[CAUT] shank strike weights

[Cy Shuster]

Even patented ideas are made public (http://www.uspto.gov); that's part of 
the bargain.  The inventor gets paid for his or her work; the public gets 
the knowledge.

--Cy--

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan McCoy" <amccoy@mail.ewu.edu>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] shank strike weights


> Actually most of his ideas are in the public domain. Correct me if I'm 
> wrong
> but I think that only his front weight methodologies are protected by
> patent.