In 2001, an Australian man named
John Keogh designed a "circular transportation facilitation device." He patented it through
his nation's intellectual property register.
Since that time, this marvelous invention has become popularly known as
the "wheel." It's a tremendously useful implement for moving objects
across horizontal distances. Engineers have often applied it in
combinations, so that it is now common to see devices with not only one
wheel, but often two or more wheels.
Unfortunately for Keogh, he
has lost the legal protection that his patent granted him and, no doubt,
the impressive royalties that he gained by licensing it. Marc Abrahams
of Beta Boston reports that the Australian government has
quietly revoked Keogh's patent.
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