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    6 Proposed "Mouse Trap" Improvements

    Build a better mouse trap and ... well, you know. Below are images that inventors seeking to revolutionize the humble mouse trap have filed in their international patent applications via the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a United Nations agency based in Geneva, Switzerland.

    World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
    by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

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    1. "Rat or Mouse Trap"

    Via patentscope.wipo.int

    2. "Portable Electrical Mouse Trap"

    Via patentscope.wipo.int

    3. "Mousetrap with Guillotine Killing Mechanism"

    Via patentscope.wipo.int

    4. "Mouse Trap"

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    5. "Better Mouse Trap System"

    Via patentscope.wipo.int

    6. "Magnetic Mouse Trap"

    Via patentscope.wipo.int
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