Google’s New Patent Search Allows for Easy Consumer Purchases

Google’s new patent searchallows for easy consumer searches. We spent some time playing around with the patent search system and found some interesting facts. One of them being the pocket protectorfrom October 26, 1889

This simple fact that the pocket protector was patented in 1889 is something that we could havenever really known before. Sure we couldhave used the US patent office search system, but the interface is far more difficult to use than Google’s system. Hence why we feel it will popular right off the bat.

But searching for pocket protectors is a comical search, searching for things that actually matter, such as a new product might actually lead you to see what you are really buying.

For example the Luggage Lock industry has recently made some dramatic changes in the past few years. Using an old style luggage lock at the airport would not be advisable today as Airport Security is just going to clip your lock or even your luggage. Hence the invention of the TSA Lock.

A quick Google Patent Search for TSA LOCK shows patent US Pat. 7021537 and US Pat. 7036728

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/locks.shtm

Safe Skies(tm) Lock Company makes TSA Luggage Locks protected by these patents. The Main company website is located at http://www.safeskieslocks.com. It also appears that they have opened several divisions in non-US countries such as Canada TSA Locksand the UK Padlocks site and even down under in OZ and NZand Japan Padlocks

It appears that having a strong patent such as the Safe Skies(tm) TSA Locks Patent makes sense, real sense when making a purchasing decision on what types of Luggage Locks to buy. Actually backing up your purchase decision with a patent search makes sense these days. This proves that you are purchasing a product thatis patent protected.

We strongly suggest using the new Google Patent Search beforeyou buy anything new to the market this holiday season.

In the case of Pocket Protectors however, we think that the patent expired roughly a century ago …