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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (760)	9/13/2006 4:14:49 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

I don't know about Iraq, but I know there are all sorts of non-agricultural patents owned by Indian individuals or companies. Sickles and cowbells are irrelevant.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (760)	9/14/2006 5:55:22 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 10087

in India and Iraq, they aren't going in and patenting the sickles and cowbells and whatever Because they know these things are obvious. A patent examiner in the US Patent Office is typically a GS 7 or 9 straight out of college being trained on the job, not getting paid enough to be able to afford to live in Washington DC. Many of them come from families originally from other countries, bright Asians who test well. Lots of Chinese, Vietnamese, and so on. Not necessarily sophisticated in the ways of the world, just bright kids. I'll give the people in Iraq a "pass" on keeping track of the United States Patent Office, but India -- wow, what excuse does India have? A huge country teeming with bright, educated, motivated people, who read the English language as well as we do here in America, and have good access to the Internet. Some of them lawyers, even. If the patent is wrongly issued, why don't they challenge this?