Imagine all the sex toys the patient office has to approve.
this post was submitted on 14 Apr 2025
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Its a dirty job; but someone's gawtta do it
Do I see a repo the generic opera reference here?
The generic opera is an excellent typo
Crap, well now I keep it that way. ^^
I wonder if the office employs specialists for different categories of patents...
It would be downright negligent NOT to
Method and apparatus for rattling a hoohaa.
Well the gun mousetrap was approved so I'm unsure.
Honestly less cruel than stickie paper hopefully but what a fucking mess too
Indeed, a big mess. Does it even come with spackle to fix your damn wall?
Without going into detail I know there are a lot of things that are illegal to patent for more or less bureaucratic reasons, like paraphernalia, but you can get around it by saying that it’s for tobacco. Also, the military branches have representatives that work in the patent office, so if you find a unique way to kill people you are about to either become very rich, or very arrested.
Why tabacco?
At least in Europe and Germany there is a rule that allows the parent office to reject such an application. However, I don't have any examples right now. Nevertheless, I know that dildos are patentable.
Here is an except from Art. 53 of the European patent convention:
European patents shall not be granted in respect of:
(a) inventions the commercial exploitation of which would be contrary to "ordre public" or morality; such exploitation shall not be deemed to be so contrary merely because it is prohibited by law or regulation in some or all of the Contracting States
Amazon warehouse worker cages (so called "wagie cages") got approved so idk if morality is a limiting factor