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bitrex

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When I was a boy I used to see \"Pat. Pending\" written on everything from
consumer electronic enclosures to those triangular rubber blocks you put
on pencils to keep them rolling off the desk and I thought \"Who IS this
Pat Pending? He must be some kind of engineering genius his name is on
all sorts of stuff. I gotta meet this guy.\"
 
On Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 8:23:19 PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:
When I was a boy I used to see \"Pat. Pending\" written on everything from
consumer electronic enclosures to those triangular rubber blocks you put
on pencils to keep them rolling off the desk and I thought \"Who IS this
Pat Pending? He must be some kind of engineering genius his name is on
all sorts of stuff. I gotta meet this guy.\"
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Yeah, smart, but never made much on any of those inventions. That\'s why he keeps trying and trying.

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On 8/14/2020 5:53 AM, bitrex wrote:
When I was a boy I used to see \"Pat. Pending\" written on everything from
consumer electronic enclosures to those triangular rubber blocks you put
on pencils to keep them rolling off the desk and I thought \"Who IS this
Pat Pending? He must be some kind of engineering genius his name is on
all sorts of stuff. I gotta meet this guy.\"
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Not a \'he\'. It\'s short for Patricia.
 
On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 18:15:25 -0700 (PDT), Ricketty C
<gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 8:23:19 PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:
When I was a boy I used to see \"Pat. Pending\" written on everything from
consumer electronic enclosures to those triangular rubber blocks you put
on pencils to keep them rolling off the desk and I thought \"Who IS this
Pat Pending? He must be some kind of engineering genius his name is on
all sorts of stuff. I gotta meet this guy.\"

Yeah, smart, but never made much on any of those inventions. That\'s why he keeps trying and trying.
Click to expand...

Didn\'t Pat Pending appear on the Batman and Robin show way back when,
too ???
 
On 8/14/2020 1:41 AM, Pimpom wrote:
On 8/14/2020 5:53 AM, bitrex wrote:
When I was a boy I used to see \"Pat. Pending\" written on everything from
consumer electronic enclosures to those triangular rubber blocks you put
on pencils to keep them rolling off the desk and I thought \"Who IS this
Pat Pending? He must be some kind of engineering genius his name is on
all sorts of stuff. I gotta meet this guy.\"

Not a \'he\'. It\'s short for Patricia.
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Can be short for Patrick! No shortage of male \"Pats\" where I grew up
around South Boston.

also commonly heard elsewhere around here as short for the New England
Patriots. or in the local patios \"Da Pawts.\"
 
On 14/08/2020 08:29, boB wrote:
On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 18:15:25 -0700 (PDT), Ricketty C
gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 8:23:19 PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:
When I was a boy I used to see \"Pat. Pending\" written on everything from
consumer electronic enclosures to those triangular rubber blocks you put
on pencils to keep them rolling off the desk and I thought \"Who IS this
Pat Pending? He must be some kind of engineering genius his name is on
all sorts of stuff. I gotta meet this guy.\"

Yeah, smart, but never made much on any of those inventions. That\'s why he keeps trying and trying.

Didn\'t Pat Pending appear on the Batman and Robin show way back when,
too ???
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No he was a character in Whacky Races, Prof Pat Pending

https://wackyraces.fandom.com/wiki/Professor_Pat_Pending

It was more fun when there was a patent number as well since you could
then examine how things had been done. Many pat pendings were bluffs.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown
 
On 8/14/2020 1:41 AM, Pimpom wrote:
On 8/14/2020 5:53 AM, bitrex wrote:
When I was a boy I used to see \"Pat. Pending\" written on everything from
consumer electronic enclosures to those triangular rubber blocks you put
on pencils to keep them rolling off the desk and I thought \"Who IS this
Pat Pending? He must be some kind of engineering genius his name is on
all sorts of stuff. I gotta meet this guy.\"

Not a \'he\'. It\'s short for Patricia.
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I admit though I am a product of my staunchly patriarchal culture and
the thought that a lady could have invented all that stuff didn\'t occur
to me at age 8.
 
On 8/14/2020 3:43 AM, Martin Brown wrote:
On 14/08/2020 08:29, boB wrote:
On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 18:15:25 -0700 (PDT), Ricketty C
gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 8:23:19 PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:
When I was a boy I used to see \"Pat. Pending\" written on everything
from
consumer electronic enclosures to those triangular rubber blocks you
put
on pencils to keep them rolling off the desk and I thought \"Who IS this
Pat Pending? He must be some kind of engineering genius his name is on
all sorts of stuff. I gotta meet this guy.\"

Yeah, smart, but never made much on any of those inventions.  That\'s
why he keeps trying and trying.

