The Inventors Association of Australia (Victoria) 30 Reids Lane Warranwood Vic 3134 HOTLINE: Ph 0421 767 790 . Web:www.inventorvic.com.au Email: mandrgroup@optusnet.com.au

Wed 5th August 6.30 pm

45Miller Crescent Mount Waverley

Chair Rory Hogan

Feasibility 6.30 pm

S. Spataro

Patent tutorial 6.30 pm

Marita Gill Phillips Ormonde &

Fitzpatrick

Talbot Batt

innovations he introduced into Australia Post

Guest speakers

Gary Hegedus

Show reel

For inventors

Buzz Problem

Corner

9.30 pm Supper

Debbie’s Chatter Debbie chaired the meeting last month but between the Chairing, the kitchen duties and the front office, she had to have the help of her trusty Vice President Patrick. Everyone was run off their feet except for Ray. Ray has a broken foot and is recovering quite well and in spite of his rapid recovery, we let him off the hook for any running around. As a consequence, not many photos were taken this month. (Not that this really matters) We were short of our usual quota of committee members this month. Frank was away on a very well earned holiday to Queensland with his wife. Both Norm and Rory were also away on school holidays with their wives and families. They will be back next month fully invigo-rated I’m sure! (I must tell Frank about the pizza delivery! We really do need Frank in the kitchen!) Anyway, all went well and everyone was eventually fed. (What a hoot!) We had a very full evening with our guest speakers this month. There was no time available for our usual chatter about our new members and our new segment of a ‘new member profile’. We can report that we have 4 new members this month and there’s a couple of “interested in joining”. The hotline and Ray’s phone have taken quite a few enquires this month. Thank you Patrick for stepping in and being a great Vice President!

Patent and Trade Mark Attorney IPTA kindly replaced David Drew from Chrysiliou Law, (who un-fortunately, was unable to attend our meeting this month due to ill-ness) with Paul Voutier trainee Patent Attorney and Malcolm Peh from Griffith Hack. We had a very informal tutorial for most of the session this eve-ning. There was a lot of very interesting chat going on and I think our Attorneys had a very interesting evening themselves with the information that Ray was feeding them of his latest finds on the Internet. It is a pity we don’t get to film this part of the evening….(we’re not quite set up with the equipment when the Patent Attorneys session is on) Many of the questions asked are really very good questions that are always given expert answers. This is a valuable teaching opportunity for our association members. We can’t thank our friends at the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys enough for their interest in our Association. For more information please contact Paul or Malcolm: Griffith Hack Level 3, 509 St. Kilda Rd Melbourne Vic 3004 P: (03) 9243 8306 F: (03) 9243 8333 M: 0430 218 371

ROSS BAGPIPE BAGS PTY LTD

‘From Concept to Reality……’ Geoff Ross was our first guest speaker for the evening and spoke about his bagpipe journey. “From Concept to Reality” gave our members first hand of the list of prob-lems that can be set an inventor. The problem list was so much longer than the suc-cess list. So many times Geoff could have thrown the towel in but didn’t. Ray Ra-banin has helped Geoff enormously with the final product. Consequently, Geoff could speak of the “Launch of a new bagpipe bag” with pride and relief… Geoff has been involved with bagpipes since 1968 and in that time he has been com-

peting in solo and band competitions both locally and overseas. Geoff has had the good fortune and opportu-nity to have been taught by Bill Boyle whilst living in New Zealand. Bill Boyle, Donald Bain and other great pipers inspired Geoff to take a particular interest in the bagpipes. The tone of the bagpipes really captured Geoff’s ear and love of music. It was through the frustration of not being able to maintain a consistently high standard of tone whilst playing traditional reeds and bags that caused Geoff to find a better way…Geoff’s bagpipe bags are quality bags that have all the qualities that pro-fessional pipers are looking for. Thank you Geoff for a very interesting presentation and sharing the ups and downs of your journey. For more information on bagpipes please contact:

ROSS BAGPIPE BAGS PTY LTD Geoff Ross Phone: 846 5380 Fax: 98465380 Continued next page

