The Most Important Thing Is To Talk

There Are People Who Literally Cannot Start A Project Until The Deadline Is Four Hours Away, Even If It's A Big One. And Those People Have A Serious Problem. My Recommendation Is Set Up Mini-deadlines. You Might Say, 'okay, Here's My Deadline After Three Days For This And There's Another Deadline For That And Then A Third Deadline.

America Is The Only Major Country That Tries To Ascertain Who Was The First Applicant To Invent The Product Or Procedure. This May Seem Fair, But Long Proceedings To Determine Precisely When Each Party Conceived An Idea Result Mostly In Keeping Innovations From Hitting The Market.

The Most Important Thing Is To Talk To People That Have Jobs That You Might Like And To See What They Say The Job Involves.

The Quality Of American Patents Has Been Deteriorating For Years; They Are Increasingly Issued For Products And Processes That Are Not Truly Innovative - Things Like The Queuing System For Netflix, Which Was Patented In 2003. Yes, It Makes Renting Movies A Snap, But Was It Really A Breakthrough Deserving Patent Protection?

No Matter What Your Career Aspirations Are, You Should Begin By Thinking Carefully About Why You Are Engaging In Any Activity And What You Can Expect To Get Out Of It.