Mail stamp payment and deposit system.

[Turtledude247]

Patent Application — Intellectual Property Register
Type: Patent (£150 fee)
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Applicant

• Legal name: Turtle Dude
• Minecraft username: TurtleDude247
• Citizenship status: Active citizen of the Kingdom
• Date of application: 2026-06-19
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Details of the Invention

• Title: Mail stamp payment and deposit system.
• Description (what it is, how it works, what it does): The Mail stamp and deposit system, works by selling pre purchased mail stamps and in exchange the seller may also deposit a item they wish to mail. The Redstone machine uses comparators and a signal locking system with a sticky piston and lecturn. To activate requires a stamp to be sold and a item to be in the mail deposit container.
• Category: redstone mechanism
• Screenshot / coordinates / schematic:

• Date created / first used: first created and designed 2026-06-18
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Novelty

Explain what makes this original — why it is not a commonly known design, natural game mechanic, or already registered invention: A a mailbox that accepts mail with a payment/item/stamp.
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Declaration

• I confirm this is my original work and the information above is accurate.
• Filing fee (£150): Pending

 

[Turtledude247]

• Filing Fee (£150): paid

 

[Nim]

Decision: APPROVED

Having reviewed the application and wiring screenshots, the Registrar finds:

• The application is formally complete and the £150 fee is paid (4(2)(a)).
• The mechanism is functional and not a purely natural game mechanic (4(1)(b)(iii)).
• While the individual components (comparator container-reading, lectern signal output, sticky-piston signal lock) are commonly known and are not themselves protected, the specific combined system, a deposit mechanism gated on both a stamp and the presence of an item in the deposit container, qualifies as an original combination under Section 4(1)(b)(iii).

Scope of grant: This patent protects the combined mail-stamp-and-deposit system as built and depicted. It does not grant exclusive rights over comparators, lecterns, sticky-piston memory cells, or shop-gated redstone individually.

• Patent holder: Turtle Dude (TurtleDude247)
• Date of approval: 2026-06-26
• Expiry: 2026-09-24 (90 days; renewable once per 4(4)(b), hard cap 180 days)