[Clipart] google patents

[Jon Phillips]

On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 06:28 -0800, John Olsen wrote:
> > From: Jon Phillips <jon at rejon.org>
> > Subject: [Clipart] patent search
> > To: Open Clip Art Library list <clipart at lists.freedesktop.org>
> > Message-ID: <1166323807.2064.39.camel at localhost.localdomain>
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> > Heya, if you all didn't see this, http://www.google.com/patents
> 
> Thanks for the reminder.  I just was told about this by a friend
> 
> >
> > Did we ever decide if we could use patent search images as material
> > needing conversion to vectors?
> 
> I've been mining U.S.  patents for a few weeks now.  I think we came  
> to the conclusion that the illustrations supporting a patent are PD.   
> Haven't seen any argument against this.  In fact the Google patent  
> serach FAQ begins with:
> 
> Q. Where does this patent data come from?
> A. All patents available through Google Patent Search come from the  
> United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Patents issued in  
> the United States are public domain government information, and  
> images of the entire database of U.S. patents are readily available  
> online via the USPTO website.
> 
> John Olsen

Sounds good...just make sure they are clearly listed as to where they
came from and refer to that in some way in case there are questions in
the future IMO...

Cool!
Jon

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