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WEB PATENT NEWS – July, 2003
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News about patents, licensing and seed capital sources for inventors and
innovating organizations.
by Robert M. Hunter, Registered Patent Agent
I. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
In the U.S., the rewards of inventing are earned by being the first
person(s) to complete the thinking (conception) step of the inventing
process and by being diligent thereafter. This article explains why it is
important for an inventor to be able to prove when conception happened and
that diligence in reducing the invention to practice has occurred.
View full article at: http://www.webpatent.com/news/news7_03.htm#I
II. USPTO CONTINUES ITS ASSAULT ON SMALL ENTITIES
A major lobbying effort by the inventing community was able to prevent the
imposition of unbelievably large increases in filing fees by U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) in an ill-advised attempt at "behavior
modification" by the Bush Administration. Recently, however, proposed
changes in the USPTO 21st Century Strategic Plan have made it clear that
small entities (independent inventors, small businesses and universities)
will still be disadvantaged compared to large corporations, if Congress
allows the revised plan to be implemented by passing the proposed USPTO Fee
Modernization Act of 2003.
View full article at: http://www.webpatent.com/news/news7_03.htm#II
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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
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Check out my website at http://www.webpatent.com
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