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RFC

In 1999 the USPTO issued this RFC: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/notices/priorart.htm

Comments

For those who might be interested in reading the comments (perhaps this should be a sidebar/link in this wiki page)

The responces:

Transcript of Public Hearing, June 28, 1999 

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/hearings/priorart/prior_art1.doc (321 pages)

Transcript of Public Hearing, July 14, 1999 

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/hearings/priorart/0714pato.doc (182 pages)

Written Comments 1 - 11

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/hearings/priorart/comments.doc

• 1. Todd L. Juneau
• 2. David Boundy
• 3. wherrick@kcc.com
• 4. Timothy Rue
• 5. Gideon Gimlan
• 6. Arthur J. Hansmann
• 7. Stan Katz
• 8. Gene Scott
• 9. Eric S. Raymond
• 10. John Michael Williams
• 11. Ian Murdock, Secretary, Open Source Intitiative (OSI)

Written Comments 12 - 21

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/hearings/priorart/comments2.doc

• 12. Thomas D. Rogerson, Ph.D., Esq., Patent Department, Rohm and Haas Company
• 13. Leila Schneberger
• 14. David M. Stemerick, Thomas D. Webster, Ph.D., Lilly
• 15. Keith Kupferschmid, Intellectual Property Counsel, Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)
• 16. Section of Intellectual Property Law, American Bar Association
• 17. Bruce Lathrop, Business Attorney, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
• 18. Joy L. Bryant, Director and President, Mark R. Buscher, Esq., Director and Vice-President, Joseph A. Marasco, Director, On behalf of: The National Association of Patent Practitioners
• 19. Dr. David R. Huff
• 20. Glenn M. Wiser, David R. Downs, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
• 21. Andrew J. Anderson, Francis H. Boos, Pamela R. Crocker, Carol Kukurudza, James D. Leimbach, David A. Novais, Susan L. Parulski, Edith A. Rice, and Walter S. Stevens

Written Comments 22 - 29

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/hearings/priorart/comments3.doc

• 22. Margaret A. Boulware, President American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
• 23. Exxon Chemical Company, Exxon Production Research Company, Exxon Research and Engineering Company
• 24. Tipton D. Jennings, President, International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys, U.S. (FICPI-US)
• 25. Frederick T. Boehm, Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property & Licensing, IBM
• 26. Stephen D. Scanlon, Jones, Day Reavis & Pogue
• 27. Dale R. Ritter
• 28. John E. Beck, General Patent Counsel, The Document Company, Xerox
• 29.Herbert C. Wamsley, Executive Director, Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) (Supplements oral testimony presented on behalf of IPO by Charles Van Horn)

Comments Book (sent in, written comments)- Table of Contents 

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/hearings/priorart/comments_book.doc (contains only the original list of above names)

One of the responces was given for two reasons. One being that I saw it as a genuine solution direction, and second, knowing the USPTO themselves would publish it, as another facet supporting the project NOT being patentable.

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