[LargeFormat] Compound Shutters

[Richard Knoppow]

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From: "Michael Briggs" <MichaelBriggs@Earthlink.net>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Compound Shutters


>
> On 05-Dec-2003 LNphoto wrote:
> > Well if DRP is roughly  "German Republic patent", What
is DRGM?
> >
>
> DRP is Deutsches Reich Patent.  Reich has more of the
meaning of Realm or
> Empire rather than Republic.
>
> DRGM = Deutsches Reich Gebrauchs Muster = German Realm
Usage Sample (or Model).
> From what I can find on the web, this was an
easier/cheaper to obtain legal
> status -- some sort of registration of a model or sample
of the item.
>
> --Michael
>
  As far as I can tell its something like a "design patent"
in the US.

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@ix.netcom.com