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To: Ilaine who wrote (398)8/27/1999 11:58:00 PM
From: scaram(o)uche  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1475
 
Oh, and one further thing, Mr. Harmon (yes, I know it's customary to call people
with Ph.D.s "Dr.", but let us not stand on ceremony, shall we?)

Could you please tell me, as a potential investor, exactly what is the value of a
patent application? If you know?

Or is that too confrontational for you?

Yup, that's a bit too confrontational.



To: Ilaine who wrote (398)8/28/1999 2:48:00 AM
From: scaram(o)uche  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1475
 
Actually, I will go ahead and answer your question about the value of a patent application, but then it's off to bed.

The answer to your question is that some inventions are best protected by trade secret.

The value of the patent application is dependent on the novelty of the science underlying it and on the size of the markets that are effectively addressed.

On the balance sheet, of course, it's the cost of preparing, filing, etc.


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