This is so true. Also, I often use this same analogy when comparing our ability to accurately count votes in America. "We can land a man on the moon with great precision but cannot count numbers such as votes accurately".
Okay, that is off topic. I am often amazed at how "smart" some programmers seem to be yet they are completely ignorant when it comes to making connections between food intake and longevity and overall health. Such an oddity.
Sounds like a great idea. That will be $10,000 (about the bare minimum to file a patent and prosecute it through issuance).
Something that is much easier and much cheaper for open source projects/idea to do is to submit a Defensive Publication, I talked with Tom Tyson of the Open Invention Network (http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/) a while ago and he explained the beauty of Defensive Publications. Basically the patent offices scour defensive publications prior to issuing a patent and if they find anything then the patent gets rejected. Therefore making it unable to patent by anyone else. These are easy to write up and their lawyers review them and submit them. I will be submitting many of my idea this way so nobody can claim patents on them, it is free.
The website is http://www.defensivepublications.org/
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The "American Academy of Pediatrics" does not speak for all US doctors and this title is highly misleading.
This is so true. Also, I often use this same analogy when comparing our ability to accurately count votes in America. "We can land a man on the moon with great precision but cannot count numbers such as votes accurately". Okay, that is off topic. I am often amazed at how "smart" some programmers seem to be yet they are completely ignorant when it comes to making connections between food intake and longevity and overall health. Such an oddity.
Sounds like a great idea. That will be $10,000 (about the bare minimum to file a patent and prosecute it through issuance).
Something that is much easier and much cheaper for open source projects/idea to do is to submit a Defensive Publication, I talked with Tom Tyson of the Open Invention Network (http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/) a while ago and he explained the beauty of Defensive Publications. Basically the patent offices scour defensive publications prior to issuing a patent and if they find anything then the patent gets rejected. Therefore making it unable to patent by anyone else. These are easy to write up and their lawyers review them and submit them. I will be submitting many of my idea this way so nobody can claim patents on them, it is free. The website is http://www.defensivepublications.org/