Rakeesh you are so right. One of the problems is that people do not know the processes involved in applying for a patent or the purpose of getting a patent. One of the biggest problem today is the money that it takes to get a patent and how you have to jump through flaming hoops. The U.S.P.O. If I am correct was created by congress and given a set of rules to work by but also they gave them a level of autonomy. Which means that they have the ability to make there own rules. So they become self governed and have self control this allows them to operate as they see fit . Then congress passed a law, rule, statute saying that they are to be self funded and what do you have. Well I have 4 Patents that I would like to apply for but cant because the process is so complex and cost prohibitive thus becoming the domain in which the only big corporations get to play in. Well now I said I have 4 patents that I would like to apply for so let me tell these ass clowns I am an amputee and have things that would improve the lives of some of us, but making $1600 a month I can not afford $10,000 plus to apply for the patent and then the money that it would take to pay for testing buy the F.D.A because it is a medical device. So what am I do, talk to a corporation to get help Yea right they will screw me and make what ever it is they will make as for me they do not care. So I have made my devices and use them and all other amputees have to do without the benefit of my intellectual property. Which is cold but I refuse to let a corporations make millions off my intellectual property again (YES I DID SAY AGAIN). So you ass clowns that think it is just the corporations no it is not, It is mostly the bureaucratic machine and lazy politicians and don't forget the pro corporation courts that all work to prohibit the little guy from profiting form their hard work and ingenuity. Patents are to protect the inverter and prohibit others from using your Idea and profiting with out having to conceptualize, prototype build, test, refine and build again

think about it you make a widget and and start to produce it and sell it, you have to use the profits to advertise buy more material. It is a slow process maybe you can get a loan to expand but then a company with deep pockets comes in and starts to make it cheaper and has a massive advertising budget distribution network BLA BLA BLA and their sales exceeds yours, you will be doomed to fail before you even got started. But with patent protection you could stop them and even get paid for damages that would allow you to expand. NO the company is only protecting its self and its intellectual property. Now to get to the hart of the issue dose the company that holds the patent produce a product for this market if not then I have to ask why, if they have not, do not and will not then let someone make it if they have a market for it. They can take a small royalty and we will have a product that we can use.

Posted on 2018-10-20 05:15:13