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the basics of the patenting process to independent inventors who have yet to go
through it.
I call my monologue the “Independent-Inventor Riot Act” (IIRA). Like the origi-
nal Riot Act that was read to disperse crowds of rioters by warning them of the
consequences of continuing their riotous behavior, the IIRA warns independent
inventors of the consequences of going forward with patenting their inventions
without rst gaining a realistic understanding of what they are getting into. Aer
all, the people at the IP bazaar who sponsor the advertisements on television that
try to ...