I think you hit the nail on the head. I would only add that there needs to be some sort of safeguard in place to assist corporations/individuals, if the patent is for something heavily regulated like drugs or airplanes. By this I mean a patent extension, because developing these things (because of the regulations) can be very time consuming and it would be imperative to get the patent out before the all State tests have been passed.
Not to be rude or trollish(I never post), but as someone who visits the site often I feel I'm somewhat obligated to say that I really don't care about Dr. Who. Maybe I'm just an oddity and everyone else wants minute coverage of the series... just thought Id throw in my two cents.
The railgun article was cool.
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I think you hit the nail on the head. I would only add that there needs to be some sort of safeguard in place to assist corporations/individuals, if the patent is for something heavily regulated like drugs or airplanes. By this I mean a patent extension, because developing these things (because of the regulations) can be very time consuming and it would be imperative to get the patent out before the all State tests have been passed.
Not to be rude or trollish(I never post), but as someone who visits the site often I feel I'm somewhat obligated to say that I really don't care about Dr. Who. Maybe I'm just an oddity and everyone else wants minute coverage of the series... just thought Id throw in my two cents. The railgun article was cool.