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Weight Watchers Secrets - Patents
US Patents by Weight Watchers International
Patents are PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. Part of the idea of a patent is that the concept is fully disclosed for evaluation, but the discloser has the legal right to be the only commercial user of the concept for the duration of the patent period. The price of this right of protection is full and complete disclosure (public disclosure in the records of the US Patent and Trademark Office). It is fun to tell some weight watcher's members that you know these "secrets". They don't believe you. Weight Watchers International attempts to convince the public that the details of the patent are "secrets". Process for controlling body weight Assignee: Weight Watchers International (Woodbury, NY) Patent Numbers : 6040531 6436036 6878885 Search patents by Patent Numbers: (fill in number & click on "search" button) http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm Links to the above 3 patent numbers. Because of the length of the links, use of the above patent number search page may be easier for you. You could also do a patent search where the search is on the assignee as "Weight Watchers International" (without the " ") http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...&RS=PN/6040531 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...&RS=PN/6436036 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...&RS=PN/6878885 |
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Weight Watchers Secrets - Patents
On Feb 15, 6:31 pm, Jbuch wrote:
US Patents by Weight Watchers International Patents are PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. Part of the idea of a patent is that the concept is fully disclosed for evaluation, but the discloser has the legal right to be the only commercial user of the concept for the duration of the patent period. The price of this right of protection is full and complete disclosure (public disclosure in the records of the US Patent and Trademark Office). It is fun to tell some weight watcher's members that you know these "secrets". They don't believe you. Weight Watchers International attempts to convince the public that the details of the patent are "secrets". Process for controlling body weight Assignee: Weight Watchers International (Woodbury, NY) Patent Numbers : 6040531 6436036 6878885 Search patents by Patent Numbers: (fill in number & click on "search" button) http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm Links to the above 3 patent numbers. Because of the length of the links, use of the above patent number search page may be easier for you. You could also do a patent search where the search is on the assignee as "Weight Watchers International" (without the " ") http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...ct2=HITOFF&p=1... Even better is Google Patents: http://www.google.com/patents Faster and easier to navigate and search. TC |
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