Brian Elfman is President & CEO of Certified Devices Inc. (CDI) in San Leandro, California. He is the founder of a public Silicon Valley technology company (CAERE Corp. NASDAQ). His engineering design background spans the era of discrete transistor logic to the transition of ICs. In each of his companies, he has filled the roles of President, leading edge market visionary and principal product designer. He has raised both venture capital and private financing for his companies. In the main, he generally has designed and built products first in their field. Click here to read Mr. Elfman's complete bio. If you would like to ask Brian a question or simply give comment, click here.

Intellectual Property Prospectives USPTO Update—March is Women Inventors' History Month Following the intense political acrimony that marked its middle and late 90s so roughly, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or PTO) is a much settled-down agency in 2002. Of course, the former Director of the USPTO, Q. Todd Dickinson, laid much of the groundwork towards restoring the lost decorum caused by his predecessor. Here's an update.   Click here to read the complete article.

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