Stefan
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It appears to me that this patent also covers the use of the timer, although all I really have to go by here is the picture and the abstract.
Yeah, but I think the patent is for the whole thing. Including mat, timer, cups and even the stacking routines(!). I don't think every part is automatically patented on its own. And shouldn't patents be for innovation? The whole thing might've been innovative, but a mere timer?