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""""The patent office, while part of the government, is NOT a part that changes depending on who is in political office." Of course, and so? Does that mean the government cannot fire the chief in the patent office for criticizing or not cooperating with the government? Blah, blah, blah. Nonsense."""

I do not know how old you are and I really don't care but here are a few facts about government agencies.

Can the president fire the head of an agency? Of course he can. The head of every government agency is a political appointee and at the least is normally changed each time a new administration comes in and puts in its own people. In the 13 years I have been at my agency, we have had different heads. Each time the administration changed we got a new one. Others have left because of retirement or to return to the private sector. Has this affected our day to day operations. No it hasn't. We have rules and regulations that we are required, by law, to follow. Failure to follow these rules and regulations can result in anything from a repremand up to and including being fired and having criminal charges filed against us.

In this type of case it would go before a review board of some kind. They would look at all the objections, the evidence presented, have technical experts review them and then make a decision. What the head of the agency wanted or didn't want would really make no difference. They would follow the rules and regulations in place and make a decision. And by the way, no I do not work for the patent office but another branch of the government.
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To bad the courts cant act this fast in other cases.(nt)  nite_w0lf | 03/05/04
I was thinking same thing  JWatson77 | 03/06/04
except  pschroeder@... | 03/06/04
The PATENT OFFICE is not a court.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/06/04
Microsoft is not a court either..  Bobby Sskcat | 03/06/04
Settlement  richhayes | 03/06/04
Simple.  systemcleaner | 03/07/04
Bribes  richhayes | 03/07/04
Yes, bribes.  systemcleaner | 03/07/04
Yes, bribes.  systemcleaner | 03/07/04
Yes, bribes.  systemcleaner | 03/07/04
Any evidence?  BruceWheelock@... | 03/07/04
re: Yes Bribes...  Wolfie2K3 | 03/08/04
arrogance  CO_TechGuy | 03/08/04
this is a welcome step in the right direction  pschroeder@... | 03/05/04
i agree completely  ryusen | 03/05/04
I hope it is a step in the right direction but.......  nite_w0lf | 03/05/04
steps  richhayes | 03/06/04
Don't get your hopes up just yet...  Jose Jimenez | 03/05/04
my hopes haven't changed  pschroeder@... | 03/06/04
It's not 4 million  openMind | 03/08/04
not quite...  ryusen | 03/08/04
apples vs. oranges  pschroeder@... | 03/08/04
whoops, sorry ...  pschroeder@... | 03/08/04
nog (nt)  ryusen | 03/08/04
Yes. As long it is not the last step in the same direction  David Mohring | 03/05/04
invention not discovery??  bjornafreeman@... | 03/06/04
Discovery Vs Invention  David Mohring | 03/08/04
No way ...  Ardian Daka | 03/08/04
Software patents  openMind | 03/08/04
Hardware patents?  dg mh | 03/08/04
Firmware  voska | 03/08/04
I can't agree more  openMind | 03/08/04
software patents  pschroeder@... | 03/08/04
Good  d_jedi | 03/05/04
As long as ....  systemcleaner | 03/05/04
As long as....  seosamh_z | 03/06/04
Corrections needed.  systemcleaner | 03/06/04
Waaayyyy off  d_jedi | 03/06/04
Conflict of Logic  middle of nowhere | 03/07/04
re:  pschroeder@... | 03/06/04
Not surprising.  systemcleaner | 03/06/04
wrong wrong wrong (as usual)  pschroeder@... | 03/06/04
Yes, for MS fans it is always MS is right. Everybody else is wrong.  systemcleaner | 03/06/04
SS, everything is NOT about MS, no matter how you want to paint it  pschroeder@... | 03/06/04
Wow! Schroeder you are higher than the President!  systemcleaner | 03/07/04
Government Offices  richhayes | 03/07/04
Oh please...  Patrick Jones | 03/06/04
re:  ryusen | 03/08/04
Not Not Surprising  dposkie@... | 03/10/04
you know...  ryusen | 03/08/04
You ignore the fact that  jfrankcarr | 03/06/04
Bush, the Republicans & Microsoft  bjornafreeman@... | 03/06/04
So, by your reckoning...  Confused by religion | 03/06/04
OK not all leftist  bjornafreeman@... | 03/06/04
Aids research funding is mostly in Africa...  Confused by religion | 03/07/04
Oh Puhleeeze  Squawkbox | 03/07/04
Message has been deleted.  qwwq | 03/07/04
some common sense  dg mh | 03/08/04
MS was RIGHT to start with Eolas was wrong  idnew2011@... | 03/08/04
not about MS  pschroeder@... | 03/08/04
Ha ha on Eolas  FilledOut | 03/08/04
Eolas was BOGUS to begin with  idnew2025@... | 03/08/04
In defense of Eolas  jlee88 | 03/09/04
You're wrong  eLurker | 03/09/04

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