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The Polaroid Corporation Earned a Patent for Its Instamatic Camera

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The Polaroid corporation earned a patent for its instamatic camera in the 1960s. If the constitutional length of patent protection is 20 years, why do you believe Polaroid's effective use of its patent ended much earlier?


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Baseline Dimensioning

A method of dimensioning in which all dimensions are given from a specified baseline or datum, providing a clear and systematic way of defining dimensions.

Coordinate Dimensioning

A detailing method that specifies the locations of features based on X, Y coordinates, often used in conjunction with a drawing's grid.

Relative Coordinate Programming

A method in computer numerical control (CNC) programming where each point or move is based on its position relative to the preceding point, not from the origin.

Dimensions

Refers to the measurable attributes of an object, including its length, width, height, and volume.

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