The Ross Suede Canister Pipe Bag is the result of an extensive amount of research, trial and error, and the desire to produce a major upgrade from our previous bags and canister system. The Ross Suede Pipe Bag offers pipers a com-bination of great comfort, feel and harmonics, and moisture control that is unequalled in the bagpipe world. The bag can be played without a canister systemn of course, and for drier blowers this basic setup might well be sufficient. Yet it is the implementation of the canister drying system that takes this bag to the highest level of moisture control, and has been used to great benefit by thousands of pipers throughout the world already. The new Ross Suede Canister Pipe Bag has some major improvements over our previous bags: 1. Much greater comfort and "feel" to the bags, with a vibrance that is on a par with sheepskin pipe bags 2. Highly breathable, meaning faster moisture transfer from inside the bag to the outside 3. Has a much more flexible and free moving zip, for easier opening/closing 4. Stocks are more easily inserted and removed 5. The new canister design enables the canisters to be connected and removed with much greater ease 6. Inside the canister there is an extra 50% more space for granules for the bass drone, which requires more drying than the tenor drones 7. Air-flow to each of the drones and chanter can be regulated to allow extra moisture to pass through via external colour coded rings 8. There is a 2 year warranty on the bags from the date of purchase

The bag has been designed with dedicated piper's requirements in mind. Maximum comfort has been a prime objective in the design of the Ross Suede Pipe Bag, and it is arguably the most comfortable pipe bag yet made. There are 5 sizes to choose from, Small, Livingstone (small size bag with drones and blow-pipe moved forward), Extended Small (deeper than the Small bag), Medium and Large. Also tailor made bags can be accom-modated to suit individual requirements. The "feel"or vibrance that users of sheepskin bag users have always desired, is very evident in the Ross Suede Bag. Very high breathability is also a benefit, in that it allows moisture vapour to quickly travel to the outside of the bag, and not remain inside to accumulate and cause long term moisture issues for the bag, reeds, and poor hy-giene. There is absolutely no tying in of stocks.

The canister is the major part of the moisture control system. The basic concept of the canister system, is that the air must pass through the canister filled with drying granules prior to reaching the reeds. This canister system, combined with the highly breath-able bag, offers pipers the best available means of controlling moisture, which means much greater stability of tone and longevity of reeds. The type of granules used in the Ross Canister system is unquestionably the most efficient moisture absorbing material that can used over and over indefinitely, hence the best method of keep-ing wet reeds and drones at bay. Drying the granules is achieved by placing them in a microwave for a few minutes. A second canister is provided with each complete setup, which provides pipers with a reserve canister for competition days, or long playouts if needed. There is now a method of being able to allow extra moisture input to the reeds, for chanter reeds and bamboo drone reeds. This is done by rotating colour coded rings located on the bottom lid.

The air-tight zip makes the task of opening and sealing the bag as simple and convenient as it can get. The new air-tight zips used in our bags, are highly flexible and easily slid open or shut. Very little maintenance is required, other than a very occasional application of lubricant.

PROBLEM CORNER with Buzz Cousins….. It was good to have Buzz back after him not being well for a month or so. Welcome back Buzz! This is the part of the evening dedicated to finding solutions to any problems our members may be facing. No problem is too small for us to handle and hopefully we can answer the bigger problems as well. One member needed to be put in touch with a local CAD draftsman. Two members were available to speak to the member that needed this service. (This is quicker than looking in the Yellow Pages!)

Buzz Cousins is going to bring his

INVENTION BRAG BOOK

in next month and give us a run through on the history of these very interesting inventions and the inventors of them.

RapidPro inc RedEye Simon Bartlett Simon gave our members a PowerPoint presentation of his Companies services. “RapidPro is the complete prototyping professionals” is their claim. RapidPro is a local model and prototype supplier offering creative prototyping solutions to all industries. Working with all industries, inventors and students to achieve their desired outcome, the customer’s privacy is of utmost concern and discretion is guaranteed.

