From: rcrowley@xp7rt.net   
      
   "Kevin McMurtrie"  wrote ...   
   > I figured out where my copy of "The Art of Electronics" was hiding.   
   > "Driven guard" or "bootstrapped guard" is it.   
   >   
   > It's funny that a patent can be granted for the application of that to   
   > silicon wafers sensors.   
      
   Well, of course, *I* think it is a valid application of patent protection.   
   :-)   
   OTOH, there is the claim that someone successfully obtained a patent   
   on a ham sandwich (appropriately disguised in legaleese.)   
      
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