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tiny url version Re: [ILUG] mildy amusing patent application in the US

tiny url version Re: [ILUG] mildy amusing patent application in the US

Ciaran Mac Lochlainn ciaran17 at eircom.net
Mon May 31 16:38:10 IST 2004


Marek McGann wrote:

>On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 21:02, Proinnsias Breathnach wrote:
>  
>
>>On Sat, May 29, 2004 at 08:22:33PM +0100, paul wrote:
>>    
>>
>>Of course my PalmIII couldn't be prior art - having an on/off button
>>(one function for short press !) ... doubling up as a backlight button
>>(long press) ?
>>
>>PalmIIIe (c) 1999 3Com ..... Hmmm 
>>    
>>
I had that innovative feature on a digital watch I got in 1988 when I 
finished the Inter...  It was a nice watch, cost me forty quid in old 
money, but I didn't think it was that far ahead of its time!




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