Fidget toys to disperse your nervous energy

[gellfex]

@LDoBe

ou can’t patent this kind of device because it’s not novel, and is obvious, and takes no skill from anyone.

It pretty much fails on all fronts of the patentablity tests.

In other words, if your device is so simple that anybody (even an idiot like me) can make it from household items, you don’t deserve a monopoly on it.

It would be great if the USPTO actually abided this guideline, instead of handing out patents and letting expensive court fights work it out.

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-11-stupidest-patents-of-2015