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Hello, You can do an online patent search to
discover who holds a patent, and their address. http://www.uspto.gov/patft/ I had little luck in contacting the patent
holder for Titania blackcurrant. He had no idea how to handle a single
individual, or establish a straight forward royalty fee. I just wanted to propagate a couple more
bushes (for myself) from the single plant I had purchased from a nursery. Having
read all the NAFEX posts on patents I thought I would try to honor the patent. Possibly he was the exception. In my
limited experience, patent holders are interested in the large producers, not
the individual propagating for their own limited, personal use. I think
we are more of a bother than we are worth to them. I am not saying to abuse a patent, just
stating the realities I ran into. Later, Tom From:
nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of BekeeprTop@aol.com Someone inquiring about permission to
propagate the patented Pixie Crunch could ask if a standing agreement could be
struck so any NAFEX member can see where to send how much money for each
propagation. Put it on a new webpage. It sounds like multiple people
want to propagate this sweet apple; why can't one do it once and get an
agreement for all? |
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