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Wow, do I feel dumb. That thing is like Greek to me. I guess it must be some combination of the requirements of the patent application and the desire to be as broad as possible in the claims that makes these things so hard to read. If I were to just read the abstract, I would guess that this is about "manually"-controlled "scratching" or "scrubbing" of audio buffers for playback, like you would have with a digital turntablist. But the body of the application seems to touch on so many areas that it casts my interpretation of the abstract into doubt. Emmanuel, I know that the patent is the legally binding document and that nothing that you would say here could *change* the meaning of the written word, but if you would care to clarify for dummies like me just what it is that's being patented here, I think I wouldn't be the only one who would appreciate it. Best wishes, Warren Sirota > -----Original Message----- > From: Emmanuel PERILLE [mailto:perille@club-internet.fr] > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 4:57 PM > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Re: Patent law > > > DJRND3 DJ looper Patent Publication Number: 20030171933 at > www.uspto.gov > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mark sottilaro" <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 7:23 PM > Subject: Patent law > > > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a patent a > > protection of an idea's implementation and not an > > idea? Like for instance I couldn't patent "car break" > > but I could patent a new technology I developed to > > break a car... So if the Repeater (or any Looper) > > implemented time stretching of audio USING someone > > else's circuit design and code, they'd be in trouble. > > However if they developed a new way of doing it, > > they're in the clear. I have to think it's got to be > > like this or how could Microsoft make Windows... or > > Apple make it's OS after looking at Zerox's computer > > GUI? You can't patent "clicking on an icon brings up > > a graphical representation of a window" but you can > > patent the code you use to implement it. Am I totally > > off here? > > > > Mark > > > > --- jeff larson <jeff.larson@sailpoint.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > From: Warren Sirota [mailto:wsirota@wsdesigns.com] > > > > Interesting. Can you give me any hints as to where > > > I might find the > > > patent > > > > info? > > > > > > Mr. Perille was kind enough to send me this URL: > > > > > > > > > http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1 > > &u > > > > > > =%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=p > > er > > > ille.IN.&OS=IN/perille&RS=IN/perille > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > >