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To: energyplay who wrote (63131)	5/2/2005 12:00:46 PM
From: Slagle	Respond to of 74559

energyplay, Re: online patents. I have two US patents granted back in the 1970's (and long since expired) and also have spent many long hours designing things to "get around" or evade other peoples patents. The first thing you do is to go research the prior art and look for loopholes. The US patent system, while in theory was always available to the public was somewhat difficult to access and this was by design, in that this tended to "slow down" dissemination of ideas, giving the inventor a greater value for his invention. I heard old patentholders years ago complain about photocopies allowing too many people easy access to the ideas contained therein. There is no way the creators of the US system of patents evisioned the photocopy or much less the internet. While I am sure that somebody somewhere benefits form online patents I am not convinced that J6P is benefited, especially in the long fun. Time will tell. For that matter, if it was my choice, there would be no interstate highways either. They have surely been a benefit to the economy but to the culture I am not so sure. They literally ruined all our big cities and have destroyed the regional character of the country. There are things more important than the economy and all these mega-actions by the government have consequences. Slagle