Porsche 911 USA Patent

[1969911T]

Just joined. Have a 1969 T since 1972. About 280,000 miles and trying to keep it as original as possible. Just got a birthday present of this patent(pic is obviously rotated)-thought I would share.
Steve

[mfitton]

Here you go:

[Chuck Miller]

WOW !!!! … Pretty cool Steve....

Thanks for sharing, and welcome to the board....

cm

[davep]

Try downloading the patent here:
https://patentimages.storage.googlea.../USD199433.pdf

[72targa]

Had this in my office as well. Very cool.

[catelluseng]

As someone who has suffered through the patent process, I am surprised that a patent was issued for nothing more than the car's "ornamental design." That's not how US patents work.

[356rider]

As someone who has suffered through the patent process, I am surprised that a patent was issued for nothing more than the car's "ornamental design." That's not how US patents work.

There are different types of US patents. When we normally think of a patent, it is usually a utility patent, which protects the utility or function of an invention regardless of its physical outward appearance and is more rigorous. A design patent just protects only how something physically looks. If you want to protect your revolutionary instant cloning device - utility patent. If you want to protect your design of three stripes on a tennis shoe - design patent. Not a patent attorney, but have also gone through the process.

[NorthernThrux]

There are different types of US patents. When we normally think of a patent, it is usually a utility patent, which protects the utility or function of an invention regardless of its physical outward appearance and is more rigorous. A design patent just protects only how something physically looks. If you want to protect your revolutionary instant cloning device - utility patent. If you want to protect your design of three stripes on a tennis shoe - design patent. Not a patent attorney, but have also gone through the process.

^^^This. And I have both as well. Design patents are good for 14 years and they apply to things like models and lithographs of the 911 too. So anyone who made a toy 911 for example would also have had to pay royalties to Porsche even if it didn't say 911 on it. The 911 name itself is protected by copyright and trademark laws, which last 70 years plus. Remember that three digit model numbers with a 0 in the middle were copyrighted and trademarked by Peugeot in France, so that's the value of protection for things like that. Although, having learned to drive in my dad's Peugeot 504 Diesel wagon with automatic transmission (0-60 in 28s), it's hard to imagine anyone would confuse the two brands....

Ravi

[Veronica87911]

Try downloading the patent here:
https://patentimages.storage.googlea.../USD199433.pdf

Thanks, Dave, hope all is well with you.
Serge