Kill the Patent Office

I'm not sure what to make of all the criticism of and suggested improvement to the U.S. patent system. However, I found this article thought-provoking:

http://www.hosteny.com/archive/Hosteny%2005-05.pdf

My First Patent

I've had several pending for a while, but my first patent was issued last week. It concerns the calibration of a brake-driven physical therapy product Netrino worked on several years ago for Baltimore Therapeutic Equipment.