He takes Gillette razors as an example: although their design is simple, they incorporate a total of eight patents, thus giving competitors no opportunity to duplicate the success in a product that is a simply a slight variation on Gillette's.
他以「吉利刮鬍刀」為例，雖是簡單的設計構造，卻一口氣申請八項專利，不讓競爭者有任何複製改造成另一項商品的機會。