Re: beamsplitter patented

[P3D Alan Lewis <dlewis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have wondered about this subject too.  After reading Gabriels' posting 
about that particular splitter, it seems that perhaps the only patentable 
thing is the link of the mirror pivot to the lens focus.  Otherwise, 
every splitter ever designed is in danger of being sued.

Heck, the Franka splitter and the NU-VU 3D splitter have pivoting outer 
mirrors.  I'm making a pivoting design too that I will market that is 
based on a patented and manufactured viewer from 1895!
  
I've done patent searches for spitters, and the descriptions all sound 
just like every splitter ever made.  Unless these are all design patents, 
I also don't understand how they can be patented. 
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