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1 day ago ago from "Nearly" Universal Wheelchair Cup Holder

Ideally, a patent application should be made before the invention is disclosed to the public. Once the invention is made public, you lose the opportunity to file for patent protection in most foreign countries. Ideas cannot be patented. However, you can file a Disclosure Document a witnessed and notarized description and sketch of your invention which the USPTO holds for two years. Business method patents are part of a larger family of ...

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U.S. Speeding Up Green Patent Process Environmental Leader Green Business, Sustainable Business, and Green Strategy News for Corporate Sustainability Executives

19 hours ago ago from Environmental Leader · Green Business, Sustainable Business, and Green Strategy News for Corporate Sustainability Executives

December 8, 2009 Email this story Print this post Add your comments A new pilot program from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office seeks to fast-track the review of technology patents, a time-consuming process that often takes about 40 months under the current system. The new system is expected to take about 12 months off the process, according to the Wall Street Journal . “American competitiveness depends on ...

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gadget reviews Cool Gadgets & Gadget Reviews From Latest Gadget Reviews to Hi Tech Gadgets All Latest Gadgets are here White House to push through cleantech patents Tuesday December 8, 2009 Bookmark this category The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has been ordered to speed its review of green technology patent proposals in hopes of making good ideas (and the jobs they bring with ...

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COAG achieves mission impossible on health reform

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COAG has managed to accomplish mission impossible. Not health reform, which would just be asking too much, it seems. Rather, it’s managed to unite the notoriously fractured health sector. For once the chorus is singing the same tune – that the lack of action and commitment on health reform is most disappointing, especially after all the promises and rhetoric, the talk fests, road shows and reports. Health policy analyst Jennifer ...

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