I think the original poster was sarcastically making fun of the notion that "invention" is simply a matter of coming up with an original idea. While current patent practice seems to support that view, it is ridiculous to most people. Hence the saying, "Invention is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration." In other words, just coming up with an idea is the easy part. Josh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Juhana Sadeharju" <kouhia@nic.funet.fi> To: gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org Subject: [gutvol-d] Re: Scanner vs. digital camera Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:38:17 +0300

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From: "David A. Desrosiers" <hacker@gnu-designs.com>

You've "invented" camera features? What hardware did you use when building these features into your camera? What camera model did you use as a base unit?

Inventions nor patentions require physical hardware because the inventions can be readily described in the text. Patent office does not require inventors to send the hardware to them, anymore. I invented, but I have not patented. It basically does not matter which camera gets the features first, but I favor Canon EOS 300D, Nikon D70, and equivalent competitors.

I'm curious why you were not interested in the features itself. They are basically public domain, but manufacturers could be interested in them more, if such features appears first in their camera. The competition is now on the camera features.

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