Re: NEWEST INVENTION SCAM ALERT

Subject: Re: Re: NEWEST INVENTION SCAM ALERT

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: hi! : It's probably not a scam (if they provided phone number and address). It's a well-known technique called "follow-up search". : Alot of companies are doing that in order to discover the infringer(s) : on their own patents!the companies usually pay the patent searching firm to : monitor any new related issuing patents issued after their issuance. : best regards, : Thien Tran : With your permission to post this message Sir; : : ---------------- : : A fool has come up with the following scam to extract monies from naive patent holders: : : He mails a postcard to patent holder indicating their patent(s) is/are being cited in another patent and he/she should send for a copy of violating patent and $50 to order it, to: : : M. Myers : : 1141 Westbuery Rd, : : Box 175 : : Jenkintown, PA 19046 : : Notice, above is a PO Box and no phone number is provided. : : The inventor who contacted me asked if he should mail $50. He did not realize it was a scam. His patent issued in 1999. When I looked at his patent on it was cited 4 "prior art" patents indicating persons who'd patented similar devices. All but one had expired (run its full term and expired - versus - non payment of maintenance fees etc). The only in-force patent was dissimilar enough not to be an issue. : : I hope inventors reading above do not fall for this scam if a postcard from the above imbecile arrives in mailbox.

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