This company has a team with over 40 years combined experience in engineering and design/development roles. The key to their success is being able to understand the customer’s needs and end requirements. They then use their ex-tensive network and experience to create accurate, affordable prototypes and parts using a wide array of processes and materials. Manufacturing in house, nationally and internationally to ensure the customer gets the best results for minimal spend. RapidPro is situated in Mornington. RapidPro blends new and traditional rapid prototyping technologies to offer the customer a complete project solution. Whether it’s an individual sample or a small production run, RapidPro could be considered an extension of the cus-tomers business. They act as your prototyping division, sharing your goals because they know that your satisfaction is a measure of their success. RapidPro has a list of services to provide their customers. RapidPro can: • Create visualization, conceptual and functional models • Workshop which process is right for your project • Provide CAD services Employ the latest problem solving techniques • Utilise over 40 years combined experience • Supply components in a variety of materials and from a range of prototyping processes • Produce individual to small production quantities • Project manage your product from concept to production Hand-finish your model including sanding, painting and plating (including chrome) upon request Recently joining forces with RedEye RPM to bring Stratasys high end, large platform, Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) machines to Australia, RapidPro is now able to achieve even faster turnarounds, especially with online quot-ing and ordering. RedEye RPM and RapidPro’s people not only understand RP and RM technology, many of them helped invent it. And like you, they understand the importance of design iteration and validation as well as the disruption and cost of waiting for critical parts. Whether you need a one off sample or small run production parts, contact Simon for service and advice you can count on. Simon was asked many questions during his presentation and afterwards. Our members have really benefited from Simons presentation and those members who were unable to attend this month, really do miss out on the bits of infor-mation that just doesn’t reach the newsletter. Thank you Simon for an informative presentation of RapidPro and RedEye. Please contact Simon for more information on: Phone: 1300 559 454 Mobile: 0408 301611 Fax: (03) 5973 6001 Email: enquires@rapidpro.com.au

Gary Hegedus Productions is pleased to offer you, as a member of The Australian Inventors Association, a professionally produced SHOW REEL of your invention, concept, product, or service. This show reel is created in broadcast quality, digital format, and is presented on professional-grade optical DVD and will enable you to demonstrate to the world your product or service.

The DVD format is ideal for multiple reproduction and distribution, and the high quality is ideal for exhibiting on large format video screens or video projecting at seminars and conferences.

Your footage is also supplied in a compressed file format so you may e-mail, web stream or place it on your web site for download or promote it on. (We also make websites, if you don’t already have one!) The footage may contain a mix of both still images and video footage, and all work is guaranteed completion within 7 days of final shoot.

THE SHOW REEL INCLUDES:.. On-site video shoot Royalty-paid background music and sound effects On-site photographic shoot Royalty-paid clip art and photos, as required Assistance with script production All video titles / text / overlays Construction of storyboards Animations as requiredStudio recorded voice-over Studio recorded voice-over 3D animated rolling title Final-cut high quality (auto play) optical DVDProfessional post-edit video and sound Compressed video file for e-mail/web/YouTube

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For further information please contact: Gary Hegedus Productions Mobile 0408 99 4040 Phone (03) 9876 2860 e-mail gary@ghproductions.com.au www.ghproductions.com.au

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A starter list of Problems needing innovative solutions.

• Alphanumeric design to prevent confusions of letters and numbers such as pdbq • Appliances that are durable, mendable, multi-use, with updatable modules. • Peace Toys to replace guns, killing and militarism • Clothes - Australian Fashions that are different, beautiful, multicultural, durable. Fashions for the elderly and infirm that are comfortable, good-looking and durable Space Clothing replacing wasteful Space Heating. Everyone can control the tempera-ture of their immediate personal space, regardless of the climate around them. Conservation Clothes designed so that only the parts needing washing need be thor-oughly washed. • More Computer Games where knowledge and thinking, not violence, win the games e.g Youth to Age Computer Game - you grow older as you play • Conflict Simulators to use instead of resorting to wars, strikes or marital uproar • Conservation. Full use of sewage - as a major resource, not a pollution problem • Culture. More fun, beauty, diversity, for everyone to join in, and less wasteful. • Electronic tagging for people's stray able belongings, e.g. glasses, has already be-gun. • Food-chain bypassing, so that food can be manufactured directly from desert rocks. • Homes - All new homes designed for energy-saving and protection against local risks e.g. bushfires, floods, and droughts, with space for salvage/storage, modifiable, renovatable. • Paper, Erasable - can be wiped down with a scanner to reprint or rewrite again • Paper recycling that can easily be done on the spot • Pocket typewriter that you can operate by touch in your pocket anywhere, even in the dark or if you cannot see. A further advance on electronic notebooks • Poker machines that do something useful when operated by people addicted to noise&jingle • Remote Control Gun Exploder that explodes or disables any other loaded weapon • Souvenirs that are more fun, diverse, more beautiful, cheaper and easily transport-

