Start my one year grace period

Wednesday, December 17, 2008
So here's my invention: a pair of gloves with special material on the fingertips that allows you to use touch-sensitive devices.  Most touch screens these days are not pressure sensitive; they respond to the electroconductive properties of your fingers to sense when and where you tap, drag, etc.  The problem comes when you want to keep your hands warm and also answer the phone or read your email on the way to class.  Thick, solid materials like leather or plastic effectively block the contact so it isn't sensed.
So I hereby claim: 1) portions of material specially designed to allow contact through them with a touchscreen, and 2) a pair of gloves comprising an insulated surface covering most of the glove, and a material as in claim 1 that functions to allow proper contact with a touch screen.
I've constructively reduced said invention to practice, so I have one year to test, prepare, market, and exploit it before filing.  Although all this is based on one night of Patent Law cramming, so there's a good chance that when you see this product on the market, I won't be getting a dime of it.  But at least I got to use the word "comprising".

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