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Apologies from joining this thread late - but wanted to add a couple comment from personal experience.
There clearly was some misinformation given there.
The site claims, "then owner, Mark Friga, developed and patented the first of its kind anti-static assembly mat."
He might have developed "his" mat that he "marketed" specifically for computer assembly. But as Calenhad correctly noted, that product has been around for decades. I used to maintain air traffic control radio systems as far back as 1972 and all our workbenches, and the floor areas below them, were covered with such anti-static matting. We bought it in 3ft x 50ft and 3ft x 100ft rolls, then cut it to size.
So I suspect the claim it was patented is not true. He may have applied for a patent, but that does not mean he got it. If he got anything, maybe it was a Trademark for his Logo or "fancy prints" on his pads.
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As far as the site going down, that is sad. I really hate fan noise and that was a good site for finding sound dampening parts like hard drive and fan noise/vibration suppressors, case lining, and rubber grommets. I also bought (and recommended others buy) PSU testers there. They used to carry their own branded version of this PSU Tester. Having an actual voltage read out (instead of a basic LED light) made it great for house calls and verifying a supply is bad.
I wonder why they didn't patent the anti static mod mat?
Because anti-static mats have been around for decades? Pretty sure you can't patent putting fancy prints on them.
it said in an article that he made them, I guess I misread that as invented.
There clearly was some misinformation given there.

He might have developed "his" mat that he "marketed" specifically for computer assembly. But as Calenhad correctly noted, that product has been around for decades. I used to maintain air traffic control radio systems as far back as 1972 and all our workbenches, and the floor areas below them, were covered with such anti-static matting. We bought it in 3ft x 50ft and 3ft x 100ft rolls, then cut it to size.
So I suspect the claim it was patented is not true. He may have applied for a patent, but that does not mean he got it. If he got anything, maybe it was a Trademark for his Logo or "fancy prints" on his pads.
***
As far as the site going down, that is sad. I really hate fan noise and that was a good site for finding sound dampening parts like hard drive and fan noise/vibration suppressors, case lining, and rubber grommets. I also bought (and recommended others buy) PSU testers there. They used to carry their own branded version of this PSU Tester. Having an actual voltage read out (instead of a basic LED light) made it great for house calls and verifying a supply is bad.