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		nailer on Jan 7, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Slashdotter on the value of ideas versus execution Patent filings require a proper grasp of language. He's apparently self-filed quite a few. Surely he should be able to understand basic English?

robfitz on Jan 7, 2009 [–]

he mentioned this in a later reply. he's aware of it and always has other people heavily review and revise everything official. not that i actually looked at the patent apps, so i could be off.

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