References Cited Per Patent | Patently-O: This is interesting how the number of issued patents cited have gone up from about 20 total patents references to about 50. Over the last 10 years! WOW. The additional references from the examiner appears to be consistent at about 5 to 7; but as the comments indicate, some of those may already have already been mentioned in some form by the applicant. That is a 250% increase in…
Secrecy cloaks patents on inventions hidden far from public eye by Industry Canada: Wow.So in Canada you can have your patent applications totally shielded from all view/publication. And, we presume, against your will and better judgement. But only for National Security. One would assume, that you will have lots of problems, then, if you were to consider bringing it to market commercially (non-military). And, here in the US of A, we are grappling with how…
Reduce Oil Dependence Costs: “Nearly 40% of the oil we use is imported, costing us roughly $300 billion annually. Increased domestic oil production from shale formations and improved fuel economy standards have decreased oil imports over the past few years, but the U.S. Department of Energy projects that we will continue to rely on imports for 35% to 40% of our petroleum needs in the future.” This is interesting. The rate of oil imports is…
The Energy Quiz | ExxonMobil: Try the energy Quiz from ExxonMobil: exxonmobil.com/quiz It has 4 categories related to energy: people, sources, uses and savings. There are 5 questions in each section. Interesting that the actual quiz lives here: http://corporate.exxonmobil.com/en/company/advertising-campaigns/energy-lives-here/quiz Under the advertising campaign. I didn’t do well on the quiz. And you probably won’t either. I do take issue with at least one of the 5 questions in each category. I don’t like how they state…
A Shrinking U.S. Trade Deficit—Brought to You by Fracking – Businessweek: US trade deficit is shrinking. Rapidly. The reason is the import of oil is a very expensive commodity. By the end of this decade, North America should be trade neutral on energy and then move to a surplus thereafter. At peak, the US trade deficit was about 6% of GDP. That is, our GDP would be reduced by the oil that is not produced…
Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade by Adam Minter — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists: “Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade by Adam Minter” This is an interesting book on the story of Junk. Not to be confused with Lenard’s book on “The Story of Stuff”. Has anyone read this book and what do you think? ‘via Blog this’
