On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:59:23 -0500, Hank Gillette wrote:
In article ,
"J. Clarke" wrote:

Little known fact--the antiskid braking system used on many cars these days
is based on a Mercedes-Benz patent that Mercedes placed in the public
domain for the good of society.

Of course if he gives up the patents and it takes off, the current saw
manufacturers would simply add it to their product line and he'd be
totally left out.

Google for "licensing". He could let others manufacture it and take a cut
from each sale, nothing new or novel there.