[Diplomat]

Yea, that didnt clear up anything for me. All i was saying was that the science behind battery charging has been known and develped by many different companies for decades now. So why should load varying be allowex to be so recently patented when its beem done by others long before the patent application? Its like patenting math. Maybe theres more, but my intuition says its bullshit.

When i was in college i thought of going lawyer and i know i would hve been good at it. But i was wise enough in my youth to realize that having a license to steal would be a bad thing for me to have.

[Swordmaker]

I know exactly what you mean. Several years ago a fellow got a patent on swinging sideways instead of swinging to and fro. He applied for it, and was granted it, even though children have been swinging sideways since swings were hung from tree limbs! The patent examiners are dodos.

The "inventor" applied knowing full well that it was bogus, expecting it would be rejected, but it was accepted and granted.