Hi Friends. Welcome to My Blog
I am an immigrant from India, and have now lived in the United States for about 50 years. So, my blog posts and tweets represent a different perspective on what is happening in America. My presentations (available soon) will focus on educating present and future pharmaceutical scientists about patent law and pharmacokinetics. As for the former subject, scientists should find the study of patents – an area where “science meets law” – intellectually challenging and interesting; such knowledge can also be professionally rewarding.
I look forward to your comments.
My Latest Blog Posts
Proposed Tax Bill: Middle class to be squeezed BAD!
The NY Times (failing, according to the ONE with the BIGGEST megaphone in the land) published “What’s in the Final Republican Tax Bill”. Here is a look (caution: It’s scary) at the issue of deductions and personal exemptions, important to middle class taxpayers: Standard deduction and exemptions Standard deduction Current $6,500 / $13,000 (singles/couples) Proposed […]
Read moreInventions You Can Patent
After a long silence, the Supreme Court has recently (2012-2013) re-opened its thoughts on a threshold question: what kind of inventions are patentable? By way of background, scientific principles/laws are not patentable (in legalese, “non-patentable subject matter”); what is patentable are the applications of this knowledge. For example, law books are fond of quoting the […]
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