Hi Gordon,

Thanks for those links.... It's amazing how creative some people are!

Do you think you could use expired patents as the basis of another hotsheet?

If you can find patents for items which are not too hard to create (and some don't seem so tough), some could be the basis of nice little hobby projects for people.

An expired patent could be the basis for a plan HOTSHEET like you speak about in BYBA....

You can find patents (including expired ones) by using a patent search engine, such as that at www.delphion.com .

I think patents have a maximum 17 year lifespan (in the USA)....

Any thoughts on this idea?

- Dien