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Forums › Off topic › Instant coffee, invented in NZ!
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#113259 11-Jan-2013 08:35
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Wow though I perfer ground fresh coffee I never knew instant koffie was patented in 1890 in Invercargill, New Zealand by a gentleman called David Strang.

Why isnt this family one of the richest in the world. What an amazing thing to come up with _b

Well done NZ!~!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_coffee

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  #743220 11-Jan-2013 11:19
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(a) you cannot patent a result - the patent will be on the process
(b) because there is more than one process possible with the same outcome
(c) there were no insanely resourced international patent trolls in 1890 ready to buy the patent and defend it
(d) all of the above

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