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Current Article of the Week

Detail of an Issued Design Patent Design patents are a type of patent issued under United States law. (Other locations have similar protections but they are called different things.) The patent is granted based on the unique appearance or concept of an item rather than its "usefulness". Design patents typically are sought for items where the appearance is as - or more - important than the underlying craftsmanship itself. So, things like jewelry, toys, furniture, car parts, etc. are frequently granted design patents. Design patents have a life in the US of fourteen years from the date of issuance. Their main usefulness is as a supplement to copyright protections. Whereas someone claiming a copyright in a work can prevent actual copies being made, a design patent can more easily be used to prevent the unauthorized creation of similar items which are not actually copies. Neither protection is absolute, but some counsel believe that having both is important where even the hint of similar design is a threat to the value of the original design. From 1978 through 1987, Paramount Pictures sought and obtained various design patents for Star Trek designs. There seem to have been no other filings after 1987, and Paramount's legal department instead probably feels comfortable with existing copyright protections. In each instance of a design patent at least one "inventor" has to be listed. The inventor can never be the corporation, it has to be an individual or individuals. It is sometimes interesting to see who gets credit for what on the official documents.

Contents 1 Featured Articles by subject 1.1 Characters 1.2 Comics 1.3 Computer games 1.4 Episodes 1.5 Historical events 1.6 Organizations 1.7 Performers 1.8 Races and cultures 1.9 Ship classes 1.10 Ships and stations 1.11 Technology 1.12 Wars and Battles 1.13 Other

[edit] Featured Articles by subject

[edit] Characters

(In alphabetical order; Bajoran surnames come first however)

• Ayala
• Beverly Crusher
• Elizabeth Cutler
• Boothby
• Gannet Brooks
• Christine Chapel
• Damar
• Ezri Dax
• Dukat
• Duras, son of Ja'rod
• Michael Eddington
• Elim Garak
• Guinan
• Hugh
• James T. Kirk
• Klaa
• Kor
• Kurn
• Landru
• Leonard McCoy
• Martok
• Hippocrates Noah
• Nog
• Khan Noonien Singh
• Christopher Pike
• Katherine Pulaski
• Q
• Telek R'Mor
• Thomas Riker
• William T. Riker
• Seven of Nine
• Thy'lek Shran
• Tora Ziyal
• Trelane
• Tuvix
• Benjamin Sisko
• Luther Sloan
• Tal Celes
• Grathon Tolar
• Darien Wallace
• Weyoun
• Winn Adami

[edit] Comics

• "Ghosts"

[edit] Computer games

• Star Trek: Armada
• Star Trek: Armada II

[edit] Episodes

• Star Trek: The Original Series
  • "Court Martial"
  • "Day of the Dove"

• Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • "Yesterday's Enterprise"
  • "A Matter of Perspective"
  • "Relics"
  • "Timescape"
  • "All Good Things..."

• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  • "Emissary"
  • "Paradise"
  • "The Wire"
  • "The Collaborator"
  • "Crossover"
  • "Tribunal"
  • "The Jem'Hadar"
  • "The Way of the Warrior"
  • "Trials and Tribble-ations"
  • "Rapture"

• Star Trek: Voyager
  • "Prototype"
  • "Hope and Fear"
  • "The Thaw"
  • "Good Shepherd"
  • "Endgame"

• Star Trek: Enterprise
  • "Broken Bow"
  • "Storm Front"
  • "Storm Front, Part II"
  • "Observer Effect"
  • "Babel One"
  • "United"
  • "The Aenar"
  • "Affliction"
  • "In a Mirror, Darkly"
  • "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II"
  • "These Are the Voyages..."

[edit] Historical events

• Xindi incident
• Cardassian history
• Cardassian Rebellion
• Occupation of Bajor

[edit] Organizations

• Quark's

[edit] Performers

• Rene Auberjonois
• Christopher Lloyd
• Robert Picardo
• Tom Morga
• Patricia Tallman
• Guy Vardaman

[edit] Races and cultures

• Andorian
• Bolian
• Breen
• Cardassian
• Ferengi
• Organian
• Tellarite
• Tholian
• Xindi-Aquatic

[edit] Ship classes

• Constitution-class
• D'deridex-class
• Galaxy-class
• K't'inga class
• Sovereign class

[edit] Ships and stations

• Deep Space 9
• USS Defiant
• Delta Flyer
• USS Enterprise-D
• Enterprise (NX-01)
• USS Excelsior
• Harrad-Sar's barge
• IKS Rotarran
• Vahklas

[edit] Technology

• Assimilation
• Beta 5 computer
• Cloaking device
• Counter-insurgency program
• Doomsday machine
• Dreadnought (missile)
• Exocomp
• Force field
• Phase cannon
• Transporter
• Saucer separation
• Wormhole relay station

[edit] Wars and Battles

• Battle of Cardassia
• First Battle of Chin'toka
• Second Battle of Chin'toka
• First Battle of Deep Space 9
• Second Battle of Deep Space 9
• Dominion War
• Battle of the Omarion Nebula
• Operation Return
• Battle of Sector 001
• Battle of Wolf 359

[edit] Other

• Bajoran wormhole
• Design patents
• Emissary
• SS uniforms and insignia
• V'Ger