O2 sensor is actually a temperature sensor???

[Garfield Willis]

On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 22:04:33 -0600, bearbvd at cmn.net (Greg Hermann)
wrote:

>OK--what really came first--Westinghouse patents for use on gas turbines,
>or patents for stack gas analysis on stationary boilers? This stuff has
>been around for damn near 50 years.

Yeah, doncha jus luv tekno-arkie-ology? Dunno wada tellya, mate.

I've been doing a patent search on yet another XA patent application for
our group, and danged if I didn't find some prior art to cite, from
Bendix, circa 1974!, on the very topic at hand in our case. Talk about a
trip with Mr. Peabody in the "WayBack Machine"! [Those of yous guys not
involved in the patent game, it's considered VERY important to be able
to cite at least 3 prior-art patents that your stuff builds upon, or at
least can refer to; otherwise, the FPO looks at your patent app and
wonders if you're "reality connected" to the "stateOde oit", sotaspeak
:). Ya know, it's like, "well, if you're claiming to be the very first
to ever think of *ANYTHING* related to this, we'll have to check into
this VERY carefully :). Heh. IOW, don't be too innovative, or they won't
know what you're talkin bout.  (And quite honestly, probly you don't
either!). We used to have a saying in engineering; you can't be a
'leader' if you run so far ahead nobody can see you to run after ya
(either to catch you or save you :). Poor ole Al Einstein musta had a
REAL problem in his day. Fortunately, moi and likely present company
don't have quite that to worry about. :)

Gar


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