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Old 25-07-2007, 06:08 AM posted to rec.gardens
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Great news, Charlie!!! This has taken too long to rectify and has global
repercussions. Screw Monsanto.....

Charlie wrote in message
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:51:23 -0600, Amos Nomore
wrote:

Monsanto makes Charlie.......CRAZIER!

Your intentions are honorable and yes, Monsanto sucks the Grand Wazoo.


MONSANTO PATENTS ASSERTED AGAINST AMERICAN FARMERS REJECTED BY PATENT

OFFICE:

PUBPAT Initiated Review Leads PTO to Find All Claims of All Four Patents
Invalid

http://www.pubpat.org/monsantorejections.htm

NEW YORK July 24, 2007 -- The Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT)

announced
today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has rejected

four key
Monsanto patents related to genetically modified crops that PUBPAT

challenged
last year because the agricultural giant is using them to harass,

intimidate,
sue - and in some cases literally bankrupt - American farmers. In its

Office
Actions rejecting each of the patents, the USPTO held that evidence

submitted
by PUBPAT, in addition to other prior art located by the Patent Office's
Examiners, showed that Monsanto was not entitled to any of the patents.

Monsanto has filed dozens of patent infringement lawsuits asserting the

four
challenged patents against American farmers, many of whom are unable to

hire
adequate representation to defend themselves in court. The crime these

farmers
are accused of is nothing more than saving seed from one year's crop to

replant
the following year, something farmers have done since the beginning of

time.
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