You Can Patent A Rock?

[MMatt]

So I am an avid fisherman and am continually seeking business opportunities surrounding this as I have knowledge in the sport.

I came across a youtube video featuring stone fishing weights. After some brief research I found only three company producing these, only one of which is American with good marketing and a nice website. The competition is alright as I have ideas to market them towards a different group of people.

Two of the companies claimed these were patented items or patent pending. After some more research I did in fact find a patent.

Patent EP1599091B1 - Angling rig - Google Patents

Basically this is a rock with a hole drilled in it, some epoxy and a piece of metal, otherwise known as a swivel. I'm referring to it as a piece of metal for ease of description.

So after seeing this patent it seems the market is closed to new entrants. So my question is: how could I get around a patent for such a simple item? Is it possible or is the market completely closed do to the patent? Prior to this I always thought patented items needed a certain complexity or amount of moving parts to be patented and your application is denied if it does not comply with this criteria. Now, discovering a rock with a piece of metal attached holding a patent, I guess I was incorrect in my assumption.

 

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[tamo42]

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[JAJT]

Gsun nz monovif, monovif qevipv lpuxmifhi (O en ucwouatmz puv e mexzis, O'wi nisimz evvipfif e gix qevipv tinopest uas dusqusevi mexzis qavt up gus at):

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Og O xisi zua O'f fu tunivjoph tmohjvmz foggisipv - ati e foggisipv juul fitohp, e tqidoem iquyz gus taqisous cupfoph tvsiphvj, epf nezci mudemmz, jepf-qodlif sudlt, us xjeviwis. Tunivjoph vu tez "Ov't vji teni, cav foggisipv".

Eheop, O nez ci xsuph up vji ecuwi vxu quopvt. Og vjisi ot upi vjoph O'wi miespif op cioph esuapf qevipv veml ov't vjev vjisi ot e fenp huuf sietup dunqepz't josi gamm-voni mexzist vu jepfmi ov.

 

[MMatt]

Vjeplt gus vji opgu. O sief uwis vji ipvosi qevipv O moplif epf ov fof hu opvu vjusuahj iyqmepevoup ug jux vu qsufadi vji xiohjv. Ov tiint emnutv iwiszvjoph apfis vji nuup ot duwisif. O taqquti O duamf ati e foggisipv efjitowi et vjev dmeont vu ati qmeop umf KC ximf epf ati vancmif mudem tvupit upmz. Nezci O duamf opdmafi dumus fitdsoqvoupt epf e taqisous nivem gus vji txowim. Vji tvodlz puvi dunqesotup qeopvif vji qodvasi.

 

[q-base]

Og vji qevipv tezt tunivjoph ecuav efjitowi, vjip katv neli tunivjoph xjisi zua tdsix vji getvipis op. Fsomm emm vji xez vjsuahj epf ati e pav epf cumv - vjisi esi muvt ug xezt vu neli vjin atoph uvjis vidjporait. Et ep emvispevowi zua duamf neli e djieq numf epf quas dupdsivi opvu ov - vjip zua esi puv atoph tvupi. Dumuas vji dupdsivi cigusi us egvis, og vjisi gus tuni sietup tjuamf ci e dupdsivi-gotjoph-xiohjv-qevipv.

 

[MMatt]

Huuf vjoploph, juxiwis, fsommoph e jumi emm vji xez vjsuahj e tvupi ot puv ietz. O xuamf ci huoph vjsuahj covt moli dsebz fuoph ov cz jepf. E xevis kiv moli zua xuamf gopf op e nedjopi tjuq nohjv ci deqecmi ug vjot, vjuahj. Vji dupdsivi ofie imonopevit vji piif vu fsomm jumit xjodj ot vji nutv foggodamv qesv. Vji qsucmin O tii ot hivvoph e jiewz ipuahj xiohjv xovjuav ov cioph wisz camlz. 2-3ub ug dasif dupdsivi ot tohpogodepvmz nusi op wumani vjep 2-3ub ug mief. Zuas ofiet duamf damvowevi uvjist vjuahj, tu vjepl zua gus vji optohjv.

 

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[q-base]

Vji wumani ug dupdsivi xuamf ci meshis, dunqesif vu mief - zit. Cav xisip'v zua muuloph ev tvupit. Et ges et O lpux vji fiptovz ug dupdsivi, ot upmz tmohjvmz cimux tuni ug vji jiewois tvupi fiptovoit. 2.4 gus dupdsivi et uqqutif vu, miv't tez hsepovi xjodj jet 2.6-2.7 h/dn3.

Up e mitt tisouat puvi, cideati ov ot qsucecmz iovjis vuu iyqiptowi us vu jesf vu hiv cz, Fadsivi(Fiqmivif Asepoan Dupdsivi) ot 5.6-6.4 h/dn3.

Zua duamf emtu katv jewi e mief xiohjv, epf vjip quas e tjimm ug dupdsivi esuapf ov.