D is USPTO designation for a design patent (how it looks),  D omitted is a utility patent (how it works) and an asterisk (*) next to number links to an infomercial.   To view images at USPTO site you will need this file http://patft.uspto.gov/help/images.htm

Each of my new 42 patentable padlock working prototypes is functionally/mechanically unique meaning not for differences or uses of colors, computer chips, cores, cosmetic, decorative, design changes, dial combination configurations, dimensions, disc/pin/wafer tumblers, engraving, fasteners, graphics, illumination mechanism, images, insulated cover, keypad, keyways, lamellae, letters, metal composition, method of manufacturing, no use of plastics, non-functional anything, numbers, ornamental modifications, outer cover, outer sleeve, padlock jacket, photos, power supply, protective cover, rivets, roll pins, rubber, shackle sides, shield, shroud, size, textures, thin padlock walls, timer, unique keys, visual and no built in analog or digital clock showing local time.

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Q. Have you offered your new patentable padlocks and new applications to padlock manufacturers?
A. Yes.  I emailed this site to every padlock manufacturer on this planet having a web presence more than a few times and applied for employment at one of them.   Innovation, increasing profits or targeting new padlock users are concepts they simply do not understand.   Obsessive cosmetic design changes to pre-light bulb era padlocks they love.  Go figure.

Q. Can you say more about your new padlocks and padlock product uses?
A.  I have available for sale 42 utility patentable mechanically unique working locking padlock prototypes and locking devices for personal electronics.   Most are mechanical modifications I made to locks sold by others and many are resistant to   because shackle is either invisible or there is no shackle to cut.    Also available other ways for lockouts and roll up doors.     Each has use applications for today's consumer and none replace numbers with letters or are vulnerable to a 10 pound  dumbbell!

Q. Do you believe some lock companies are misguided when it comes to padlock creativity or do they just lack a strategic business plan?
A.  Yes to both.  These are very tough economic times, cosmetic changes to padlocks on display in a museum,  refusing to shift away from "tried and true" and not being attuned to basic consumer wants and needs, can you say management failure?

comments:
Mon, 13 Dec 2010   Oh my god!!!  This lock is the BEST!!!  You should market it.  Thank you so much!  Can I get another one?  Maybe 2 more?  I'll pay for them this time!  Such a smart design.  I'm impressed.
Sat, 14 Nov 2009 Dear Padlock inventor, I too have recently looked at the padlock patents and it is indeed pathetic what the conventional companies continue to sell.
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 I have to admit that those shackles certainly seem very similar to me, but the threshold of "novelty" for design patents is pretty low. There's no functional difference between a lock with a round shackle and one with an octagonal cross-section - but functional difference is exactly what design patents are NOT intended to protect. Clearly, a round shackle is different visually from one with eight sides, and perhaps that's a difference which means something to a padlock manufacturer. Or, more likely, they hope that it will distinguish their goods from their competitors', so that a consumer will see a lock with an eight-sided shackle hanging on a rack with all the round-shackled locks and say, "I like that company's locks, so I'll buy that one." It's not unlike the differences in design of keys for locks - the punched rectangular top doesn't work any better than a round one, but it makes it instantly recognizable as a Kwickset. (Design patent and trade dress/product configuration protection kind of overlap, here) Design patents have their place in the general scheme of protection, but there's a reason why they're less expensive, shorter lived, and easier to get. They just cover a visual difference from what was done before, and for some people, that's enough.

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