Can you explain how your faster way of processing nl works or is that still a way of losing your patent rights?
Jim Bromer On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Steve Richfield via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > A year ago I posted my new patent application for a faster way of parsing > NL text. > > On July 22nd it will be granted as patent 8,788,263. > > This, in a world where technology patents often take a decade to obtain. > The secret here is to have at least one inventor who is at least 65 years > old, which causes the application to be "made special" and move to the top > of the USPTO's to-do list. > > You younger inventors should be looking for an older associate, so you can > generate patents that are worth something, BEFORE the technology has had > time to move on to something better. > > And, you others on this forum who are 65 or older: You have a special > ability to push patents through the USPTO that you should promote when > looking for new projects. > > EVERY project NEEDS one of us old farts, if they are ever to produce > patented technologies that are still worth something by the time the patent > has finally been granted. > > On a side note, ~20 years ago the IEEE conducted a survey of failed and > successful projects, to identify what it was different that made projects > successful. The thing that stood out most from the survey was the > successful projects almost always had an older engineer working in them in > some capacity. > > We older engineers understand this, as we have all seen enough successes > and failures to "smell" an impending failure long before it becomes obvious > to others, and we can explain what is going wrong long before the project > hits a dead end. EVERY project encounters points of failure. Successful > projects recognize these points and take timely action to avoid them. > > Steve > > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/24379807-f5817f28> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
