Re: Re: Are patent drawings public domain?

In many cases if not most, wouldn't patent drawings either be drawn by the applicant, or by a profressional artist creating the drawings as a work for hire?

/rich

On 4/21/06, Michael Graham <mgraham[_at_]marshallip.com> wrote:
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> ....
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> This presumes, however, that the person who created the drawings is
> aware of the nature of use to which they are to be put. If they were
> created independently of, and without knowledge of or intent that they
> would be used to support a patent application, this conclusion would not
> hold up and their reproduction and use could constitute infringement of
> copyright in the original drawings.
>
> Of interest in the example attached to Carl's e-mail is the use of the
> copyrighted image of Bart Simpson on the device, which I presume could
> itself be considered an infringement.
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> Michael R.
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