http://www.isqueeze.com Roads that lead to interesting places Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:48:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=6390 en hourly 1 http://www.isqueeze.com/2010/01/04/will-fast-tracked-green-patents-yield-useful-new-technologies-or-the-next-generation-of-frivolous-lawsuits/ http://www.isqueeze.com/2010/01/04/will-fast-tracked-green-patents-yield-useful-new-technologies-or-the-next-generation-of-frivolous-lawsuits/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:38:41 +0000 admin http://www.isqueeze.com/2010/01/04/will-fast-tracked-green-patents-yield-useful-new-technologies-or-the-next-generation-of-frivolous-lawsuits/ Patent applications for so-called green technologies will be put on the approval fast track thanks to a new pilot program announced Monday by the U.S. Commerce Department’s Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This could mean patent approvals in a year rather than the standard 40-month wait time, giving inventors of alternative fuels, improved carbon capture methods and electric vehicle batteries, to name a few, quicker access to funding so entrepreneurs can create businesses and get these advancements to market sooner, the USPTO said in a press release .

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