Re: [ATM] Patent Application for an Automatic Telescope

["Jerry Reddell" <jerry.p.reddell63@sbcglobal.net>]

Iy says this is a patent "APPLICATION", not a patent.  The approval process
should throw this away.  Anyone can do an application on anything, even
previously patented items and items which are theory or concept only (in
other words, no working item). It is also incomplete description ( no
mention of the data storage device, controlling mechanism, computational
device, on and on. This is the kind of trash that overloads all our
government offices and thus makes it harder for them to do a good or even
decent job.

At any rate, I agree with the statement "...this is sad."

Jerry P. Reddell


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From: atm-bounces@atmlist.net [mailto:atm-bounces@atmlist.net]On Behalf
Of matt
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 8:24 AM
To: Richard F.L.R. Snashall; atm@atmlist.net
Subject: Re: [ATM] Patent Application for an Automatic Telescope


This is definitely NOT hilarious, it's sad beyond words.

Such technology exists as implemented in the past decades on ICBM's , space
shuttle, numerous manned and unmanned spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope
, etc.

Here are some links:

- Lawrence Livermore National Labs :

http://www.llnl.gov/sensor_technology/STR45.html

This was the star tracker used on the Clementine spacecraft.

- Ball Aerospace Space Shuttle Star TRacker:

http://www.ballaerospace.com/ct611.html

Just google for Hubble star tracker for example, a completely automatic
telescope little known to the idiots at our glorious USPTO . Hubble's star
trackers were made by Ball Aerospace as well. Raytheon, Lockheed, all major
defense contractors, the Russians, etc have star trackers.
It's great that USPTO is now granting a patent .

Here's a miniature star tracker :
http://jungfrau.tamu.edu/~html/StarNav/home.html

best regards,
matt tudor


-----Original Message-----
From: Richard F.L.R. Snashall <rflrs@rcn.com>
To: atm@atmlist.net <atm@atmlist.net>
Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 5:24 AM
Subject: Re: [ATM] Patent Application for an Automatic Telescope


>atm@hudler.org wrote:
>
>>This is hilarious and a little interesting at the same time.
>>Wonder what happens when the dumb user (this is what the invention is for)
>>sets up the scope and turns it on in the daytime to watch it work.
>>
>If they allow it, once again the Patent Office hits pay"dirt";  imagine
>allowing a patent on technology that is already 20 yrs old!
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