[rollei_list] Re: Liquid Lenses
- From: Bob Shell <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 06:22:18 -0500
On Thursday, January 20, 2005, at 09:10 PM, Ardeshir Mehta wrote:
> The Minolta company even phoned me from Japan to ask about my patent (I
> had registered my idea with the US Patent Office in Washington), but
> they never followed up - for God alone knows what reason. (Maybe
> someone in their firm had already thought of the idea.)
NIH syndrome. Not Invented Here.
There was a company some time ago that produced some prototypes using
an oil between two plates of flexible polymer. It worked just as you
describe. I don't know if this was before or after your idea.
I stopped taking patentable ideas to Japanese companies some time ago
because they always just stole the ideas and dared me to sue them.
Bob
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