WIPO: Inventor In Armenia Develops Hacksaw

WIPO: INVENTOR IN ARMENIA DEVELOPS HACKSAW

US Fed News
August 28, 2008 Thursday 6:50 AM EST

GENEVA, Aug. 28 – Arthur Zakarian of Yerevan, Armenia, has developed
a hacksaw.

According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property
Organization, the invention relates to a "hacksaw comprising an
arc-shaped frame, a two-armed grip, a blade with a tensioning mechanism
arid a shock-absorbing mechanism."

The invention carries International Patent Publication
No. WO/2008/098264 on Aug. 21.

The original patent was filed in Armenia under application
No. PCT/AM2008/000002 on Feb. 12. It is available at:
000002.

http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/ia.jsp?ia=AM2008/