Didn\'t Pat Pending appear on the Batman and Robin show way back when,
too ???

No he was a character in Whacky Races, Prof Pat Pending

https://wackyraces.fandom.com/wiki/Professor_Pat_Pending

It was more fun when there was a patent number as well since you could
then examine how things had been done. Many pat pendings were bluffs.
Click to expand...

Hong Kong Phooey, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Grape Ape, and Whacky Races were
still in the 6 AM weekday timeslot sometimes on my local OTA station
back in the mid 80s but that character I don\'t recall. I have some
familiarity with the classics though
 
On 14/08/2020 01:23, bitrex wrote:
When I was a boy I used to see \"Pat. Pending\" written on everything from
consumer electronic enclosures to those triangular rubber blocks you put
on pencils to keep them rolling off the desk and I thought \"Who IS this
Pat Pending? He must be some kind of engineering genius his name is on
all sorts of stuff. I gotta meet this guy.\"
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He went bad, fell in with Bill Posters and Lou Knee.

--
Cheers
Clive
 
On 14/8/20 5:57 pm, Clive Arthur wrote:
On 14/08/2020 01:23, bitrex wrote:
When I was a boy I used to see \"Pat. Pending\" written on everything
from consumer electronic enclosures to those triangular rubber blocks
you put on pencils to keep them rolling off the desk and I thought
\"Who IS this Pat Pending? He must be some kind of engineering genius
his name is on all sorts of stuff. I gotta meet this guy.\"

He went bad, fell in with Bill Posters and Lou Knee.
Click to expand...

Not Terry Wrist or Al Kider?
No problems with Nick Teen or Al K. Hall?

CH
 
On 8/14/2020 1:14 PM, bitrex wrote:
On 8/14/2020 1:41 AM, Pimpom wrote:
On 8/14/2020 5:53 AM, bitrex wrote:
When I was a boy I used to see \"Pat. Pending\" written on everything from
consumer electronic enclosures to those triangular rubber blocks you put
on pencils to keep them rolling off the desk and I thought \"Who IS this
Pat Pending? He must be some kind of engineering genius his name is on
all sorts of stuff. I gotta meet this guy.\"

Not a \'he\'. It\'s short for Patricia.

I admit though I am a product of my staunchly patriarchal culture and
the thought that a lady could have invented all that stuff didn\'t occur
to me at age 8.
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The Pending family had an average IQ of 200 but never became rich
because, as with many geniuses, they had no talent for management.
 
In article <%XrZG.157571$zX4.83288@fx41.iad>, no.spam@please.net says...
On 14/8/20 5:57 pm, Clive Arthur wrote:
On 14/08/2020 01:23, bitrex wrote:
When I was a boy I used to see \"Pat. Pending\" written on everything
from consumer electronic enclosures to those triangular rubber blocks
you put on pencils to keep them rolling off the desk and I thought
\"Who IS this Pat Pending? He must be some kind of engineering genius
his name is on all sorts of stuff. I gotta meet this guy.\"

He went bad, fell in with Bill Posters and Lou Knee.

Not Terry Wrist or Al Kider?
No problems with Nick Teen or Al K. Hall?

CH
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I miss BBC radio\'s \"I\'m Sorry I haven\'t a Clue\" (ISIHAC) and their \"Mr
and Mrs and their Son/Daughter etc etc\" round...

Mike.
 
On 14/08/20 10:08, Mike Coon wrote:
In article <%XrZG.157571$zX4.83288@fx41.iad>, no.spam@please.net says...

On 14/8/20 5:57 pm, Clive Arthur wrote:
On 14/08/2020 01:23, bitrex wrote:
When I was a boy I used to see \"Pat. Pending\" written on everything
from consumer electronic enclosures to those triangular rubber blocks
you put on pencils to keep them rolling off the desk and I thought
\"Who IS this Pat Pending? He must be some kind of engineering genius
his name is on all sorts of stuff. I gotta meet this guy.\"

He went bad, fell in with Bill Posters and Lou Knee.

Not Terry Wrist or Al Kider?
No problems with Nick Teen or Al K. Hall?

