[Jewelry making - Article 00250] - Re: [Orchid] Argentium patent and patent application

[James Binnion]

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James,

    Did you go and read the abstract or look at the claims? The title is
    "Method for joining materials together by a diffusion process using
    silver/germanium alloys and a silver/germanium alloy for use in the
    method" The claims concern both the method and the alloy. Are you
    saying that he can't protect the method claim just because he
    protects the alloy? Most alloy patents are just that a claim for the
    rights to a range of constituent elements not for the method of
    their use as well. 

James Binnion
jbin AT mokume-gane.com
James Binnion Metal Arts
http://www.mokume-gane.com
360-756-6550
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