Freesteel

Patently patented

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 Written by: Julian

Thanks to DP Technology for bringing my attention to US Patent number 6,907,313, which is pure poetry.

 A method,
   using a computer system,
      for manufacturing a part, 

 said method comprising: 

  receiving a model of said part; 

  retrieving a predetermined rule
    from a plurality of predetermined rules
    stored in a computer readable medium; 

  selecting a feature of said model
    by evaluating said predetermined rule,
     wherein said feature is assigned a feature type
       by evaluating a second predetermined rule,
     wherein said feature type comprises a plurality of keys,
       each key comprising a value from a plurality of values,
     said value selected from said plurality of values
       by evaluating a third predetermined rule; 

  determining a process associated with said feature;  
  and based on at least said process, 

    generating computer code to manufacture said feature
      on a computer controlled machine,
    wherein said process is further associated with said feature type
      based on a feature case and a fourth predetermined rule,
    said feature case comprising said feature type and
      a combination of one or more of said selected values.

The last stanza probably needs a bit of work. I think the meaning can be explained in ten words or less.