apparently dems in congress started this crap but Zero eventually signed on
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > Obama and his traitor cronies will do anything they can to destroy this > country economically. > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Bruce Majors <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thursday, June 9, 2011 >> Obama regime rips off independent inventors with new patent bill that >> aids multinational corporate >> cronies<http://www.beckersasc.com/asc-supply-chain-materials-management/patent-bill-would-hamper-physician-inventors-expert-says.html#.TfCETt17JQs;blogger> >> Patent Bill Would Hamper Physician-Inventors, Expert >> Says<http://www.beckersasc.com/asc-supply-chain-materials-management/patent-bill-would-hamper-physician-inventors-expert-says.html#.TfCETt17JQs;blogger> >> >> Alert: While no one was watching, crony capitalists and multinational >> corporations and the Obama regime have slipped a patent law change in on you >> that may pass Congress. It will allow whoever files first for a patent to >> get it, as opposed to whomever can show they invented something first. As a >> result, independent inventors who have to figure out how to apply for a >> patent will be shut out by corporations with legal departments. Everyone >> from the unemployed, to small start up businesses that create jobs, to angel >> investors who profit from finding new opportunities, will be hurt. >> >> >> A bill that passed the Senate and is now being debated in the House >> would hamper the ability of physicians and other small operations in >> obtaining patents for medical devices, according to Paul Ryan, CEO of Acacia >> Research, a Newport Beach, Calif., company that partners with inventors in >> the patenting process. >> >> Mr. Ryan says the bill would fundamentally change the patent process for >> all inventions in favor of large companies that have the resources to get >> through a more complicated patent process. "The current system protects the >> little guy," he says. "It has favored the individual inventor. The proposed >> changes favor the big med tech and pharma companies." >> >> *Situation in Congress. *The Senate overwhelmingly passed the America >> Invents Act in March by a vote of 95-5. "There was limited testimony and >> very little debate in the Senate," Mr. Ryan says. The Senate was looking to >> the House to examine the bill more closely. "The battle was always going to >> be in the House," Mr. Ryan says. The bill may fail, which was the fate of a >> similar patent bill last year, but he thinks the new version has a 50-50 >> chance of passage. But even though the bill represents a complete change the >> patent process, it has received very little media coverage. "Not may people >> are paying attention to it and this is very nuanced stuff," he says. >> >> *Some good news in the bill. *The bill would alleviate the current >> 3.5-year backlog of patent applications by stopping Congress from diverting >> income from patent fees to other. Lack of funds means the Patent Office does >> not have the manpower to handle backlogged applications, now at 700,000. >> However, House Republican leaders recently called for changes in the new >> bill that would allow some of fee income to be diverted away from the Patent >> Office, according to the *Wall Street Journal*. Mr. Ryan opposes any >> diversion of funds. "The intelligent solution would be for Congress to agree >> to stop diverting the funds and leave the world’s greatest patent system >> alone," he says. >> >> *Elimination of grace period for applicants. *Meanwhile, the new bill >> would scrap the one-year grace period for an inventor to file an >> application. Currently, an inventor has one year from the day of conception >> to file. Without a grace period, Mr. Ryan says anyone who knows an >> inventor's plans could file ahead of him and get full rights. "Inventors >> would have no protection if they did not file and someone else filed ahead >> of them," he says. He adds that this open-ended approach, similar to >> Europe's current system, could double the number of patent applications and >> cause an even greater backlog. >> >> ** >> >> * >> * >> >> *Imposition of post-grant review. *Under the bill, anyone who wanted to >> challenge a patent could file for post-grant review, which is not currently >> allowed. Mr. Ryan says a big company could tie up a patent in post-grant >> review for years and even bankrupt the small company with legal bills. "The >> post-grant review process would also create a huge diversion of >> patent-examiner time," he says. This would cause more delays in getting new >> inventions onto the market, he says. In Europe, which already has post-grant >> review, a San Francisco company's European patent was held up for more than >> 10 years, he says. >> >> ** >> >> *Specific impact on physician-inventors. *Without a grace period, >> physician-inventors would be forced to file "a half-baked application" >> before they even had a clear idea of what it ought to be, Mr. Ryan says. If >> inventors choose not to file right away, they would have to be careful about >> what they said publicly about the invention, because anyone could file the >> application and gain control of the invention. >> >> "This is a problem for the whole scientific inquiry process, where you >> share your idea in journals and forums and welcome others to criticize it," >> Mr. Ryan says. For this reason, "universities are going to have a very tough >> time." Lack of a grace period would also make financing more difficult. >> "With no grace period, the inventor-surgeon also couldn't go to venture >> capitalists for money," he says. >> >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at >> http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> >> * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. >> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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