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To: shades who wrote (63115)	5/1/2005 9:44:26 AM
From: Slagle	Read Replies (3) of 74559

Shades Re: US Patent database. US patents are public information and always have been. The difference is that now you can access the entire US patent database online and for free. Back in the 1970's when I was doing patent research I would have to go to an engineering school that had a patent library and make photostats from the paper copies. By the 1980's most places with a patent collection had placed the patents on microfilm but had gotten very fussy about who could view them and I guess this was a Reagan administration policy. Under Clinton the patent office put the entire library online and I never thought this was a good idea. Before that for example, in the entire state of Georgia the only public patent library was at Georgia Tech and the only way for a non student to view the patents or make copies was to register and pay for the copies. The online patents was a Clinton idea and a stupid idea (or treason, take your pick). Slagle

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