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By: Mark R. Malek

We have now come to the time of the year when I like to have a little fun with the Patent Office – Thanksgiving.  Coincidentally, this is my favorite holiday of them all.  The damage that I intend to do to my body this weekend is something I pay for throughout the next year, but it’s worth it!  With no further ado:

The first of my favorite Thanksgiving Day patents is Design Patent No. D527,217 for a Thanksgiving Day Embossed Insert for a Baking Pan:

Next is Design Patent No. D397,955 directed to a turkey decoration.  I presume this is to be inserted into a turkey, but I really have no idea:

Of course, there is always the Turkey Decoy disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 5,168,649:

Last, but certainly not least, especially as how cranberry sauce is simply my favorite part of Thanksgiving, is U.S. Patent No. 5,375,402 directed to a Cranberry Harvester:

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!