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Old 21-09-2016, 07:45
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Apple have applied for a patent for a paper bag. This is a highly innovative idea that no one has come up with before. I'm sure it won't be long before some copy cat tries to steal the idea and Apple will sue them!

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...cled-paper-bag


http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...%2F20160264304
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Old 21-09-2016, 10:35
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"Bags are often used for containing items. For example, retail bags may be used to contain items purchased at a retail store."

Wow today has been educational!
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Old 21-09-2016, 14:20
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From the Guardian article:
Recycled paper bags are not an innovation, of course. The innovation, in this case, is how Apple intends to hold the bag together with such a high proportion of recycled material.
Oh, how wonderfully green Apple are... except they're not going to make up for all the electronic waste their products create through having non-replaceable batteries.
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Old 21-09-2016, 15:25
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What happens if your iBag 7 starts hissing? That's not going to be a good look.
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Old 21-09-2016, 15:39
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What happens if your iBag 7 starts hissing? That's not going to be a good look.
😂 oh that really tickled me!

Just imagine the loks from other shoppers 😂
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Old 21-09-2016, 16:01
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Will it be water resistant and able to protect you from lightening? Do you press the home button when you finish shopping.
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Old 21-09-2016, 16:01
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I'm sure Samsung are rushing through their own Note bag getting it to market first.

The user will end up arrested for suspected terrorism when their bag explodes 😂
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Old 21-09-2016, 16:40
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From the Guardian article:


Oh, how wonderfully green Apple are... except they're not going to make up for all the electronic waste their products create through having non-replaceable batteries.
Who says their batteries are non-replaceable?
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Old 21-09-2016, 16:55
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From the Guardian article:


Oh, how wonderfully green Apple are... except they're not going to make up for all the electronic waste their products create through having non-replaceable batteries.
Average number of batteries an iPhone owner had during ownership of iPhone?

1.

Number of batteries an owner of a phone with a replaceable battery has during the ownership of their phones?

>1.

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Old 21-09-2016, 16:56
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Apple have applied for a patent for a paper bag. This is a highly innovative idea that no one has come up with before. I'm sure it won't be long before some copy cat tries to steal the idea and Apple will sue them!

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...cled-paper-bag


http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...%2F20160264304
Interesting. Is the patent definitely for 'paper bag'? Its definitely not for anything specific about the bag that may be original, and patentable?

I just wouldn't want you to rush to any conclusions, and your mockery, however good natured and well intended, to backfire.
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Old 21-09-2016, 20:12
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Interesting. Is the patent definitely for 'paper bag'? Its definitely not for anything specific about the bag that may be original, and patentable?

I just wouldn't want you to rush to any conclusions, and your mockery, however good natured and well intended, to backfire.
Maybe you should go read the link to the patent?

Here is a drawing of the bag in case you are somehow confused.

http://pdfaiw.uspto.gov/.aiw?Docid=2...y=EE3393F1F432
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Old 21-09-2016, 21:30
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Maybe you should go read the link to the patent?

Here is a drawing of the bag in case you are somehow confused.

http://pdfaiw.uspto.gov/.aiw?Docid=2...y=EE3393F1F432
Ah, so the patent application is for specific things then, rather than a paper bag generally. Thought it might be.

Watch out though - the off topic police have come after me for less.
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Old 21-09-2016, 21:34
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Ah, so the patent application is for specific things then, rather than a paper bag generally. Thought it might be.

Watch out though - the off topic police have come after me for less.
Specifically its for a paper bag perhaps not unlike one you may find in Primark.

https://www.primark.com/en/our-ethic...ations/eco-bag
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Old 22-09-2016, 00:11
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Why on earth would they try to patent a bag anyway?

Just make the damn thing....
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Old 22-09-2016, 05:27
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Ah, so the patent application is for specific things then, rather than a paper bag generally. Thought it might be.

Watch out though - the off topic police have come after me for less.
As this thread is in the Mobile Phone forum, the whole thing is off topic.
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Old 22-09-2016, 11:12
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If it's different enough in design, with new formula for manufacturing the paper and the design to hold it open so it isn't flimsy. Why not?

I, many, many, years ago worked for a box manufacturer that held the patent for the design of a cardboard box base. The type used in take away chicken boxes, for example

Technically a crash lock base.

It was worth a lot of money - expired now, though.
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Old 22-09-2016, 12:15
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Apple invented the paper bag.
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Old 22-09-2016, 12:25
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Specifically its for a paper bag perhaps not unlike one you may find in Primark.

https://www.primark.com/en/our-ethic...ations/eco-bag
Are you sure? I still have an inkling that the whole point of the patent application is due to it actually being significantly different from other paper bags?

Difficult to say from that link - did you mean to post one with more detail about the similarities between that Primark bag, and the stuff detailed in Apple's patent application?
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Old 22-09-2016, 12:39
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Average number of batteries an iPhone owner had during ownership of iPhone?

1.

Number of batteries an owner of a phone with a replaceable battery has during the ownership of their phones?

>1.

Yes, the replacement rate of iphones is probably faster than average battery life.

And watch out, averages are dangerous! Head in the freezer, feet in the oven
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Old 22-09-2016, 12:44
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I bet it'll more than 5p as well
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Old 24-09-2016, 00:28
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Yes, the replacement rate of iphones is probably faster than average battery life.

And watch out, averages are dangerous! Head in the freezer, feet in the oven
And how is the replacement rate of iPhones compared to the replacement rate of other top end smartphones with replaceable batteries?
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Old 24-09-2016, 00:42
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Apple is over. I'm calling it.
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Old 24-09-2016, 00:56
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And how is the replacement rate of iPhones compared to the replacement rate of other top end smartphones with replaceable batteries?
I'll take a guess at it being faster on the basis of 'must have the next model' which would be a much shorter period of time than the life expectancy of a smartphone. Or battery. Though possibly not the 'surprise' ones.

On average. Plus or minus the square root of the viscosity of rice pudding.
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Old 24-09-2016, 04:31
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Whenever somebody mentions Apple, I hope they keep ripping people off and don't eat their pips.

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