On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:33:22 -0000, micky wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:50:52 -0000, "Commander
Kinsey" wrote:

Pack of PZ2 screws, £10.
Pack of identical screws, but with a torx head, £50.
WTF?

Still under patent??

How can you patent a star shape? Wasn't that invented by the universe, mother nature, god, or something? It's too simple to be an "invention".

"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:33:22 -0000, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:50:52 -0000, "Commander
Kinsey" wrote:

Pack of PZ2 screws, £10.
Pack of identical screws, but with a torx head, £50.
WTF?

Still under patent??

How can you patent a star shape?

It isnt the shape that's patented, it's
the use of that shape for a screw head.

Wasn't that invented by the universe, mother nature, god, or something?

So was wifi. But patentable anyway.

It's too simple to be an "invention".

Wrong.

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"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:33:22 -0000, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:50:52 -0000, "Commander
Kinsey" wrote:

Pack of PZ2 screws, £10.
Pack of identical screws, but with a torx head, £50.
WTF?

Still under patent??

How can you patent a star shape?

It isnt the shape that's patented, it's
the use of that shape for a screw head.

How childish. It's way too basic a thing to copyright.

Wasn't that invented by the universe, mother nature, god, or something?

So was wifi. But patentable anyway.

Wifi is infinitely more complicated than a star shape on a piece of metal.

"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:57:22 -0000, Rod Speed
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"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:33:22 -0000, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:50:52 -0000, "Commander
Kinsey" wrote:

Pack of PZ2 screws, £10.
Pack of identical screws, but with a torx head, £50.
WTF?

Still under patent??

How can you patent a star shape?

It isnt the shape that's patented, it's
the use of that shape for a screw head.

How childish. It's way too basic a thing to copyright.

Copyright and patent are completely different.

You can in fact get rights to a particular color.

Wasn't that invented by the universe, mother nature, god, or something?

So was wifi. But patentable anyway.

Wifi is infinitely more complicated than a star shape on a piece of metal.

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On 01/28/2020 10:14 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:33:22 -0000, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:50:52 -0000, "Commander
Kinsey" wrote:

Pack of PZ2 screws, £10.
Pack of identical screws, but with a torx head, £50.
WTF?

Still under patent??

How can you patent a star shape? Wasn't that invented by the universe,
mother nature, god, or something? It's too simple to be an "invention".


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx

Tell that to Textron. The original patent expired, but Torx Plus made
some modifications and started the clock again. 'Torx' is a trademark
and those don't expire.

On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:37:31 -0700, lowbrowman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:


How can you patent a star shape? Wasn't that invented by the universe,
mother nature, god, or something? It's too simple to be an "invention".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx


Good heavens!!! Is there NO bait silly and retarded enough that you will NOT
take, lowbrowman? tsk

On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 14:46:41 -0500, micky, another mentally challenged,
troll-feeding, senile asshole, blathered:


Here's the history of the patent on the Philips head screwsdriver. I
think an X is even simpler than a star.

What could be simpler than his and your "mind", troll-feeding asshole!

On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 19:46:41 -0000, micky wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:14:49 -0000, "Commander
Kinsey" wrote:

On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:33:22 -0000, micky wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:50:52 -0000, "Commander
Kinsey" wrote:

Pack of PZ2 screws, £10.
Pack of identical screws, but with a torx head, £50.
WTF?

Still under patent??

How can you patent a star shape? Wasn't that invented by the universe, mother nature, god, or something? It's too simple to be an "invention".

Here's the history of the patent on the Philips head screwsdriver. I
think an X is even simpler than a star.

1936-07-07 Application granted
1936-07-07 Publication of US2046837A
1953-07-07 Anticipated expiration

but then it occurs to me that more on point is Torx patent history:

https://patents.google.com/patent/US20140150613A1/en

2012-12-05 Application filed by Burton Kozak
2012-12-05 Priority to US13/705,374 I don't know what this line means
2014-06-05 Publication of US20140150613A1 or this
2015-06-30 Application granted
2015-06-30 Publication of US9067307B2
2020-01-29 Application status is Active
2033-05-11 Adjusted expiration

There you go.

This might be why USB-C cables are 6 dollars or more while USB-A to
micro are 2 dollars or maybe less.
Maybe not because 2028-01-15 Anticipated expiration of micro usb
https://patents.google.com/patent/US7581980B2/en
Too many things to look up regarding usb-A.

You can usually get around that cost by buying Chinese replicas where they don't believe in capitalist patents.

On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 02:37:31 -0000, rbowman wrote:

On 01/28/2020 10:14 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:33:22 -0000, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:50:52 -0000, "Commander
Kinsey" wrote:

Pack of PZ2 screws, £10.
Pack of identical screws, but with a torx head, £50.
WTF?

Still under patent??

How can you patent a star shape? Wasn't that invented by the universe,
mother nature, god, or something? It's too simple to be an "invention".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx

Tell that to Textron. The original patent expired, but Torx Plus made
some modifications and started the clock again. 'Torx' is a trademark
and those don't expire.

You can't "develop" a torx head. It's just common sense, more points, more grip. The world is so ****ed up when the first person to think of something that simple gets all the credit.

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