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Web Patent News by Robert Hunter

News about patents, licensing and seed capital sources for inventors
and innovating organizations.

I. PATENTING AN IMPROVED VERSION OF YOUR INVENTION

It is often the case that an inventor will think of a way to improve his/her invention after an initial patent application is filed. Because U.S. patent law prohibits adding "new matter" to a patent application by amendment, another patent application must be filed to protect the improved version of the invention. New matter includes not only the addition of wholly unsupported subject matter, but may also include adding specific elements, percentages or compounds not mentioned in a broader original disclosure, or the addition, modification or omission of a process step. How to decide what kind of patent application to file is the subject of this article.

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II. NEW SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARDS PROPOSED

The Bush Small Business Administration (SBA) is proposing to change the rules that are used by participating agencies to determine which businesses can participate in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs and other small business programs. Learn whether your business will be able to participate in those programs in the future.

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III. HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESOURCES

My alma mater, Stanford University, has published on the web a free archive of high-technology entrepreneurship teaching resources, such as video clips, case studies, course outlines, and recommendations for ways to get involved in the community of entrepreneurship educators.

http://m1e.net/c?23818163-cnniSHgPPoQC.%40512138-RD8AFdaIBpFI6

— If you have any questions about patents or U.S. Government funding for technology research and development, please contact us. Aloha, Robert M. (Bob) Hunter Robert M. Hunter PLLC P.O. Box 2709 65-1116 Hokuula Road Kamuela, HI 96743 tel (808) 885-4194 fax (808) 885-4114 Check out my website at http://www.webpatent.com

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