Can you say "culture of corruption?"

[Ronnie Garrison]

Former Clinton and Obama budget adviser Franklin Raines owns a key carbon-emissions patent he developed as CEO of the government-sponsored mortgage giant Fannie Mae, positioning him and his partners to make millions of dollars if it is used in any carbon-capping scheme implemented by the Obama administration.

Raines and his associates led Fannie Mae and Congress to believe Fannie Mae owned the patent, despite public records to the contrary, a WND investigation has found.

Raines and his partners carried out their plan by quietly filing for and receiving a second nearly identical carbon-emissions patent that superseded the first patent, according to government records. The second patent was never assigned to Fannie Mae or any other party.

As WND reported, an Enron-like accounting scandal enabled Raines to earn $90 million in his five years as Fannie Mae CEO, from 1999 to 2004.

http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=168077

 

[Bfish]

FYI Later patents can NOT supercede previous patents.

 

[Ronnie Garrison]

I am no lawyer - just going by the explanation from the U.S PATENT OFFICE as explained later in the article. I didn't paste all of the article due to copyright laws - do know a little more about them.

 

[Eyeman2]

Only if the design is changed to a certain %..that %, I don't know..ie; if someone patents a ball, and you put 2 bumps on the ball, you can patent your ball.

 

[Eyeman2]

Some patents are good for one (1) year only..I have one, it's a Provisional Patent & my number is US 61/327,***,
has an attorny docket number with 6 digits, and is in progress as we type.
Everyone of you guys/gals will have to have one or 2.
I'll keep you informed as soon as employees (associates) get it going.

 

[Eyeman2]

PS:
In a paragraph from US patent Officeon my reciept;" If an error is noted on the FILLING RECIEPT, please submit a written request for a FILLING RECIEPT CORRECTION. When the USPTO processes the reply to the Notice, the USPTO will generate another Filling Reciept incorporating the requested corrections."
So, if you are slick and do this under 2 names then you can take credit for the other invention, with a change or two.

 

[Guest]

The names and faces and party affilliations change but nothing else changes. Business as usual for the beltway gang.

VOTE 'EM ALL OUT!!! START AFRESH!!!