sailor723
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What "permission" would they need from Colt? I'd imagine any patents on the Python would be expired long ago.
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What "permission" would they need from Colt? I'd imagine any patents on the Python would be expired long ago.
I emailed the company in November 2015 and received this reply "As soon as the issue with Colt's is over".
Trinimon
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Isn't because all the other patents have run out hence why all the 1911 and 1873 SAA clones. I couldn't find when the Python patent runs out.
Melnibonean
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Patent expiration depends on a few things:
1) If the patent is an original-issue Utility Patent (not a Design Patent (number starts with "D" or "Des") or a Plant Patent (number starts with "P" or "Plt") or a Reissue of a Utility Patent (number starts with Re)) and the patent number is 4,999,999 or less - stop here. All such patents expired on or before August 31, 2010
2) Utility Patents and Plant Patents based on applications filed after June 8, 1995, (actual filing date, not priority date), have a term of 20 years from the US filing date
3) Utility Patents and Plant Patents based on applications which were pending on June 8, 1995 (actual filing date, not priority date), and any Utility or Plant Patent which was issued on or after June 7, 1978 and had not expired before June 8, 1995, have a term measured by the longer of 17 years from the date of issue or 20 years from the date of US filing
4) Utility and Plant Patents issued before June 7, 1978, had a 17-year term, measured from the date of issue, and have all expired
5) Design Patents granted on applications filed before May 13, 2015, have a term of 14 years, measured from the date of issue
6) Design patents granted on applications filed on or after May 13, 2015, have a term of 15 years, measured from the date of issue
Patents cannot be renewed. Nor can one pick up the rights to an expired patent. Once a patent expires, the invention is in the public domain
Some patents have had their terms extended, by private laws in Congress, or by a section of the Patent Law which provides for restoration of patent term lost due to government regulatory delays. In almost every case these were drug patents, where the testing and approvals required by the FDA ate up almost all of the patent term. For nearly all inventions, extension is not an option.
Utility Patents cover:
•Machines
•Articles of manufacture
•Methods (processes)
•Compositions of matter (chemicals, cell lines)
•Improvements to any of the above.
Design Patents cover the appearance of useful objects. They do not cover the function or construction of the object.
Plant Patents cover certain plants
Source: Brown and Michaels Patent US Law Office
1) If the patent is an original-issue Utility Patent (not a Design Patent (number starts with "D" or "Des") or a Plant Patent (number starts with "P" or "Plt") or a Reissue of a Utility Patent (number starts with Re)) and the patent number is 4,999,999 or less - stop here. All such patents expired on or before August 31, 2010
2) Utility Patents and Plant Patents based on applications filed after June 8, 1995, (actual filing date, not priority date), have a term of 20 years from the US filing date
3) Utility Patents and Plant Patents based on applications which were pending on June 8, 1995 (actual filing date, not priority date), and any Utility or Plant Patent which was issued on or after June 7, 1978 and had not expired before June 8, 1995, have a term measured by the longer of 17 years from the date of issue or 20 years from the date of US filing
4) Utility and Plant Patents issued before June 7, 1978, had a 17-year term, measured from the date of issue, and have all expired
5) Design Patents granted on applications filed before May 13, 2015, have a term of 14 years, measured from the date of issue
6) Design patents granted on applications filed on or after May 13, 2015, have a term of 15 years, measured from the date of issue
Patents cannot be renewed. Nor can one pick up the rights to an expired patent. Once a patent expires, the invention is in the public domain
Some patents have had their terms extended, by private laws in Congress, or by a section of the Patent Law which provides for restoration of patent term lost due to government regulatory delays. In almost every case these were drug patents, where the testing and approvals required by the FDA ate up almost all of the patent term. For nearly all inventions, extension is not an option.
Utility Patents cover:
•Machines
•Articles of manufacture
•Methods (processes)
•Compositions of matter (chemicals, cell lines)
•Improvements to any of the above.
Design Patents cover the appearance of useful objects. They do not cover the function or construction of the object.
Plant Patents cover certain plants
Source: Brown and Michaels Patent US Law Office
Fundy1
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No doubt I will be one of the first in line when they are ready
Need me a revolver in the safe.
zeek bindertwine
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once again...bump
Trinimon
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Read a few postings on the Colt forum and one of the guys posted the email reply from Pietta saying that it is not being made at this point in time or immediate future. Doesn't mean it ain't coming but it pretty much rules out seeing it in 2016. Oh well... that sucked.
zeek bindertwine
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cash in hand patiently waiting
patiently waiting
asco
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Umm what is going on with mar star site? Can't navigate at all and it looks all jumbled... Spring cleaning or did evil robots attack?
3#cannon
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I'm itching for a new wheel gun and this made the list.... hope it has good quality
Fundy1
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Try clearing your browsing history and restart the browser when that happens. Usually when you get that reault it is not the site but in fact your browser. Doing technical support I have found firefox and google chrome experience this the most over IE or Safari.
98/29
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There are pictures of it on the net, and let me tell ya if you've never seen one, it ain't no Python. It resembles one but it ain't no Colt.
trebor2880
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There are a lot of 1911's that "ain't no Colts" either. Some even better.
handofzeus
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There are a lot of 1911's that "ain't no Colts" either. Some even better.
In the case of the Norc 1911s, great steel, so-so machining, garbage springs and general fitment but, for the price........crazy-good value. Not a 'colt' but in today's market, a colt revolver made BY Colt won't be the Colt that you would expect. In the words of Baby Douche-tard.....THIS IS 2016.
