The following things to do may or may not be the subject of pending patent applications.

In the United States, inventors may file a patent application up to one year after the details of the invention are made public.

If you see something you really like and want to do, and I have filed a patent application (and I end up getting a patent issued), then you may have a problem.

If you see something you really like and want to do, and I have not filed a patent application (or I have, but end up not getting a patent issued), then you are probably ok. Of course, everyone else may also practice the invention, so you lose what could be an important competitive advantage.

So, if you see something you really like and want to do, you might consider asking me if I have filed a patent application, and if I have not, working out an arrangement for me to do so. You could even add a few important things to improve the invention and thereby become a co-inventor.

In any event, the clock is running.
 
 

An internal processing capability is added to a computer memory by adding a small processor, a small amount of processor RAM memory, a small amount of non-volatile memory, and some logic. During wafer testing the internal processor system allows the memory to be tested at full speed and substantially simultaneously with the testing of other memories on the wafer. At any stage after packaging, the part can be tested by having the host processor read the non-volatile memory, determine what test program to use, load it into the RAM memory, and run the Self-Test program. The internal processor system also allows additional functions such as data searching, data moving, and graphics primitives to be performed entirely within the memory.

This one is a Provisonal Application for a Patent. It was filed in May 2004.

Sometimes a Provisional Application for a Patent is referred to as a Provisional Patent Application (even by the USPTO) which leads some people to conclude that there is such a thing as a Provisional Patent. There isn't.

Here is a link to the U.S. Patent Office web site on the subject of the Provisional Application for a Patent.

Here is my take on the subject. I am not a Patent Attorney or Agent, so you should seek your own counsel if you are planning on filing one yourself.
 

The following is my Provisional Application for a Patent.
 
 

Jed Margolin
San Jose, CA
June 10, 2004

The DCAS has a Hard Drive, Flash Memory Slots, CD-ROM Drive,  AM/FM Tuner, Stereo Amplifiers, and Wireless Networking. It supports a wide variety of audio formats. The Hard Drive can be used for Network Attached Storage, but the DCAS is not a PC, requires no PC-skills, and is User-Friendly. Think of it as a Stereo on Steroids.

Jed Margolin
San Jose, CA
April 25, 2004

There have been two methods used for home testing of glucose levels: urine dipsticks (which are of limited value) and blood analysis (which requires that you stick yourself).

We want something that is accurate as well as non or minimally invasive.

There is currently work being done using interstitial fluid, infrared spectroscopy, radio frequency signatures, ultrasound, and observation of the fluid in the eye.

I propose a method of determining blood glucose levels through the analysis of exhaled breath. I don't know exactly how to do it, yet. So if all you are interested in is the solution you might as well stop reading now.

But it is a product well worth going for. In 2002 the market for blood glucose meters was $252.8 million and the market for blood glucose test strips was $1.132 billion.

If you are interested, read it here (HTML).

Jed Margolin
San Jose, CA
February 24, 2004

Most people with their own Personal Web sites are young and give little thought about their own mortality, and about what will happen to their Web site when they are gone.

The idea is an Insurance Product.

For an appropriate fee, the Company will keep the individual's Web site (and domain name) running on the Internet (or whatever may replace the Internet) for a set period (50 or 100 years).

The fee would be based on actuarial tables as well as the projected cost of providing Web Hosting, which can be expected to decline substantially as time goes on.

You can even have a final message activated upon your demise.

Other features, such as a live web cam of your grave site, will be available at extra cost.

Initially, the Company can contract out the Web Hosting for its departed customers.

At some point it will be more cost effective for the Company to operate the Servers and provide its own Web Hosting.

A little while after that the Company can offer its own Web Hosting to customers who are still alive and kicking, with the insurance as part of the deal.

Eventually, the Company will become the largest Web Hosting service on the Internet. Then we can merge with (or acquire) Google, which has the Usenet archive.

As far as I know, this Insurance Product is not being offered by anyone.

Then we will become fabulously wealthy by providing a service that people will realize they need as soon as you tell them about it.
 

Jed Margolin
San Jose, CA
February 15, 2004

A distributed computing system uses the computing resources of Home Network Servers connected through the Internet, where the owners of the Home Network Servers  receive something of value in return for access to their Home Network Server's otherwise unused computing resources. The contracting company may use these distributed computing resources itself or it may resell the resources to others.

OK, this one is obviously a patent application of some kind. Read it here (HTML).

Jed Margolin
San Jose, CA
February 15, 2004