Author: Inventors Digest

USPTO Shakes Up Management

Confirming one of the worst-kept secrets in Washington, Commissioner for Patents John Doll goes into retirement after 35 years. Robert L. Stoll is nominated as his successor. Meanwhile, Margaret Focarino is named Deputy Commissioner for Patents.

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Woodstock Revisited

When the zoning board of Walkill, N.Y., banned Michael Lang, John Roberts, Joel Rosenman and Artie Kornfeld from holding an outdoor concert, the four 20-somethings improvised.

With less than a month before the big show, they turned to alfalfa farmer Max Yasgur and asked if he’d let them use his 600 acres in Bethel, N.Y.

He said “yes.” The world, and history, said “wow.”

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Blow It Out Your iPhone

Ge Wang is an accomplished musician who has headed programs at Princeton and Stanford universities.

He knows his way around all the usual orchestral suspects – woodwinds, percussion, strings.

But his instrument of choice these days requires AT&T’s cellular data plan.

Wang makes music on the iPhone. Not just bleeps and bloops or ringtone mash-ups rendered on the phone’s tiny speakers. But digital orchestral music performed with a dozen or so iPhone musicians.

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Ask the (Patent) Commish

Q. I’m told that having a letter from an attorney explaining why a device is patentable speeds up the patent process. Should I always submit a letter of opinion from a patent attorney with a patent application? A. A letter...

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