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***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/ ***** Hi everyone. I put in a call to a friend of mine in the patent office. He might be able to help us figure out the implications and a course of action. I'll keep everyone posted. Allen Tien wrote: > > The PTO unfortunately does grant patents without complete searches or > knowledge of prior art, and perhaps one of their operating principles > is that disputes can then be battled in court. However that is costly > and strongly biased in favor of corporations with lots of money. One > action that can be taken to help in this regard, and which is much > easier than filing patents (which I agree that INSNA should also > seriously consider), is to create an invention disclosure that > documents the idea and the date of invention, since US patents are > based upon date of invention rather than date of filing (as in Japan > and elsewhere). I attach an example of an invention disclosure > (please feel free to use the form). The form should be signed and > dated on each page by at least one and preferably several witnesses > who are not relatives (pick younger people so they will, > statistically, be around longer!). > > Allen > > ======================================= > > Allen Y. Tien, MD, MHS > President and Research Director > Medical Decision Logic, Inc. > 724 Dulaney Valley Road, Suite 2 > Towson, MD 21204 > > & > > Clinical Associate Professor > Department of Psychiatry > West Virginia University > Morgantown, WV > > web site address: http://www.mdlogix.com > > tel: 410-828-8948 or 410-821-5618 > fax: 410-828-8948 > > Name: Invention_disclosure_Integrated_CME.pdf > Invention_disclosure_Integrated_CME.pdf Type: Acrobat (application/pdf) > Encoding: base64 > Download Status: Not downloaded with message > > Name: Invention_disclosure_Integrated_CME.wp > Type: WordPerfect Document > Invention_disclosure_Integrated_CME.wp (application/wordperfect5.1) > Encoding: base64 > Download Status: Not downloaded with message -- Elisa Jayne Bienenstock Booz Allen Hamilton 3190 Fairview Park Drive Falls Church, VA 22042 Phone: 703-289-5617 Fax: 703-289-5156 _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message.