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Happy Valentine's Day from the U.S. Patent Office

By LinYee Yuan - February 14, 2011

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San Francisco-based designer Steve Hoefer created this brilliant set of Valentine's Day cards for the maker in your life. Taken from the archives of the U.S. Patent Office, they're a funny twist on this holiday of chocolates and roses. Check the full set after the jump and download them directly from Hoefner's website here!

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Brilliant!

Too late for today though, I'll have to save this for next year.
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Cool! @ Thx ..so my lady will get a valentine card after-all ;)

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