CH

I miss BBC radio\'s \"I\'m Sorry I haven\'t a Clue\" (ISIHAC) and their \"Mr
and Mrs and their Son/Daughter etc etc\" round...
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The Uxbridge English Dictionary is a good approximation :)
 
On 2020-08-14 03:29, boB wrote:
On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 18:15:25 -0700 (PDT), Ricketty C
gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 8:23:19 PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:
When I was a boy I used to see \"Pat. Pending\" written on everything from
consumer electronic enclosures to those triangular rubber blocks you put
on pencils to keep them rolling off the desk and I thought \"Who IS this
Pat Pending? He must be some kind of engineering genius his name is on
all sorts of stuff. I gotta meet this guy.\"

Yeah, smart, but never made much on any of those inventions. That\'s why he keeps trying and trying.


Didn\'t Pat Pending appear on the Batman and Robin show way back when,
too ???



Nah, he was the guy on Laugh In who was always running for president.
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Cheers

Phil Hobbs

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510

http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com
 
On 2020-08-14 03:43, Martin Brown wrote:
On 14/08/2020 08:29, boB wrote:
On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 18:15:25 -0700 (PDT), Ricketty C
gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 8:23:19 PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:
When I was a boy I used to see \"Pat. Pending\" written on everything
from
consumer electronic enclosures to those triangular rubber blocks you
put
on pencils to keep them rolling off the desk and I thought \"Who IS this
Pat Pending? He must be some kind of engineering genius his name is on
all sorts of stuff. I gotta meet this guy.\"

Yeah, smart, but never made much on any of those inventions.  That\'s
why he keeps trying and trying.

Didn\'t Pat Pending appear on the Batman and Robin show way back when,
too ???

No he was a character in Whacky Races, Prof Pat Pending

https://wackyraces.fandom.com/wiki/Professor_Pat_Pending

It was more fun when there was a patent number as well since you could
then examine how things had been done. Many pat pendings were bluffs.
Click to expand...

IANAL but I work with them a fair amount.

Over here there\'s a marking requirement: the item has to have the patent
number (or \"patent pending\" before issuance). Otherwise in general you
can\'t collect damages arising from sales before you notified the
infringer about your patent.

\"Patent pending\" doesn\'t provide that benefit, but does at least notify
your competitors that they should do their due diligence. (In NY, it\'s
surprisingly hard to use \"due diligence\" in a sentence without it
sounding like \"doo-doo\".) ;)

There\'s a useful article on marking at
<https://ocpatentlawyer.com/patent-marking-requirements-benefits/>

Cheers

Phil \"It\'s pronounced \'dyoo\'\" Hobbs

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510

http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com
 
On Friday, August 14, 2020 at 7:11:34 AM UTC-4, Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2020-08-14 03:29, boB wrote:

Didn\'t Pat Pending appear on the Batman and Robin show way back when,
too ???

Nah, he was the guy on Laugh In who was always running for president.
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Pat Paulsen

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yktGStVZKVg>
 
On 2020-08-14 19:25, Michael Terrell wrote:
On Friday, August 14, 2020 at 7:11:34 AM UTC-4, Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2020-08-14 03:29, boB wrote:

Didn\'t Pat Pending appear on the Batman and Robin show way back when,
too ???

Nah, he was the guy on Laugh In who was always running for president.

Pat Paulsen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yktGStVZKVg
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Yeah, that\'s him.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510

http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com
 
bitrex wrote:

When I was a boy I used to see \"Pat. Pending\" written on everything from
consumer electronic enclosures to those triangular rubber blocks you put
on pencils to keep them rolling off the desk and I thought \"Who IS this
Pat Pending? He must be some kind of engineering genius his name is on
all sorts of stuff. I gotta meet this guy.\"
Click to expand...

And who is that Bill Sender guy who supplies me with all sort of goodies
from Mouser? He might be a good friend of your Patrick Pending, methinks.

Best regards, Piotr
 
On Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 8:23:19 PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:
When I was a boy I used to see \"Pat. Pending\" written on everything from
consumer electronic enclosures to those triangular rubber blocks you put
on pencils to keep them rolling off the desk and I thought \"Who IS this
Pat Pending? He must be some kind of engineering genius his name is on
all sorts of stuff. I gotta meet this guy.\"
Click to expand...

When my kids went to school they always told me about their two new best friends : Art and Jim.
 
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