[Gasification] Patents

[Greg and April]

I go there quite often.

Two things I don't like about it.

1)    They put the patents on single page tiff format.

I don't mind the tiff format ( although I can think of a couple of other 
formats that might be better ), but the fact that the USPTO sees fit to make 
each page of a patent a single document rather than make each patent with 
all the pages put together really chaff's my backside and is a real pain in 
the sphincter.


2)    Their search engine also leave's allot to be desired.    Unless I have 
an actual patent number, I can never find any patent.


Greg H.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Ludlow" <mark at ludlow.com>
To: "'Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification'" 
<gasification at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 0:19
Subject: Re: [Gasification] Patents


> Greg,
>
> The USPTO has an excellent web site where you can search, download and 
> print
> 7-million patents. Plus they have all the answers to your questions on
> patents, trademarks, etc.
>
> Navigating their website is the easiest way to be "informed".
>
> Mark
>