in May 2001.
The innovation patent is designed to provide a quick, easy and cheap
alternative to a traditional patent for small businesses. It replaces
the petty patent in Australia and is even easier to process.
Applications for innovation patents can even be made online.
While a standard patent must be drafted by a lawyer with engineering
or science qualifications and must also demonstrate a significant
advance, the innovation patent need only to show an advance.
Keogh, who is a freelance patent lawyer himself, says that he applied
for the patent in order to test this new class of new patents. He
says that innovation patents are not examined in detail by the
Australian patent office.
"The patent office would be required to issue a patent for
everything," he told The Age newspaper. "All they're doing is putting
a rubber stamp on it."
Und hier ist es: Das Patent aufs Rad.
http://www.ipmenu.com/archive/AUI_2001100012.pdf
18:18 03 July 01
An Australian man has been issued with an innovation patent for the
wheel after setting out to test the workability of a new national
patent system.
John Keogh was issued the innovation patent for a "circular
transportation facilitation device" under a patent system introduced
in May 2001.
The innovation patent is designed to provide a quick, easy and cheap
alternative to a traditional patent for small businesses. It replaces
the petty patent in Australia and is even easier to process.
Applications for innovation patents can even be made online.
While a standard patent must be drafted by a lawyer with engineering
or science qualifications and must also demonstrate a significant
advance, the innovation patent need only to show an advance.
Keogh, who is a freelance patent lawyer himself, says that he applied
for the patent in order to test this new class of new patents. He
says that innovation patents are not examined in detail by the
Australian patent office.
"The patent office would be required to issue a patent for
everything," he told The Age newspaper. "All they're doing is putting
a rubber stamp on it."
Und hier ist es: Das Patent aufs Rad.
http://www.ipmenu.com/archive/AUI_2001100012.pdf