[geeks] LaBrea

[Michael Schiller]

Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> 
> Well, patents were made for the little people.  And as such, the
> process is supposed to be fairly easy. 

Well, in theory it's easy. In practice it's hard, and a patent attorney
is needed for ALL patents. The US Patent office takes an adversarial
position, and this makes it harder than it should be to patent things. I
know this because I've gone thru the process a few times :)

-- 
-Mike
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