Category Archives: Humor/Satire

The Walkin Squawkin Patent Examiner Blues – Part 1

Posted on February 16, 2018 by admin

I got this in an e-mail from my U.S. Patent Office Patent Examiner on Jan 24th, 2018: “I cannot conceive of any way to generate an “infinite” (your word) table that would accommodate the breadth of claim 28. You mentioned … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor/Satire, Patent news, Pickup circuits & switching, Tutorial | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Fender(tm) – This means you

Posted on July 29, 2016 by admin

I got my U.S. Patent 9,401,134, filed July 23, 2014, issued July 26, 2014, out of the mailbox this morning.  Nice, fancy thing it is, all printed and bound, with an embossed gold seal of the United States Patent and … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor/Satire, Patent news, Press Release | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

When you have something to say – please let me hear it

Posted on July 10, 2016 by admin

So I’m an old guy.  I remember music from the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s.  What do I miss? Clarity. If I go to live music today, it’s often so loud, it’s painful.  Not only that, it’s so loud I can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Humor/Satire, News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Provisional Patent Application filed on humbucking switch system

Posted on June 29, 2016 by admin

On June 27th, shortly after posting about the alleged Fender Marauder ™ hum problem, I figured out just how to solve it with two commonly available switches, in a way that can produce all 12 possible humbucking combinations of pairs … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor/Satire, News, Patent news, Press Release | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Electronic Freedom for who?

Posted on June 29, 2016 by admin

One of the posters on /r/guitar/, a gentleman (a real one) who advocates for Electronic Freedom (EFF) and Open Source (FOSS), noted that an entire geek faction believes that all software should be free of any copyright or patent protection.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor/Satire, Press Release, Tutorial | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Banned from posting reddit.com/r/guitar/

Posted on June 26, 2016 by admin

Somehow I thought it might be a good idea to become more involved in social media discussions, like those on reddit.com/r/guitar/   About the last half-dozen of my posts were tagged by the “AutoModerator”, stating that I was trying to post … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor/Satire, News | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment