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I think you're on to something lol.i feel like they did a going out of business sale some years ago, maybe just my memory?
I was thinking the same thing. Haven't they been going out of business for years now?i feel like they did a going out of business sale some years ago, maybe just my memory?
Sounds like this is the case as the original founder isn't the current owner:Maybe they did go out of business and came back with a different owner or something.
Looking at the prices, even the 50% off didnt seem that amazing.No sale on cases. Shipping ruins the discount. Hardly anything of value.
Looking at the prices, even the 50% off didnt seem that amazing.
Translation: I'm making more than I ever imagined off screen printing on top of poly vinyl esd mats. A sucker is born everyday, and I've found them! Thank you GamersNexus for being my wingman.They will move away from ecommerce to focus on expanding their ModRight brand. In 2013 they made a splash when then owner, Mark Friga, developed and patented the first of its kind anti-static assembly mat. The ModRight Mod-Mat Xtreme allows you to build or assemble PC components while staying safe from electrostatic discharge due to the mat material. The useful measuring devices printed on the mat in full color is what makes it so special.
Looking at the prices, even the 50% off didnt seem that amazing.
I think it's for real with the last part about selling off racking and other store fixtures--that's when it's for real.So are they actually going out of business or is this just one of those fake going out of business sales that the furniture and mattress world is famous for?
Username checks out! Sorry my friend, I had too...You had to get in on the sales last night when the article first hit.
Yeah, it sucks. I've ordered tons of wcing gear from them over the years. They were always good for the hard to find older parts.Sad - I ordered a bunch of older Lian Li parts from them over the last few months.
No sale on cases. Shipping ruins the discount. Hardly anything of value.
titanrig and dazmode are pretty good too. Dazmode is an “OG” iirc.Yeah, it sucks. I've ordered tons of wcing gear from them over the years. They were always good for the hard to find older parts.
It's getting thinner and thinner in the wcing world.
The only retailers left are ppcs, modmymods and spartanliquidcooling that I can think of.
I don't know why, but initially read this as 'modmymom'...modmymods...
I suspect it's a design patent, not a utility patent.Translation: I'm making more than I ever imagined off screen printing on top of poly vinyl esd mats. A sucker is born everyday, and I've found them! Thank you GamersNexus for being my wingman.
Edit: how do you patent screen printing on top of an ESD mat? The patent office must be an absolute joke at this point.
I think they did, or someone bought them.i feel like they did a going out of business sale some years ago, maybe just my memory?
Wow. It's incredible. He put multiple grounding points on his mat. Revolutionary! I bet Desco, Hakko, 3M and the plethora of other companies that actually produce esd mats with multiple grounding points for the past 40 years are now going to bend over and pay him. HA.I suspect it's a design patent, not a utility patent.
Nope, I'm wrong:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9060460B1/en?inventor=Mark+Friga&oq=Mark+Friga
Fascinating. What's the difference between a design patent and a utility patent? What other types of patents are there?I suspect it's a design patent, not a utility patent.
Nope, I'm wrong:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9060460B1/en?inventor=Mark+Friga&oq=Mark+Friga
The hard part will be the defense of the patent if he goes after royalties, but again, this is what the 'patent trolls' industry does, isn't it?Wow. It's incredible. He put multiple grounding points on his mat. Revolutionary! I bet Desco, Hakko, 3M and the plethora of other companies that actually produce esd mats with multiple grounding points for the past 40 years are now going to bend over and pay him. HA.
I can't imagine how this was ever granted.
A utility patent is "we put a touchscreen in a rectangular slab of glass". A design patent is "we use rounded corners with a radius of ##, bezels of ##, and a single round button centered below the screen".Fascinating. What's the difference between a design patent and a utility patent? What other types of patents are there?
Sounds like the design gets more specific in the technicalities. Someone I know is a patent attorney that files a lot of patents for Texas Instruments. He said that the goal is to make the patent specific enough that it gets granted but broad enough that someone can't circumvent it. Does that sound about right?A utility patent is "we put a touchscreen in a rectangular slab of glass". A design patent is "we use rounded corners with a radius of ##, bezels of ##, and a single round button centered below the screen".
Yep. Basically, utility patents cover function. Design patents cover purely ornamental features.A utility patent is "we put a touchscreen in a rectangular slab of glass". A design patent is "we use rounded corners with a radius of ##, bezels of ##, and a single round button centered below the screen".
Fascinating. What's the difference between a design patent and a utility patent? What other types of patents are there?
Wow As in biological plant or manufacturing plant?Plant patents...I actually started working on one several years ago but decided against it when I was nearly done.
like a plant plant...Wow As in biological plant or manufacturing plant?
Wow. So why did you decide against your patent?like a plant plant...
Apple is probably the easiest example:
i.e. Honeycrisp apple is USPP7197
A lot are patented and then trademarked...
USPP24210 is the apple WA38 but then it was trademarked as Cosmic Crisp.
However, there are lots of different cultivars of peaches, almonds, strawberries, raspberries, wheat...even hops. Heck, even the rose bushes at Home Depot...most plants of value were probably bred and at one time or another had a patent. Most are off patent now as they use to only last 17 years (I think it is 20 now).
I think I bought some watercooling parts from them back in 2005 when I built an Athlon 64 X2 4200+ rig.I used FrozenCPU once or twice, same with Performance-PCs...another one bites the dust
To get into the weeds on this...Wow. So why did you decide against your patent?
To get into the weeds on this...
Apples are different from many other permanent crops. They are prone to mutations that are sought after. The most common of those is red color. If you think of the Red Delicious apple, it was originally discovered in the 1800s and had just a few red stripes. Back then, it was simply called Delicious. Over 100 years of mutations and selection turned it into a full red apple.
As the selections were made and patented, the owner of the patent would get a royalty for each tree that was planted.
I found a nearly full red mutation of Gala. However, new plantings of Gala have essentially stopped; you can't make the investment back. Furthermore, there was another one very similar discovered about the same time. So I wasn't sure it was worth the time, effort and expense.
Nay, Pink Lady. My palate prefers tart apples over sweet ones, but just this side of a Granny Smith. And crisp, not mealy!Opal apple best apple.