mrbobmI am, a last seeing some good thinking. These suggestions are just the tip of the iceberg as to what is held in the private sector. We need to route these ideas into a search with a five year prison penalty for any public official that discloses the information. Make the fees payable in the back end with a lean against the patent. Joe citizen cannot afford the $8,000. patent fees and $1,100. maintenance fee every few years. We must help these ideas get to market and for once the government needs to help protect these valuable resources. They will pull us out of this financial banking mess and give us something to invest in. This company needs something to sell for the balance of trade.1 year ago
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Jo Ann Travis-Clark, Audit Manager at State of Tennessee - Bureau of TennCareMy innovative idea merely suggests asking every applicable American for a donation of $20 or more, depending on their financial status, to alleviate the U.S. deficit. In asking every American for a donation of at least $20 or more this would help our economy tremendously. Hypothetically, if 100 Million Americans gave $20, that would be a total of $20,000,000,000 (20 Billion Dollars). Note that there is currently a population of over 311 Million Americans. So out of that 311 Million, 1/2 would probably be in a position to give, also noting that 20% of that number could give a more substantial amount, and I do believe that if this plan was implemented, we would receive well over the deficit amount and be able to bring our country back on its feet.1 year ago
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Lucas225I made a suggestion about some of the problems we are having with innovation in this country. It started: 'If innovation is not dead in the United States, it is seriously wounded.' Then I gave two examples where my concepts had not been adopted because they were so advanced that I could not find anyone, with the means to develop them that could understand them. Without thinking it through, I assumed my illustrations would speak for themselves. Just in case they didn't, I'll make a concrete suggestion. Government can perform a positive role in encouraging innovation by acting as a clearing house for new ideas. If a place had existed in 1967 where my computer controlled communication concept could have been examined by appropriate experts, we may have had the internet seven years earlier. Even after more than seven years, I'm still waiting for the automotive engineers to catch up with just a few of my concepts. I haven't set still for all these years. My chances of finding someone in the industry who can understand advanced concepts are slim to none.2 years ago
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Pamela NyePamela F Nye - Retired nurse/ inventor I have been trying to advance my patent #7421367, issues by the USPTO in September of 2008. I have invented a 'handled computing device for multitasking in health-care applications' to reduce the medical errors and cost of health-care. It took me over 40,000 hours, and I invented it independently. It cost me over $200,000. WIPO thought it was a good invention. But because I cannot afford a prototype, and it is a first of its kind, it languishes without any company wanting to take this invention and progressing it further. I am at a loss at what constitutes American business research and develop- and innovation. Many patents that businesses use, come from independent inventors. The risk-taking of the fifties and sixties has evaporated in this country. Now something that could really solve some of the health-care financial problems are being ignored. Please explain why I wasted my time, ruined my health, and now live in poverty waiting for a company to show an interest in something that could help. Remember some of the greatest inventions have come from insiders, people who have the ability to see the problems, analyze them and invent a solution. Thank you for making this site possible.2 years ago
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kantmanStandardized testing stifles innovation, and the current use of such tests for grade promotion, teacher evaluation and AYP has pushed innovation, imagination and creativity out of the classroom. How can we expect student to become innovators when we refuse to teach them how, refuse to value those skills, and refuse to let them practice innovation during school?2 years ago
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White House at White HouseWe’re looking forward to your comments on the Strategy for American Innovation. Please note that comments posted on and messages received through White House Slideshare account are subject to the Presidential Records Act and may be archived. Learn more at WhiteHouse.gov/privacy.2 years ago
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banking mess and give us something to invest in. This company needs something to sell for the balance of trade. 1 year ago
Then I gave two examples where my concepts had not been adopted because they were so advanced that I could not find anyone, with the means to develop them that could understand them. Without thinking it through, I assumed my illustrations would speak for themselves. Just in case they didn't, I'll make a concrete suggestion.
Government can perform a positive role in encouraging innovation by acting as a clearing house for new ideas.
If a place had existed in 1967 where my computer controlled communication concept could have been examined by appropriate experts, we may have had the internet seven years earlier.
Even after more than seven years, I'm still waiting for the automotive engineers to catch up with just a few of my concepts. I haven't set still for all these years. My chances of finding someone in the industry who can understand advanced concepts are slim to none. 2 years ago
I have been trying to advance my patent #7421367, issues by the USPTO in September of 2008. I have invented a 'handled computing device for multitasking in health-care applications' to reduce the medical errors and cost of health-care. It took me over 40,000 hours, and I invented it independently. It cost me over $200,000. WIPO thought it was a good invention. But because I cannot afford a prototype, and it is a first of its kind, it languishes without any company wanting to take this invention and progressing it further. I am at a loss at what constitutes American business research and develop- and innovation. Many patents that businesses use, come from independent inventors. The risk-taking of the fifties and sixties has evaporated in this country. Now something that could really solve some of the health-care financial problems are being ignored. Please explain why I wasted my time, ruined my health, and now live in poverty waiting for a company to show an interest in something that could help. Remember some of the greatest inventions have come from insiders, people who have the ability to see the problems, analyze them and invent a solution. Thank you for making this site possible. 2 years ago