Patently-O Bits and Bytes No. 27

• Five years ago, Ryan Grace proposed to his wife, and two hours later filed a patent application on his successful method.  Now, Mr. Grace is a happily married patent attorney with an abandoned patent application. [BIO]
• The DataTreasury taking provision pulled from the Senate patent reform act. (Dow Jones)
• Arlen Specter pulled his support for the Senate patent reform act until the damage apportionment clause is mended. [CQ]
• New international site for patent searching: www.priorsmart.com
• The PTO is trying to figure out how to allow bulk PAIR downloads and is holding a web-meeting on April 30 at 2:00 CST. [Notice][Suggestions to PAIR_webcast@uspto.gov]
• USPTO Meetings:
• Design Patent Day: April 14 at the PTO
• Business Method Meeting: May 29 at the PTO.
• Recent Patent Law Jobs (Posted in the past two weeks):
• Contract Researcher (IDS Preparation) - Small Corporation - Telecommute
• Contractors - Law Firm - Whitestone, N.Y.
• Patent Agent/IP Technical Specialist - Law Firm - Irvine, Calif.
• Intellectual Property Attorney - Large Corporation - Overland Park, Kan.
• Patent Agent/Attorney - Law Firm - Alexandria, Va.
• Law Student Patent/Trademark Job - Law Firm - Maynard, Mass.
• Patent Attorney - Law Firm - Durham, N.C.
• Patent Attorney/Portfolio Administrator - Law Firm - Bellevue, Wash.
• Technical Analyst - Small Corporation - Chicago, Ill.
• Patent Attorney - Large Corporation - Redmond, Wash.