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ESSENTIALS OF PATENTS

Full of valuable tips, techniques, illustrative real-world examples, exhibits, and best practices, this handy and concise paperback will help you stay up-to-date on the newest thinking, strategies, developments, and technologies in patents.

"Gibbs and DeMatteis give us a very up-to-date and clear entry point into patent management in the context of the real world of business, including insightful perspectives on finance, banking, taxes, and insurance. Both the generalist and specialist will benefit from learning how to deal with patents in a variety of established business systems." —Steve Fox, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property, Hewlett-Packard Company

"At last, a quality reference text I can heartily recommend to my corporate clients and independent inventors alike. Gibbs and DeMatteis have drawn upon a wealth of experience in pulling together a remarkable book, deftly placing invention and the U.S. Patent System in a real-world business context." —Don Kelly, CEO, Intellectual Asset Management Associates, LLC, former director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

"...compelling, 'how-to' manual for generating and fostering a sustainable patent-consciousness in all corporate employees, now a critical task in our knowledge-driven economy. The authors talk directly to each role and suggest what each individual must do to create, grow, and protect shareholder value through the development and exploitation of patents. This is a cornerstone book which will definitely impact business processes in corporate America." —Lucy Teixeira Akers, Chairman, PIUG, Inc., The International Society for Patent Information, former IP Management Program Team Leader, ExxonMobil Chemical Co.

To most people InterCity means the network of trains linking the UK with London, but there is a far more interesting and often overlooked network that avoided London: Cross-country. The North East-South West route of British Rail linked Newcastle with Plymouth and Cardiff via Birmingham; added to this were the Manchester and Liverpool services that headed for the south coast and the odd train that crossed from one route to the other. Birmingham New Street was the hub for all of these services, with the exception of some services from East Anglia and the East Midlands. Over the years the North East-South West route became cross-country and extended its range well into Scotland. This book illustrates the diverse range of starting points and destinations used. Photos are mainly from the 1970s and 1980s, plus a few from the 1990s prior to privatisation and more standardisation than BR could ever have hoped for.

An account of a birdwatching trip to Peru in October 2015, with other observations. Plus a coda of Tenerife in 2013.

When Greg lands Jane as a new flatmate at the start of a bird flu epidemic, time could be short for them. Time certainly becomes scarcer for Greg's GP pal, Hugo. From Bristol to Scotland, through Europe and even to Australia, pandemics cause a human dieback. Then the virus mutates to deliver a further blow. Greg, Jane and Hugo must redefine the meaning of their lives. Or have it defined for them.

Suddenly homeless and beyond mid-life, a British birdwatcher takes off for the Antipodes. He's looking for the 73 species of honeyeater. In the process he uncovers the tree of life and the landscapes of Australia and New Zealand. He learns how the tree of life connects all the planet's species and how one of them threatens it like rarely before. The author flies via Singapore to a week around Perth. As 2008 turns into 2009, he drives two months in a campervan from Adelaide to Cairns, Queensland. The route skirts floods and cyclones. A fortnight in Tasmania and Victoria, with its fatal fires, concludes the Australian leg. New Zealand then offers a coda with its own branch of the family. Railways, cities and culture shock play cameo roles throughout. Not just about birds, the trip is a last chance to witness other survivors from the Triassic as they struggle against the latest mass extinction.

Short stories and sketches of Bristol, Edinburgh and...er, San Francisco. Andy Gibb is not the Andy Gibb but his website would beg to differ and he did have the name first so he's sticking to it. In Portishead (the town outside Bristol, not the trip hop band) since 2009, writing since 2004 and a birder since 1995, Andy first came to Bristol as a student in 1974. Yup, he's ancient as Hell and has been around a bit - Italy, Arizona, California, Australia and New Zealand. And what's it taught him? Not a lot but he has seen 1,073 bird species.

A diary of written sketches celebrating the avian and natural spectacle of Britain. The birdwatcher travels the length of the country to record birds coming and going as the seasons change. Occasional rarities also make an appearance. The weather changes too: from the heavy snow of 2010 to the damaging floods of 2013/14, a wet and stormy trend contrasts with earlier, quieter years. Plus a checklist ordered by Britain's most common birds and our migrants' early/late dates.