Hello Keith I have tried two times to respond and my AOL program crashed both times, losing all my comments. Will try once more. -- I agree, no need to patent if you are satisfied with existing tehnology, available in the public domain. If you develop a new technology that is patentable, you can publish it; then, if you don;t take any action to publish, it reverts to the public domain, or used to last time I heard. Government Agencies and National Labs used to do this all the time.
Depends upon your intent. IIntent of the drug companies is quite different. They patent everything and only actively market those products that are under current patents. That way drugs like saw palmetto, which do more for enlarged prostate than newer drugs,. never get pushed. FDA did a study recently, so I remember, concluding that only about 10 percent of the newer drugs were more effective than the older drugs, most of which were not still under patent. Biodiesel isn't like that. Perhaps my background as a former chemical process development engineer is showing through; some processes do not need to be more efficient. Under different conditions, however, where you are seeking large amounts of venture capital money, these venture capitalists will usually, if not invaribly, expect to see patents. Glenn E [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Plan to Sell a Home? http://us.click.yahoo.com/J2SnNA/y.lEAA/MVfIAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
