Comments on: Techpreneurship: Patent Office to Expedite ‘Green’ Patents http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2009/12/10/techpreneurship-patent-office-to-expedite-green-patents/ The INOV8 blog tracks the latest news and trends in technology and innovation throughout the world. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:24:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Hermina Pillado http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2009/12/10/techpreneurship-patent-office-to-expedite-green-patents/#comment-908 Hermina Pillado Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:11:57 +0000 http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=711#comment-908 Love this post! Thanks for this. I'll be sure to come back again. P.S: I've bookmark your site as well. Love this post! Thanks for this. I’ll be sure to come back again. P.S: I’ve bookmark your site as well.

]]> By: jamerine http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2009/12/10/techpreneurship-patent-office-to-expedite-green-patents/#comment-755 jamerine Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:22:35 +0000 http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=711#comment-755 Jeff You highlight exactly the trouble I expect to arise when the USPTO begins to accelerate consideration of so-called "green patent applications". It will be very interesting to see how this plays out. Jeff

You highlight exactly the trouble I expect to arise when the USPTO begins to accelerate consideration of so-called “green patent applications”. It will be very interesting to see how this plays out.

]]> By: Jeff Veltkamp http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2009/12/10/techpreneurship-patent-office-to-expedite-green-patents/#comment-658 Jeff Veltkamp Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:33:11 +0000 http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=711#comment-658 [Even so, I can’t help but wonder what impact this will have on other critical patent applications like those in the biotech or electronics space…..Do these get pushed to the bottom of the pile? And who gets to decide what “Green” is anyway? Nearly any invention that saves time, effort, waste, and cost could be viewed as “Green.”] This is well-said. I am currently involved in a tech project through UoA and the question of if the technology we represent can be called "green" or not has been the source of some debate. If we, with our intimate knowledge of the technology and it's potential, are having to ask these kinds of questions of ourselves, how can we expect a fair and balanced hearing from the patent office? [Even so, I can’t help but wonder what impact this will have on other critical patent applications like those in the biotech or electronics space…..Do these get pushed to the bottom of the pile? And who gets to decide what “Green” is anyway? Nearly any invention that saves time, effort, waste, and cost could be viewed as “Green.”]

This is well-said. I am currently involved in a tech project through UoA and the question of if the technology we represent can be called “green” or not has been the source of some debate. If we, with our intimate knowledge of the technology and it’s potential, are having to ask these kinds of questions of ourselves, how can we expect a fair and balanced hearing from the patent office?

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