The International Next Big Thing Award 2009 Our Committee was privileged to be invited to the announcement of the winner of the International Next Big Thing Award. The IAA Vic is a minor sponsor of INNOVIC. Not all our Committee could attend because of holidays but we sent along a great team. Ray, Ron, Patrick and Debbie were the delegates from the Inventors Association. It was a great night and we enjoyed our finger food and a glass of wine (or two). We enjoyed speaking to many of the inventors, and also had the privilege of speaking to Richard Marles, the Minister of Innovation. We extended an invitation to Richard to be a guest speaker at our next meeting. Rich-ard needed to check the diary, but seemed enthusiastic and said he’d get back to us….. It would be a great honour to have the Minister of Innovation present at one of our meetings to give our mem-bers the latest updates from the Government concerning Innovation. Innovic’s International Next Big Thing Award is a global competition and annual award to find and showcase new inventions and innovations that have the potential to become the ‘the next big thing’. Winners receive over $60,000 in cash and prizes and $100,000 in promotion. Patrick and Debbie went into the Museum the next day to check out the entries and their displays. Well done to all the entrants! Next Big Ting Award includes:

Young entrepreneurs’ week Six week exhibition of finalists’ innovations at the Melbourne Museum Award ceremony Sponsors breakfast Deal flow day

Aquatain AMF blocks the mosquito lifecycle. It is a silicone-based liquid which spreads instantly across the surface of a body of water, forming a very thin film. VECOR bricks, tiles & pavers are made from 95% fly ask, the unavoidable by-product of burning coal to produce electricity. The Smart Energy & Load Management System is a technology-based solution that allows users to moni-tor and manage their own power consumption. Joinlox TM is a spring loaded joint, which joins & locks parts together. It provides an alternative to tradi-tional joining methods such as nuts, bolts, welding & screws. The Jambot is a musical robot that listens to music & jams along with it. Its computer software can, for ex-ample, play along with a band. The Signos personal ultrasound acts like a visual stethoscope. It is a palm size ultrasound device which can be worn around the physician’s neck or kept in the pocket. The 360 Paper Water Bottle is a single serve water bottle made from sustainable sheet stck such as bamboo, palm leaves etc. The bamboo de-brancher is a tool to safely & quickly cut the sideways branches from bamboo. It is height adjustable & incorporates built in self-retracting guards for safety. Joss Evans the CEO of Innovic said she was very pleased with the standard of entries this year. These are just a few examples of the entries for the competition. Wonder what next year will bring?

- FROM PATENT TO PROFIT - A STRATEGIC GUIDE A B C D E F

INVENTION TIMELINE

Get an idea. Date ____________ �

Brainstorm to develop the idea into a potential product. Date ____________ �

Determine whether you are going to manufacture the product or if you will need a company to make it for you. Date ____________ �

Make a genera design prototype if you can. Think about various trademark and service mark possibilities. Date ____________ �

With the general design prototype - and with your marketing expert’s input - determine the best size, colour, etc. Date ____________ �

Continue to refine prototype to test best attributes with your sales and manufacturing partners. Date ____________ �

PATENTING TIMELINE

Learn all you can about patenting. Date ____________ �

Write an invention disclosure. Have it witnessed or notarised. Date ____________ �

Conduct and evaluate a patent search on the internet and/or the Intellectual Property Office Date ____________ �

Begin writing a provisional patent application. Date ____________ �

Interview patent attorneys and agents if you do not already have one. Date ____________ �

Continue writing provisional patent application. Date ____________ �

MANUFACTURING TIMELINE

How can the invention be manufactured? Who can help you determine the best process? Date ____________ �

Prepare a list of potential manufacturing or import partners. Interview them by phone, letters or at tradeshows, etc, with simple product summaries. Date ____________ �

Have best potential candidates sign confidentiality agreements before meeting in person and revealing details of your invention. Date ____________ �

Weigh the producer’s enthusiasm and commitment to manufacture. Date ____________ �

Based upon strategy, appoint or license the manufacturer. Date ____________ �

MARKETING TIMELINE

Ask yourself, “Where can my invention be sold? In what fields?” Date ____________ �

Seek potential sales experts and interview them by phone, mail, or tradeshows, etc with simple “product summaries” Date ____________ �

Have best potential candidates sign confidentiality agreements before meeting in person and revealing your invention. Date ____________ �

If candidate says, “I can sell that,” get information on a suggested sell price and sales volume. Date ____________ �

Based upon strategy, license or hire you sales expert. Date ____________ �

Invention: _________________________________________________________ Inventor: __________________________________________________________

G H I J K L M

Complete and confirm prototype testing with your sales expert. Have your manufacturing expert confirm its ability to produce. Date ____________ �

Oversee the in-house testing of the working models. Date ____________ �

Give input into the tests and any assistance to sales experts in developing and finalising brochures and so on. Date ____________ �

