I completed one of my web pages. Feel free to take a look at:

http://www.geocities.com/bow_of_odysseus/why_change.html

Make sure when you copy and paste the link that you remove all of the spaces that might appear as a result of the line breaks here.

Felix, the US Patent office rejects 90% of all applications the first go around. My own experience with them is that this is largely undeserved. They basically force you to retain legal services. I personally called my examiner (a big "no no" once you assign power of attorney) and I questioned him thoroughly. I spent 100 hours on my application, and his "102 rejection" was clearly way off mark. He basically admitted to me that he was advised to reject the application and see how we (me+attorney) would respond. Well, I gave him an earful, and I mentioned who I would contact at the press and arrange for a nice interview for him! Amazingly, the SECOND revised application was put through rather quickly.

After 18 months of work, receiving the actual patent letters (as they are called) was a bit of a anticlimax, but I found a way to celebrate. The real party will be this summer, and anyone who wants to make a pilgrimage to Philadelphia is invited!