Nobel laureates oppose faster patent publication proposal
More than 20 Nobel winners warn that Congress backed plan to publish patent apps after 18 months would invite intellectual piracy and undermine U S innovation. They say early disclosure could enable theft by wealthy entities, despite exemptions for small inventors, universities, and small businesses.
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Chip makers join with U S to shrink circuits dramatically
Intel AMD and Motorola join with three U S Department of Energy labs to develop extreme ultraviolet lithography. The effort aims to etch patterns smaller than one thousandth of a human hair, enabling up to 1 billion transistors per chip by 2011. EUV LLC will invest 250 million over three years, marking a major public private partnership.
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Federico Pena
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Sandia National Laboratories
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Lawrence Livermore
Sandia National
E.O. Lawrence Berkeley
Embattled Columbia/HCA manager quits Florida job
Columbia/HCA confirms division president William Hussey resigns from the Tampa post as the company trims two divisions and restructures management amid a federal probe into overbilling of government health programs. The Tampa Bay division, with 15,500 staff, posted about 1.2 billion dollars in revenue last year across hospitals centers and home health care agencies.
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HCA Healthcare Corp
William Hussey
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Hussey
FBI
Richard Scott
Thomas Davison
Columbia Brandon Regional Medical Center
Tampa Bay
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