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Lego patents
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 22 Dec 2001 18:55:18 GMT
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I will be teaching a course on Information Technology Law in the Computer
Science Department at the College of Charleston next semester. Having
recently purchased (mainly for my own entertainment) a Lego Mindstorms
Robotics Invention kit, it occurred to me that it might be a useful tool for
illustrating the structure and drafting of patent claims. (After all, the
name of the kit does have "invention" in it!)
I have looked for patents that expressly include the term Lego on the USPTO
website. Most involve references to stackable or interlocking elements, and
cite Lego as an example of the concept. Quite a few are for Legos or
similar toys. I haven't found any yet that actually involve using Legos to
reduce an invention to practice. Two questions:
1. Anyone know of any patents wherein the invention has been reduced to
practice using Legos?
2. Have any of you created Lego projects, or know of any, that might be
patentable?
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) The basic lego brick patent has expired (hence MegaBloks and other low grade wannabe's). Dunno about your other questions though. ---...--- Steve Baker ---...--- Mail : <sjbaker1@airmail.net> WorkMail: <sjbaker@link.com> URLs : (8 URLs) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Lego patents
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| I am not entirely sure what you are asking about, but maybe this will help... I met a guy at Brickfest earlier this year named John Barnes. John makes aftermarket sensors for Mindstorms, using third party electronics, but a modified Lego(TM) brick. (...) (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Lego patents
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| (...) Just be sure that in your class you refer to them as "LEGO bricks" and not LEGOs. To do so would be doing your students a disservice. :) (...) This question isn't clear to me. Are you asking if someone can obtain a patent (or at least build a (...) (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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