http://unitedstates.promotetheprogress.com/weve-got-your-patent-reform-right-herea-new-rethinkip-project-is-coming-soon/572/ Still clinging to first-to-invent Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:13:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://unitedstates.promotetheprogress.com/weve-got-your-patent-reform-right-herea-new-rethinkip-project-is-coming-soon/572/#comment-117 Edie Boudreau Sat, 02 Sep 2006 01:51:21 +0000 http://unitedstates.promotetheprogress.com/weve-got-your-patent-reform-right-herea-new-rethinkip-project-is-coming-soon/572/#comment-117 I have a real problem with the USPTO. I got a Preliminary Patent on my product in April 2003, and applied for a final Utility Patent On 04/01/04. But ever since I've gotten the run-around. The story is too long to go through here, but even though I had to learn the entire procedure myself, as I am 71 and living on Soc. Security, so I couldn't afford an attorney, it has still cost me >$1,000 and I am still waiting, after going back and forth almost 2-1/2 years. I definitely think the the USPTO needs a reform in favor of the public. I have a real problem with the USPTO. I got a Preliminary Patent on my product in April 2003, and applied for a final Utility Patent On 04/01/04. But ever since I’ve gotten the run-around. The story is too long to go through here, but even though I had to learn the entire procedure myself, as I am 71 and living on Soc. Security, so I couldn’t afford an attorney, it has still cost me >$1,000 and I am still waiting, after going back and forth almost 2-1/2 years. I definitely think the the USPTO needs a reform in favor of the public.

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