I am afraid I did not make myself clear enough. I was criticizing only the safety pin patent, which obviously is superfluous, given the existence of fibulas. Th

I am afraid I did not make myself clear enough. I was criticizing only the safety pin patent, which obviously is superfluous, given the existence of fibulas. The general case, building better (but really better, not pharma-style better) mousetraps still warrants recognition.