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201004200820 Note: a few changes coming very soon. Thanks for your patience! FJL

201004260455 One of the most annoying, inefficient features of this web hoster (and maybe all web hosters?) is when I spend hours on a web page, click on "save" and then receive a message saying that my web page has been "reset" or whatever, because some period of time (whatever that period is I don't really know) has elapsed and I need to log in again. In the meantime, all my data entry has been lost forever. I need to find a better system (or a better webhost?) to avoid this nearly perpetual loss of useful data. My webhoster gives me NO warning whatsover, no timer, nothing, to let me know that some log-in time has expired. I don't even know how long this time period is. But it is certainly devastating to enter valuable data and to lose it all because of this expired time, which I only find out when I press "save changes" and then it's too late.

The following webpages are optimized for browsers using Firefox with Javascript turned ON. Future support for IE (windows and Mac), Opera, Safari, PDAs and hand-held devices, and aural is expected (i.e., optimization for these browsers is expected later). I am still researching various CMS (content management systems) and CMV (Content-model-view) software systems to determine how to best present and update the course information. Moodle is a self-contained course creation software package that touts its ability to put together an online course of instruction. I don't know yet, since I am still learning about it. I need to include a "wiki"-style version and editing control, to track changes. Hopefully, the package(s) I use here will be able to display the information on any existing device. Also, alternative languages (first French and Dutch) are planned as well. My spoken Dutch and French are somewhat passable (no one in the US actually consistently uses the term "fluent" in relation to language ability, and since most English-speaking US-born people don't really speak any other language, knowing ANY language other than English is often mistakenly called "fluent"), but I am certainly not "fluent" in these languages. Nevertheless, certain aspects of translation are very important, for example, the substitution of "industrial" for "intellectual" in "IP", especially in French-language countries.

Why review these online courses by Siberkhem? The first reason is that it's FREE! - the second is that it is UP-TO-DATE and includes cites to current online sources; therefore, you can evaluate the information as you go along to determine its accuracy - however, if you distrust such web sources as WIKIPEDIA.ORG (which was compared with Encyclopedia Britannica by Nature Magazine to be equal or superior), then you might want to take an expensive course at a warm resort at your company's expense for a similar (but possibly inferior) course for $1000-$2000 per person. It's your choice.

So who is writing this course? Answer: an experienced technical writer, ex-patent examiner, chemical engineer, and computer programmer. Most importantly, the writer of this course is INDEPENDENT of any commercial ties whatsoever. Therefore, you can expect the content to be UNIQUE, WELL-RESEARCHED, WELL-WRITTEN and WELL-DOCUMENTED. And if you want to learn about all aspects of patents from an independent source with these quality indicia, you have come to the right place. This is a constantly evolving subject, so expect to see periodic updates with relevant source cites to keep you informed and up-to-date. Also, please visit the accompanying weblog giving information generally related to patent and other intellectual property, and patent searching information, see Siberkhem's IP Blog: :Siberkhem's IP Blog.

Or for the blog generally related to additional content related to the Patent Search Course LessonsSiberkhem PatentLessons Blog.

This course is further intended to provided online training for candidates who wish to perform thorough searches and write reports in accordance with the requirements of the Accelerated Examination Support Document for the Accelerated Examination Procedure of the USPTO [http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/accelerated/], that began on August 25, 2006.

Using the "div" and "br" html codes for now 20100619074 link to "Gulf of Mexico" or "Cesspool of England"?, and maybe Falklands to follow...)
201006211929 "Problem" is addressable either by one or a combination of these: chemical (burn, disperse), mechanical (separate, mix), or biomedical (bacteria, yeast). Of course, coastal areas may also decide to isolate from the open sea and to filter.