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A comment on Patent US5443036 – Method of exercising a cat.

Re:Patent US5443036 – Method of exercising a cat by PhasmaFelis on Friday October 23, 2015 @04:28AM (#10437455)
I wonder if this actually seemed reasonably novel in 1993. When did laser points get popular in the home market?
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Re:Patent US5443036 – Method of exercising a cat by mikeash on Friday October 23, 2015 @01:22PM (#10439966)
Laser pointers date back to the early 80s. I'd wager that the interval between the first laser pointers getting into the hands of consumers and the first laser pointer being used with a cat was approximately 3.7 minutes.
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Re:Patent US5443036 – Method of exercising a cat by vlehto on Friday October 23, 2015 @09:28AM (#10438381)
People have done this with small mirrors for a long time.
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Re:Patent US5443036 – Method of exercising a cat by blkhawk on Friday October 23, 2015 @05:50AM (#10437660)
no, just no.
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