New patent applications are normally taken up for examination in the order of their effective United States filing date. However, the Commissioner may provide that a patent application will be advanced out of turn for examination if a petition to make the patent application special under 37 CFR 1.102(c) or (d) is granted.
International terrorism as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2331 is "activities that (B) appear to be intended ... (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion;
I was just granted a copyright on all of Tim May's 'Nuke DC' posts. Every time he quotes them, he owes me a nickle.
or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by assassination or kidnaping." ...
Jim Bell, too. God, I *love* this government. ? the lunatic p.s. - CypherPunks posts are now considered munitions under the secret laws that nobody knows about. Remember, ignorance of the secret laws is no excuse.