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		<title>Happy Halloween! Learning with the Halloween Portable Container</title>
		<link>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/10/31/holiday-patents-learning-with-the-halloween-portable-container/id=20086/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The holiday patent du jour gives us the opportunity to explore the candy collecting aspects of trick-or-treating. More specifically, U.S. Patent No. 7,594,669 is for a portable container having wheels and a handle. What makes it worthy note on Halloween is that the container itself is either a pumpkin, witch, ghost, goblin, monster, vampire or werewolf. And yes, that is required in the broadest claim, claim 1.  The pictures in the patent show a jack-o'-lantern version of the invention.]]></description>
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		<title>Obscure Patent: Combined Cigar Lighter and Perfume Ejector</title>
		<link>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/05/06/obscure-patent-combined-cigar-lighter-and-perfume-ejector/id=16762/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 22:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Walsh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for Mothers Day, finally a gift suitable for both Mothers Day and Fathers Day.  In keeping with the age-old tradition of inventing by juxtaposition, this highly functional and aesthetically pleasing invention “Cigar Lighter and Perfumery Ejector Combined,” which was patented on August 31, 1886, and combines the lighting of cigars with the dispensing of perfume.]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day: Patents for the Occasion</title>
		<link>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/02/14/happy-valentines-day-patents-for-the-occasion/id=15314/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is time once again to profile some patents in honor of the festive day.  While many might not consider Valentine's Day to be a major holiday worth of profiling patents, allow me to suggest that you test the theory by failing to acknowledge the amorous sentiment of the day and see just exactly how much of a major holiday your significant other considers it to be!   Not that I would suggest giving heart shaped pepperoni slices to the love of your life (yes, patented, see below), but Valentine's Day does need a proper celebration.]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Patents Glove for Use With Electronic Devices</title>
		<link>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/01/28/apple-patents-glove-electronic-devices/id=14712/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple, the company known for such popular devices as the iPad, iPhone and the iPod, has obtained a patent on a glove. Yes, the company known for pushing the envelope with high tech gadgets has entered the clothing market with a patented glove.  Not just any glove mind you, but rather one that will be sure to help you keep your hands and fingers warm while still being able to use your favorite smart-gadgets. With respect to claim 1, I do wonder whether a double layer glove with a hole in the outer layer might be infringing, which of course would mean that it should have anticipated the claim.]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas: Christmas Tree Patents</title>
		<link>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2010/12/23/merry-christmas-christmas-tree-patents/id=13953/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 21:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year I asked Glen Kotapish of Planet Patent if he could provide me some examples of interesting or bizarre US patents that somehow relate to "Christmas trees." I figured that Glen, the owner of a patent search firm, probably had come across an interesting Christmas tree patent or two over the years. Glen did not disappoint! Incidentally, if you are into bizarre patents I highly recommend visiting his Bizarre Inventions Weird Inventions page.]]></description>
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		<title>The Strange Case of the Animal Toy Patent: Reexam Redux</title>
		<link>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2010/12/03/the-strange-case-of-the-animal-toy-patent-reexam-redux/id=13648/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two months ago I wrote about one of my favorite patents --- The Animal Toy --- which is U.S. Patent No. 6,360,693. See Patent on a Stick: Learning from the Animal Toy Patent.  Shortly after writing that article, which was not intended to poke fun at the Patent Office but to merely teach a point relative to claim drafting, I received an e-mail from Stephen Kunin, who is a partner at Oblon Spivak, LLP. Steve wrote to me indicating that this patent was reexamined by the Patent Office and none of the claims exited reexamination. This in and of itself may not be very odd, but something didn't seem quite right.]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey Patents and Presidential Pardons</title>
		<link>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2010/11/24/turkey-patents-and-presidential-pardons/id=13531/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 02:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pardoning of the Presidential turkey caught my imagination as I was trying to figure out what holiday patents to profile for this Thanksgiving, something I always try and do whenever possible.  So what better thing to focus on than on turkey patents, and there are many of them.  I easily found multiple dozens of turkey callers and all kinds of turkey transportation devices used by hunters to carry their prey home, but these were the ones that really caught my attention for one reason or another.]]></description>
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		<title>Patent on a Stick: Learning from the Animal Toy Patent</title>
		<link>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2010/10/06/animal-toy-patent/id=12711/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Claim #1, the broadest claim in this patent, says that this “animal toy” has a solid main section, at least one protrusion and is adapted for floating in the water.  While not every stick would infringe claim 1 of this patent, I would venture that there are many which would.  No need to worry, however.  This patent fell into the public domain on March 26, 2010, for failure to make the first maintenance fee payment.  The lesson here, however, is not that the Patent Office occasionally makes a mistake (true though that may be). The fact that a patent can be obtained or has been obtained does not mean that a valuable asset has been obtained, and this “invention” is a wonderfully vibrant example of that. ]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year! New Year Patents for the Decade 2000-2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/12/31/happy-new-year-new-year-patents-for-the-decade-2000-2009/id=8167/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The end of 2009 is rapidly approaching, and with it will come the end of the first decade of the new century and millennium. I always try and find some interesting patents to help celebrate the holidays, and given that we are wrapping up the decade I thought it might be appropriate to limit these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas: Christmas and Santa Patents 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/12/24/merry-christmas-christmas-and-santa-patents-2009/id=8066/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is hard to believe that this year is almost over, and it is Christmas 2009!  It seems the older I get the faster the years pass, just like my parents always warned me would be the case some day.  I still remember how the minutes would drag on forever on Christmas morning waiting for [...]]]></description>
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