Too bad about the patent service

[Leland Palmer <chicasaw@moa.com>]

     Hi-
     It's too bad about the patent service (U.S patents,full text),that 
was cancelled. The quality of information available was terrific. The 
cancellation must have been politically motivated,it seems obvious that 
the money involved was miniscule,and the public benefit considerable. 
Some big corporations concerned about slowing the rate of progress to 
minimize modernization costs and also concerned about paying inventors 
royalties,and about competitors coming out with improved products or 
processes must have prevailed upon their elected representatives to shoot 
the country as a whole in the foot. Too bad. I hope the service is 
restored. No other source of information is as thorough in citing 
references and detailing the prior state of the art.
                                               Thank You
                                               Leland Palmer