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Bullworker Patent- The Truth… Hooray It’s Expired!
By admin | August 15, 2007
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Dear Reader,
I have noticed in some B.S. Bullworker forum (it’s owned, run and managed by the new owners of Bullworker Europe… real unbiased… huh?) that is just constantly “Bully Bashing” … they make the unsupported claim that the Bullworker patent is still in effect.
So I am going to lay to rest this bit of propaganda right now!
According to the U.S and U.K. patent office. Patents are only valid for a period of 20 years and I quote…
“A patent gives an inventor the right to exclude all others from making, using, importing, selling or offering to sell the invention for up to 20 years without the inventor’s permission. This gives the inventor the opportunity to produce and market the invention himself, or license others to do so, and to make a profit”
What about in the UK…
“In the UK the legal rights last for a maximum term of 20 years from the date of filing of the patent application at the Patent Office. The patent has to be maintained by payment of renewal fees. Once the 20 year term has expired or the patent has lapsed through non-payment of renewal fees, the invention can be worked by anyone as long as there are no other intellectual property rights associated with the invention.”
Pretty clear to me… how about you? Well the only question that comes to mind then… “when was the Bullworker and the Bullworker X5 patented?”
Lets google that.
The first Bullworker model was patented in 1968 but the latest one was patented in 1981.
Oh here it is… United States Patent D262129
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/D262129.html
Inventors:
Kolbel, Gert F. (Hanover, DE, US)
Geisselbrecht, Werner (Meitze, DE, US)
Application Number:
023500
Filing Date:
03/23/1979
Publication Date:
12/01/1981
Hmmm… seems that 20 years would be 12/01/2001.. pretty much expired to me.
This is one of the things that always gets me about people voicing their opinion on the internet … without facts to back them up. In the Army we had a term for people like that “they are full of shxt” Well you know what I mean.
I will post a copy of that patent in my next rant.
Good training!
Frank Sherrill
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August 15th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
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