81.   The Patent and Trademark Office does not say how many patent applications receive such secrecy orders each year.

82.   The Patent and Trademark Office has the power to suspend patent applications if the government decides that publication of the patent would threaten national security.

83.   The push to commercialize genetic information has also led to a flood of patents and patent applications, providing full employment to patent attorneys.

84.   The plans call for Kodak to spin out some internal operations into Appairent and to contribute several patents and patent applications.

85.   The rush to commercialize genetic information has led to a flood of patents and patent applications.

86.   The Senate Judiciary Committee then approved additional changes, limiting the publication requirement to inventors who file patent applications abroad.

87.   The U.S. patent system had a long tradition of secrecy, and it was accepted that a patent application was confidential until the day the patent was awarded.

88.   The wheel shown in a sketch that accompanied the patent application has a fat tire about the size of a tire on a riding lawnmower.

89.   They also helped Nicholas fill out a patent application, which is currently pending.

90.   They insist that when the defense goes looking for evidence that the technology existed before the patent application was filed, they will find plenty of it.