when i left ms, i had about 6 patents filed and so you reminded me to check if any had been approved. as it turns out, while google patents finds none of them, the us patent office now lists one as being approved the week of nov 21, 2006. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7139713.PN.&OS=PN/7139713&RS=PN/7139713
i filed a few more at rougly the same time, so hopefully those will go thru soon. the last 3 or so were filed about 2 years later, so i guess it will be awhile on those.
-dave
"Too late or still too soon too soon to make lots of bad love and there's no time for sorrow. Run around, run around with a hole in your head 'til tomorrow."
-----They Might Be Giants
-----They Might Be Giants