Continue to oversee project and offer assistance as required. Date ____________ �

Assist in overseeing first test market if you can. Gather valuable information, watch for red flags. Date ____________ �

Based upon test market results, begin thinking about future improvements or companion products and markets. Date ____________ �

Confirm with your sales expert which improvements are best. Then, do it all again! Date ____________ �

Continue writing provisional. Include the “preferred embodiments” that have been confirmed during testing. Date ____________ �

Remember to include all inventive attributes you can imagine. If new matter and processes were discovered, prepare additional applications. Date ____________ �

Before finalizing the provisional patent application(s), ask yourself, “What are the possible design around?” Date ____________ �

File all provisional applications now. Do not offer for sale or publicly disclose until they are filed. Date ____________ �

Register any trademarks, service marks or trade dress you developed. Date ____________ �

Consider patenting overseas by end of first year. Can your licensee pay for this cost? Date ____________ �

Before year’s end, file the permanent, non-provisional patent application(s). Your attorney prosecutes it. Date ____________ �

Prototype transitions from your crude designs to the manufacturer’s real time working models. Date ____________ �

Build working models in house and test in house. Date ____________ �

Solve all problems to the satisfaction of inventor and sales expert. Date ____________ �

Testing of working models is completed; producer gears up for production with raw material, shipping materials and so on. Date ____________ �

First order(s) shipped to first test market. Date ____________ �

Any problems on the first shipment are corrected and manufacturer continues to produce based upon sales. Date ____________ �

Manufacturing process is perfected. Expand as required. Date ____________ �

Sales expert starts to develop packaging, specification sheets and price breaks. Sales expert starts thinking about who the first customers will be. Date ____________ �

Sales expert interacts with manufacturer on the in-house testing of the working models. Date ____________ �

Sales expert puts “stamp of approval” on in-house test models. Finalizes brochures, spec sheets, price sheets and so on. Date ____________ �

With the provisional applications filed, sales expert officially offers product for sale to test market customer(s). This is the first public disclosure. Date ____________ �

Sales expert is involved hands-on with the first test market customer to resolve any remaining problems. Date ____________ �

With test market problems resolved, sales expert expands sales base - first to a region, then nation wide. Date ____________ �

Sales expert prepares to expand sales to new target markets and perhaps internationally. Date ____________ �

 

i-news June 2009

International Next Big Thing Award 2009 The Governor of Victoria, Prof David de Kretser was one of the guest presenters at the Next Big Thing Awards Ceremony recently on 2 July. Over 200 guests attended the ceremony, hosted by KPMG. Seven winners were announced.

Finalists of INNOVIC’s International Next Big Thing Awards 2009 with the Governor of Victoria, Prof David de Kretser and other guest presenters. Winner Handheld Medical Diagnostic System

Green/Environmental Winner Creative Water Technology

Social/Community Benefit Winner

Fermiscan Breast Cancer Test™

Innovation Excellence Winner Gigabit Wireless Transceiver on CMOS

International Winner

360 Paper Water Bottle

People's Choice Winner VideoTrace

Highly Commended Award

Bamboo De-Brancher Congratulations to INNOVIC’s International Next Big Thing Award 2009 winners. www.nextbigthingaward.com The Exhibition of the 25 Finalists in this year’s award will be displayed at Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens, Melbourne until 12 July 2009.

Grants and Awards Grow me the money Grow Me The Money is a business sustainability program for Victorian businesses, helping them to reduce their impact on the environment and save money doing it. Become a member by visiting www.growmethemoney.com.au

Diary Dates Now until Thurs 16 July Helping your business in tough times FREE WorkSafe Victoria has a series of free seminars covering workplace safety and keeping small business costs down. The series is run throughout Victoria so check worksafe.vic.gov.au/register or phone 1800 136 089 to get a listing of times and locations. Thurs 20 August, 6.30pm – 8.30 pm FREE Small Business in Challenging times – A Whole-of-Government Approach RMIT Building 108, level 7, Rm 18. 239 Bourke St. Melb Find out how government agencies can help sustain your business during these tough economic times. Guest speakers include Dr Michael Schaper (Deputy Chair ACCC) who will talk about the challenges he and others have faced on the road to small business success. To register call 03 9925 2933

Patent Search – Need to know?

