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Re:The patent on the Space Shuttle has expired by nkozyra on Saturday December 05, 2015 @10:55PM (#10684357)
Electric guitar in 1959, too. That's a very long time between invention and patent (unless a previous one had expired).
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Re:The patent on the Space Shuttle has expired by qbrass on Saturday December 05, 2015 @11:35PM (#10684416)
It's a patent for the shape of the guitar, not electric guitars themselves.
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