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		<title>Patents for Humanity Announced at White House Event</title>
		<link>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2012/02/08/patents-for-humanity-announced-at-white-house-event/id=22166/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the honor of being invited to the White House today for the Innovation for Global Development Event, which was held in support of the President’s commitment to using harness the power of innovation to solve long-standing global development challenges.  As a part of this event, David Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, launched a pilot program dubbed Patents for Humanity, which is a voluntary prize competition for patent owners and licensees.  The pilot program seeks to encourage businesses of all kinds to apply their patented technology to addressing the world's humanitarian challenges.]]></description>
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		<title>Teenage Inventor Rebecca Hyndman Discusses Patents, Inventing, High School and President Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2012/01/14/teenage-inventor-rebecca-hyndman-discusses-patents-inventing-high-school-and-president-obama/id=21768/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renee C. Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 17, 2011, I attended the Signing of the America Invents Act at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.  A young lady named Rebecca Hyndman, who is a senior at the high school, introduced President Obama, which took place immediately prior to his signing the Act into law.  Rebecca was chosen for this honor because at the age of just 14 she acquired a patent for her own innovation.  Recently, I ran into her father, Kelly Hyndman, at another IP event.  While discussing the AIA signing ceremony, I asked Mr. Hyndman if he would mind my interviewing his daughter for our blog.  With his blessing I conducted the following Interview.]]></description>
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		<title>Facial Recognition Technology Raising Privacy Concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/12/28/facial-recognition-technology-raising-privacy-concerns/id=21474/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/12/28/facial-recognition-technology-raising-privacy-concerns/id=21474/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I read through the patents and patent applications discussed below, and the many more I did not include, I started to wonder whether anyone has any reasonable expectation of privacy at all any more.  I am a big fan of the CBS drama Person of Interest, and the surveillance system from that show that ferrets out dangerous on both macro and micro levels doesn't seem quite so far fetched.  I suppose that is why the FTC is seeking comments on facial recognition technologies and the government is attempting to get its hands around the enormous issues and promulgate some rules or guidelines.]]></description>
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		<title>Christmases Past: Sleigh Patents of the1880s &amp; 1890s</title>
		<link>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/12/25/christmases-past-sleigh-patents-of-the1880s-1890s/id=21354/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My review of the state-of-the-art sleigh technologies shows that during the early 1880s more comfortable sleigh rides were on the minds of many an inventor, and by the mid to late 1890s improvements evolved to include additional features, such as removable seats, steps to assist one to enter and disembark from the sleigh and various steering mechanisms. Like virtually all reviews of patented technology, even such low tech inventions as sleighs, the ongoing evolution of improvement is apparent, which is the hallmark of innovation.  Make things safer, faster, cheaper or stronger.  Innovate to make operational improvements the users will greatly appreciate, such a smoother riding sleigh.  Such a review of sleigh technology also gives us a glimpse into life of the day by showing us the problems that creative members of society were working to solve.]]></description>
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		<title>The Social Media Diva to Have an Anterior Cervical Discectomy</title>
		<link>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/12/13/the-social-media-diva-anterior-cervical-discectomy/id=20888/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renee C. Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After meeting with my doctor, discussing the results of my tests, reading through all of the documentation and talking to my mother who had a similar surgery in 2000, I realized that there have been so many medical breakthroughs over the years.  These medical breakthroughs make surgeries like this possible, and in many cases with far better outcomes.  So I thought I would write about some of those revolutionary technologies and the Hall of Fame inventors who were responsible for them.]]></description>
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		<title>The Eureka Method: How to Think Like an Inventor</title>
		<link>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/11/04/the-eureka-method-how-to-think-like-an-inventor/id=20205/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. John Hershey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my experience, the passion to invent is stirred by two things: dissatisfaction with an existing product or service (i.e., too large, too slow, too expensive, too difficult to use), or a dream and desire to create something entirely new, a product or service that will augment humanity’s capability to reach farther, move faster, aggregate and analyze all sorts of data, or bring together pieces and form a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.  Over my career I have been a named inventor on 147 U.S. patents. Over my career I have developed a process for identifying consumer needs and creating unique, patentable solutions that are relevant in the marketplace. I call this the Eureka Method. The Eureka Method is a mental discipline that can be learned and practiced to help you produce a Eureka! moment.]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama Orders Acceleration of Technology Transfer</title>
		<link>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/10/28/president-obama-orders-acceleration-of-technology-transfer/id=20060/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breakthroughs in science and engineering create foundations for new industries, new companies, and new jobs.  This is undeniably true.  The question is how do we unleash this engine of growth?  I am in favor of streamlining the technology transfer process, but I believe that it needs to begin from within.  Universities have to revise the view of their appropriate role.  Universities are not supposed to be in the business of technology transfer to make money, but rather to facilitate the development of exciting new innovations while training the next generation of engineers and scientists.  By developing exciting new innovations and then placing them into the private sector the University plays a vital role in the innovation economy.  Under-funding and over-working technology transfer departments is counter-productive.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Jobs Council Seeks Open Source Approach to Tech Transfer</title>
		<link>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/10/20/jobs-council-seeks-open-source-approach-to-tech-transfer/id=19915/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would be bad enough if politicians did nothing once elected, but it seems that they have a knack for doing those things that will do the most harm.  That is why one of the recommendations in the interim report has me rather concerned.  On page 21 of the report the Jobs Council recommends: "the Administration should test an 'open source' approach to tech transfer and commercializations."  What does that even mean?  It might sound good to some, and certainly is the "in thing" to recommend I suppose.  After all, "open source" is the solution to all the problems of the world, right?  Never mind that the open source community has yet to identify a long term, stable business model that makes money.]]></description>
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		<title>Shooting Ourselves in the Foot</title>
		<link>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/10/19/shooting-ourselves-in-the-foot/id=19905/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contrary to the tone of the Jobs Council report, U.S. academic technology commercialization made possible by Bayh-Dole is a world- wide recognized success. The law allowed universities and small companies to own and manage inventions arising from federally supported R&#038;D. It decentralized technology management from Washington, allowing a market driven system to flourish. It did not create any new bureaucracy to select winners and losers. And it works in the hard, cold light of day.]]></description>
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		<title>Rebuttal Finale: A Response to Lemley&#8217;s Myth of the Sole Inventor</title>
		<link>http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/10/18/rebuttal-finale-a-response-to-lemleys-myth-of-the-sole-inventor/id=19888/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howells &#38; Katznelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lemley’s response introduces the new term “sequential improvement.” This suggests to us that he has now abandoned many of his claims of “simultaneous invention.” The word ‘sequential’ does not occur a single time in his article. We agree with Lemley’s new description that invention and innovation are often sequential, building in a series of related but different inventions: it is a normal feature of development and does not require a 108 page and 260 footnote article to establish it. Nor does it have radical policy consequences for the patent system which is well-adapted to this feature of real invention. But Lemley’s recommended policy would deny patents to second comers who contribute the key missing ingredient that unlocks an entire field. To Lemley’s credit, he recognizes the benefits of patent races and that the patent system leads to more innovation. But if that is true, Lemley does not explain why the patent system that we actually have is broken. His proposal to deny patents on “the most important inventions” and not grant more patents seems to flow from unreliable scholarship rather than a precise, reliable diagnosis of a problem.]]></description>
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