Published in DNA April, 2007 One has noticed the odd article or news item in the recent past drawing the reader’s attention to musicians patenting their inventions. Some musicians have also made it a point to include such information in their bio-sketches, a move prompted more by the need to ‘safeguard’ against any contrary claims from others in the fraternity than by any business motives. While this may even be an inevitable ramification of the professionalism that a global