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WEB PATENT NEWS – October, 2003

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

by Robert M. Hunter, Registered Patent Agent

I. ACCELERATING EXAMINATION OF YOUR PATENT APPLICATION

In the world of technology development, "time is money," and usually very
expensive money at that. So, while it sometimes makes sense to delay the
issuance of a patent, e.g., to keep a particularly embryonic version of your
invention a secret for a just a little longer, arranging for your patent to
issue sooner than it otherwise would is often the best option. This article
explains a very low cost technique for accelerating the examination of your
patent application by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

View full article at: http://www.webpatent.com/news/news10_03.htm#I

II. HAWAII SBIR/STTR CONFERENCE

Take a tax-deductible trip to Honolulu and learn the rules of a national
small business competition where you have a one in eight chance of winning
$100,000 and, if that works out, you have a one in three chance of winning
$750,000. Try to find those odds in Las Vegas!

View full article at: http://www.webpatent.com/news/news10_03.htm#II

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
[email protected]
Check out my website at http://www.webpatent.com

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