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-- Teetering in the balance, hanging by the barest of threads, are your inventor rights, and the rights of future generations of inventors and citizens born in the USA, to create, invent and benefit/profit from their/your inventions and intellectual property. This issue is really that serious.....

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--> Patent Reform Act of 2007 --

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PATENT REFORM ACT OF 2007:
There are two bills under the title of the "Patent Reform Act of 2007" that are being voted on right now in Congress. One already passed the House, bill H.R. 1908, and the other one is in the Senate and is on the verge of being voted on anytime, now. The Senate's version of the same bill is titled S. 1145 and all indicators look like it will pass.

The rights granted to "individuals" as stated in the U.S. Constitution will be expunged.

The U.S. Constitution, signed on September 17, 1787, states in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 that Congress shall have the power: "to promote the progress of Science and Useful Arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries." The patent laws regarding how individuals will obtain patents and the patent process are being fundamentally changed which will impede independent inventors. This is being done with little or no input from inventors, inventor organizations, or the invention community at large.

KILL BILL S. 1145:
With a couple of mouse clicks and a few minutes of your time, you could make the pivotal difference (the tipping point can be as few as 100 people contacting their senators to turn the tide) to Kill Bill: S. 1145. I've made this really easy for you to reply to your Senators, e.g., Senator Claire McCaskill : Missouri; Senator Kit Bond : Missouri; Senator Barack Obama : Illinois; and Senator Richard J. Durbin : Illinois; I've created a sample email guide/outline, and an EZ, simple and quick way to find your Senators and congressmen. This information can be found at the INVENTORS' VOICE TM blog at inventorsvoice.blogspot.com

FIRST-TO-FILE:
Any one of the issues in bill "S. 1145", alone, would be a major change to the U.S. patent system that could negatively affect inventors from being granted a patent. Many of the proposed changes in the two bills are tied-in to the worldwide "first-to-file" system. This first-to-file "package of issues" , along with the infringement issues, will destroy the intrinsic incentives and original intention of the U.S. 200-year old patent system, the U.S. "First-to-Invent" which favors the creator i.e. inventor.

ELIMINATING THE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD: If you've ever played tennis, it would be as if the inventor's side of the tennis court was designed on a pitch (a slant), but multinationals would have a normal level court. Who do you think is going to win the tennis match when the court has been designed with the idea that it's not a level playing field With these proposed bills, this is what would happen - the gutting of the U.S. patent system.

PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW!:
You must make your voice heard NOW in order to stop the bills. This is TIME SENSITIVE. Your action is needed NOW! INVENTORS' VOICE TM blog at inventorsvoice.blogspot.com

PLEASE SPREAD THE MESSAGE:
This issue affects all citizens, not just inventors, as well as future generations. Even if someone you know isn't an inventor today, everybody gets ideas at some point in their life. It's important to maintain the rights of the inventor, which was written into the U.S. Constitution by our forefathers, for all Americans.

Email your mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, relatives, friends, etc. to spread the word through an email viral approach. If you have any questions at all, feel free to email us and we'll get back to you as soon as we're able to.

Sincerely, Stephen Paul Gnass

-- "A Hollywood inventor protests the patent bill - Jul. 3, 2007" --

-- It is a proposal to dramatically diminish a constitutionally protected right by fundamentally altering America's patent system. AMERICAN PATENT LAW (110-h20070904-56) --

-- "U.S. CAN'T AFFORD TO MAR INOVATION - Proposed patent reforms mean less protection for the underdog." --

-- "The patent act is a cheat on Americans" by Phyllis Schlafly --
-- "So-called patent reform cheats U.S. inventors" by Phyllis Schlafly --

-- "IN THE LAND OF THE BLIND THE ONE EYED MAN IS KING”
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-- "sen mccaskill paper_2.doc" --

-- Update: April 10, 2008:
About a quarter past 10 AM today Senator Arlen Specter (R) announced on Cspan that so called Patent Reform legislation was being held hostage over the judicial nominees. Yesterday he withdrew his support for the Patent Reform bill.

During the last session of Congress the Republican party faced a no win situation with patent reform. Today the Democrats also face a no win situation with Patent Reform due to labor's growing opposition.

I have to take my hat off to whoever conceived of this tactic to dump Patent Deform legislation. It is brilliant and I am more than a bit peeved that I did not think of this.

Everyone gets rid of a hot potato and in the process the Republicans gain leverage in addition to getting rid of a bill which no one except a handful of legislators who have milked the Coalition for Patent fairness & Piracy really wants.

Ronald J. Riley,

Speaking only on my own behalf. Affiliations: President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org Senior Fellow - www.patentPolicy.org President - Alliance for American Innovation Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel Washington, DC Direct (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 9 pm EST.

-- Update: April 10, 2008
-- "Senator Reid announced about 6:30 PM on the Senate floor that due to the disagreement on the bill that it will not be addressed this session."

Ronald J. Riley