[Grig]

I just pattented the word 'bump'. I'm going to be soooo rich! :-)

[Publius6961]

I just pattented the word 'bump'. I'm going to be soooo rich! :-)

I just patented the word "food"!

I'll be richer!

[domenad]

Taking just a sliver of license from Full Metal Jacket:

"If I'm gonna patent me a word....my word is 'poontang'."

[tallhappy]

I just pattented the word 'bump'. I'm going to be soooo rich! :-)

Unfortunately there is prior art.

[RightWhale]

A particular test procedure might be patented if it involves only specific equipment that is patentable.

[beezdotcom]

I'm patenting the word "patent". So THERE....nyah.

[Carry_Okie]

If you want the benefits of private research, then you'll have to pay for the product or nobody will make the investment. If you want all research to be done by the government, don't complain when you get the results.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

• The Earth revolves around the Sun.

No, Copernicus. The Earth "orbits" or "circles" the Sun, at least in a heliocentric coordinate system. The Earth revolves around its spin axis, the line between the North and South poles.

In purely geometric terms, it's no more correct to say the Earth orbits the Sun than to say the Sun circles around the Earth. In terms of Newtonian mechanics, neither statement is correct: both bodies orbit their common center of mass.

Copernican mechanics offered neither improved accuracy nor symplicity compared to Ptolemaic. Copernicus used epicycles, but he resolved motion into uniform circular motion, discarding Ptolemy's equant. There is no purely geometric argument to favor one over the other. Galileo apparently did not understand orbital mechanics - either Copernican nor Ptolemaic - well enough to realize this.

[paudio]

I just pattented the words "I just pattended..."

[tx_eggman]

I will n-v-r pay a dim- for th- right to us- th- l-tt-r -.

[babygene]

"Elevated homocysteine is linked to B-12 deficiency, so doctors should test homocysteine levels to see whether the patient needs vitamins."

As I understand it, ideas and facts specifically CANT be patented. Neither can recipes or mathematical formulas.

[Caesar Soze]

• The speed of light is a constant.

Incorrect. The speed of light varies depending on what medium it's moving through. That's why we get fun things like refraction and Cerenkov radiation. I wouldn't expect a New York Times writer to know that, of course, it's fairly advanced middle school and high school science.

[Young Werther]

I just (R)egistered the word "pattented" and intend to maintain it's (C)opyright for the next 18 years!!!

BTW you can't patent bump since the "speed bump" has been public domain since Achilles dragged "Hector's" body 'round the walls of Troy!

Psst, if you didn't see the movie, Helen is played by Diane Kruger who is one hot chick!

[IamConservative]

I think I will patent the word "is", if I can just figure out what it means.

[OB1kNOb]

I just patented the use of posts on FR. Now all you guys, pay up!

[Junior]

Pmub!

[Mogollon]

I just pattented the word 'bump'. I'm going to be soooo rich! :-)

You may want to patent the word "pattented" while you're at it.

[A. Pole]

"Elevated homocysteine is linked to B-12 deficiency, so doctors should test homocysteine levels to see whether the patient needs vitamins."

ACTUALLY, I can't make that last statement. A corporation has patented that fact, and demands a royalty for its use. Anyone who makes the fact public and encourages doctors to test for the condition and treat it can be sued for royalty fees. Any doctor who reads a patient's test results and even thinks of vitamin deficiency infringes the patent. A federal circuit court held that mere thinking violates the patent.

Free market privatization on the march. Soon everything will be owned by some private entity including the air we breath.

See my tagline.

[HamiltonJay]

USSC will throw this patent out.

[IronJack]

I got you beat. Last week, I patented the letter "E." This thread alone has netted me enough to finish paying off my bass boat.

[feedback doctor]

I copyrighted and petented the phriase "It's Bush's Fault" I'll get rich off of all the liberals.