[Jewelry making - Article 00229] - Re: [Orchid] Argentium patent and patent application

[James Binnion]

========[ Invite a Friend - http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm  ]========

Trevor,

    Take a moment and go and read the claim on in the patent. It doesn't
    take a lawyer to understand it. 

    http://tinyurl.com/yoy4xm 

    It describes the process of diffusion bonding using the claimed
    alloy composition. It is not just boiler plate or standard language.
    It is the first claim so obviously it is a major part of the patent
    It is not legal mumbo jumbo and it is in the exsisting patent so it
    is protected. If you make a mokume gane style laminate in the solid
    state diffusion process using Argentium without a license from Peter
    Johns you are in violation of his patent. Furthermore if Peter Johns
    knows you are doing this and doesn't go after you for violating his
    patent the courts can make a decision that he has abandoned his
    patent. So even if he doesn't care he must go after infringing
    persons to keep the patent active. 

    What a patent does is grant you both the right and responsibility to
    spend lots of money going after people who infringe on your patent. 

    I am by no means a patent expert but I do share one (in a different
    field 6459989 ) and have spent more than a few hours in exploring
    the process of getting one. 

James Binnion
jbin AT mokume-gane.com
James Binnion Metal Arts
http://www.mokume-gane.com
____________________________________________________________________
T h e   O r c h i d   L i s t
Open Electronic Forum for Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Procedures
____________________________________________________________________
Orchid FAQ:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/faq.htm
Orchid Archives:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive
Orchid Galleries:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/gallery.htm
Invite a Friend:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm
____________________________________________________________________
Tips From The Jeweler's Bench - Article Archive
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm
The Jeweler's Selected Bibliography List
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books
Buy Orchid Jewelry:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/shop
____________________________________________________________________
-Unsubscribe:
-Email: orchid-request AT ganoksin.com Body=unsubscribe subject=blank
____________________________________________________________________