US 6313371 B1: Flatulence deodorizer (2001)
It's basically a patent for a fart smell absorber. It's a simple invention consisting of activated charcoal cloth to be taped inside the user's underwear. The patent claims the inventions to be "a safe, effective, cost efficient, comfortable and least intrusive method of dealing with this embarrassing problem." My first question is - does it deal with the noise? I feel like the noise is honestly more embarrassing than the smell. This invention deals with the smell of farting, but I wonder if people would really be willing to spend money to take care of their fart smell problems. I guess, it could be useful for people who are concerned about this issue, but I just think that this is a silly patent. If it works, though, I think it is a novel, an unobvious invention for a patent. It's still silly though.
US 5031161 A: Life Expectancy Timepiece (1991)
First of all, this this thing even work? What methods does it use to determine how much time a person has to live? Just the idea that it's trying to calculate a person's life expectancy seems pretty ridiculous to me. But it is unique in terms of an individual life expectancy calculator, novel, and unobvious.
First of all, this this thing even work? What methods does it use to determine how much time a person has to live? Just the idea that it's trying to calculate a person's life expectancy seems pretty ridiculous to me. But it is unique in terms of an individual life expectancy calculator, novel, and unobvious.
Nice summary I really like the visual depictions of the inventions as well. It would be nice to see more analysis about obviousness as it relates or doesn't relate to these inventions. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteHi Grace!
ReplyDeleteNice coverage of these 3 patents. Actually including the drawings found in the patent was helpful in giving the context of what exactly you were talking about and the features you were explaining. A little more on obviousness and novelty would have been good, but otherwise, great job!
Hi Grace,
ReplyDeleteGood job on your blog post, you found 3 VERY silly patents! They are all pretty funny and relatively useless.
To make your post better you could have discussed novelty, obviousness and anticipation a little bit.
Hey Grace,
ReplyDeleteGreat job with this post, I love that you included graphics! These patents are so silly it made me laugh. The protective headgear that only works if someone falls backwards is particularly funny as it lacks practicality should someone fall forward. The deodorizer is hilarious as it may help extremely conscious people, but you're right in that it does nothing for the sound. I agree with you that the life expectancy timepiece is a conceptual idea and I wonder how we can calculate the accuracy of its results. Thanks for sharing!
Hello Grace,
ReplyDeleteAll of these patents are in fact quite silly. The flatulence deodorizer is probably my favorite because someone must have had such a bad flatulence that they spend a lot of time and money researching the best and most efficient way to get rid of the odor is hilarious. Maybe work in obviousness next time!
Wow these patents are so silly! Thanks for sharing :) I had no idea some of these even existed!! I also really like and appreciate that you included pictures. It made it so much easier to visualize and understand. Overall great job! I like how you were so clear and concise!
ReplyDeleteGrace,
ReplyDeleteI definitely lol'ed at these patents. It was also a very interesting choice to clump three patents together. I might suggest splitting them up next time and going more in depth on each one.
Sasha