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<DIV>In a message dated 9/9/2011 4:22:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
firesidehearthvashon@hotmail.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>DD: Dan Dimiduk comments.</DIV>
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face=Tahoma>Max......<BR><BR>
I am genuinely confused by the time spent by this group on the subject of
patents. From what I gather most folks on this list are publicly funded. In
the case of big business, take Boeing for example, if an employee comes up
with a patentable idea on company time........Boeing gets the patent right,
not the inventor. Should the folks funding listers get rights to their idea's
if a patent is awarded an idea?<BR> In our
case we have used my 26 years in this industry serving a community of 14,000
people who were smogging up the air to create a product which can and will
make a big difference on a global scale, and are living well below the poverty
level so we can fund this project ourselves. My dream is to create a large
enough income to be able to devote my life to helping others. Flatly spoken, I
will not be able to help anyone with anything without the invention becoming
successful. I am not a Paul Allen or Bill Gates who has any interest in 400
foot yachts, or football stadiums which only serve to make money on the public
ignorance. I guess if I were then this conversation would mean little to me.
<BR> Reading these posts seems
as if my wish to secure a patent is an unpopular thing to do. Suggestions like
kickstarter, and the like, have been both unfruitful as well as limiting on
financial gain. This might help me pay my bills for a while, but that would be
the extent. If everyone who has made comment were working on a patent then I
guess I could understand the time spent on this issue. If not then I would
suggest then anyone publicly funded might find a better use of public money
then to debate a subject such as
this.<BR><BR> Sorry if I didn't get the
point<BR><BR>
Roger<BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>DD, Speak for yourself Roger. Some of us are completely self funded, and
have devoted a large portion of our lives to specific projects. While giving
away lots of freebee help to the general public, there are certain projects
enough in demand by industry to warrant caution. It's not only the royalties I'm
worried about it's the ability for large entities to patent around an idea and
keep one from using it to turn a profit.</DIV>
<DIV> I will count on the domination of market to
develop a change in behavior and socioeconomic impact. If the big boys lock
things up, it disallows the licensed smaller entities to flourish and take away
their market share. It's not always as simple or easy as a little twist on an
old idea or new widget. Some ideas are game changers in the larger scheme of
things, and very dangerous in the wrong hands. Large firms employ experts
in industrial espionage. I need something to keep those coyotes away
anyhow.</DIV>
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<DIV> Dan Dimiduk </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>