Michael Curran accepts the $10,000 winner’s cheque and trophy on behalf of inventor Micah Atkin of the Handheld Medical Diagnostic

A patent search is a useful way of finding out whether another party already owns the intellectual property rights to an idea. INNOVIC's patent search examines intellectual property databases in Australia, Europe and the U.S and provides you with a report detailing any existing or similar concepts. Contact INNOVIC on (03) 9650 4733 now for more information. Tip of the month – from an i-link Member Deliver the Right Message + Right Place + Right Time using these five steps:

Step 1 - Whatever your message – information, eLearning, advertising, news, sports ,weather, entertainment, community the message must be relevant, local and compelling. Step 2 - Whatever the format - image, text, video, SMS, Bluetooth, Flash, RSS a digital media network schedules, controls, manages and delivers your content. Step 3 - Whatever your schedule - your message is received in your targeted locations scheduled to maximise your audience. Step 4 - Whatever your display end point - retail video wall, iPhone, out of home screens, interactive touchscreen kiosk, transit infotainment systems, websites a digital network creates, schedules and serves your digital content Step 5 - Whatever your back end systems Digital Media integrates, provides intelligence, reports, analytics, feedback. Digital Signage and Display is the new media! Written by Phillip Brophy, Managing Director, Digital Hive – Neo Purple www.digitalhive.com.au or phone 1300 133 787

 

Australia Post - Delivering IP Australia's new state based service arrangements IP Australia is pleased to advise all customers that it has engaged Australia Post to deliver its new state based lodgement service arrangements. These services include the lodgement of documents and payment of fees relating to registered IP rights and new applications. Australia Post has a strong reputation for quality service and extensive experience in deliver-ing similar services to a large number of both commercial and public sector organisations. Australia Post service over 1 million customers every business day and provide similar ser-vices to more than 60 other external organisations. Australia Post is a statutory corporation of the Commonwealth of Australia providing secure postal services and excellent customer service, with all of its outlets currently ISO 9001 quality certified.

Published online on 25 June 2009 ABN 38 113 072 755 Discovery House, Phillip ACT 2606 PO Box 200, Woden ACT 2606 Australia Phone: 1300 651 010 International Callers: +61-2 6283 2999 Facsimile: +61-2 6283 7999 Email: assist@ipaustralia.gov.au Website: www.ipaustralia.gov.au Official Notice PCT Rule Changes and Other Patents Regulation Changes On 24 June 2009, the Federal Executive Council made the Intellectual Property Law Amendment Regula-tions 2009 (No.1) (the IP Regulations). The IP Regulations will shortly be registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments and copies will be available from the ComLaw website (www.comlaw.gov.au). Amongst other matters, the IP Regulations will amend the Patents Regulations 1991 and update the English text of the Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT Rules) to reflect the changes which were agreed to at the PCT Union meeting of September 2008. They will also align the various requirements for declara-tions in the designs, patents and trade marks legislation in accordance with current government recommendations and make a number of minor typographical corrections. In detail the IP Regulations will amend the Patents Regulations by: • Updating the English text of the PCT Rules set out in Schedule 2A to include the changes to the PCT Rules due to take effect on 1 July 2009—specifically: o clarifying the procedures for withdrawal of an international application under Article 14(4) of the PCT o introducing a requirement for the applicant to submit a complete set of claims when any of the claims are amended under Articles 19 or 34 of the PCT. • Amending regulation 22.13 to make the requirements for declarations under the patents legislation (‘patents declarations’) simpler and clearer by: o having general matters required of all patents declarations set out in new subregulation (2) o having additional requirements for certain patents declarations—those made on behalf of another person, or for the purposes of a business whose details are set out in the declaration—set out in new subregulations (2A) and (2B) o substituting replacement paragraph 22.13 (3) (f) for the existing provision so that any person who can witness a Commonwealth statutory declaration (that is, under the Statutory Declarations Act 1959 (Cth)) can witness a declaration for the purpose of the patents legislation o omitting subregulation 22.13 (4) since the requirements in this provision are set out in new paragraphs 22.13 (2) (d) and (e).

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Some Stupid Things could be changed: -

• Standing lists of inventions are needed, to exercise creative minds.

• Adequate financial and status rewards for inventors are needed. When do they come on Honours lists with sportsfolk, entertainers and other public figures, as models to encourage the young?

• Co-operative progress is hampered by commercial confidentiality and Intellectual Property

• New ideas and innovators get knee-jerk responses of ridicule or worse, are just ignored.

Yet even a zany new idea can have the germ of something great.