US Design Patent Nummer 606274 wurde vor einigen Tagen veröffentlicht. Eigentümer ist die Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. Irgendwie scheint uns das Fahrzeug nicht ganz in die Reihe der Sportwagen zu passen… .
Who says an animation can’t be patented? Just file several patents in a row… This shows an animated PepsiCo logo that has been patented in consecutive Design Patents D601573 through D601577.
Another one of those examples how design patents make the world a richer place. Would be interesting to see this patent being litigated. I suspect that prior art will primarily be found outside of patents – which seems a lot harder for the Patent Office to find.
Isn’t this a pretty screw? The USPTO just granted a design patent (D601004) for this truly novel and non-obvious design of a screw.