Holoshoo is the latest alias of an invention promoter who wants your business. I do not sell any service to inventors. In fact, I have made a nice living form my own inventions. This is something almost everyone is capable of doing.

Holoshoo, William A Scott, aka. William Scott Esq is a disbarred attorney lobbyist who posts using many aliases. I have reason to believe that this person is associated with the invention promotion business. I believe that there is a high probability that the poster is one of the infamous people the FTC prosecuted in Project Mousetrap. A number of the people so prosecuted have since been found to have violated consent agreements they agreed to and have been the subject of further FTC actions.

It was alleged that Robert N Waxman was the ring leader of the syndicate of invention promoters which the FTC took action against.

Readers can read about the characters involved at www.InventorEd.org/caution/. Mr. Robert N Waxman is addressed at www.InventorEd.org/caution/waxman.

Invention promotion fraud is a serious problem where each aspiring inventor is typically defrauded of $10,000 to $50,000 dollars. The industry is conservatively taking in at least $500 million annually.

American ingenuity which is protected by patents is the only thing standing between our current standard of living and a precipitous drop. American inventors must be protected from invention promotion hucksters and big corporate patent pirating shysters alike because it is they who will create new jobs, industries, and prosperity for all.

Ronald J. Riley,

Speaking only on my own behalf.
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.patentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

Washed up tech companies are looking for a license to steal others property. Actually their secret partners are the insurance and banking industries. Collectively they call themselves the Coalition for Patent Fairness. A more appropriate name for this group of intellectual property thieves is the Coalition for Patent Piracy.

The Coalition has four pillars of support.

1) Washed up tech companies who are well past their prime. While they started as innovative companies they are no longer able to produce significant inventions themselves, and arrogantly take others inventions. These are companies who were "high tech" two or three decades ago but today are just mercantile tech. These companies suffer the same problems as the auto industry, and while their ailment is not as advanced as the auto industry they will within a few decades suffer the same fate as the auto industry. PIAUSA would be happy to compare and contrast this issue for media.

2) Some of the members of the Coalition were never innovative, companies like Microsoft and Dell. Shrewd business people who are very good at profiting from other's inventions but definitely not the brightest bulbs in the pack.

3) The insurance industry, who are really put out that they have to pay innovators with business method patents. The insurance industry reminds me of protection rackets. They are really good at collecting premiums and even better at avoiding paying. Just look to Katrina victims for an example of the industry's immorality.

4) The banking industry, who is also put out that they have to pay innovators with business method patents. About the only thing the banking industry is good at inventing is ever larger and more outrageous fees. Americans who value job creation should shift their business to credit unions.

PIAUSA.org received intelligence some time ago that the "Coalition of Patent Piracy" had organized and hired two firms to feed media propaganda. We were told that each of the members had contributed a quarter of a million dollars to the cause of painting those they have victimized as evil patent trolls. That's over ten million dollars in propaganda. Media has been had by the Coalition's public relations machine. We have seen the results of that coalition's work over the past year. The Coalition knows no shame and as a result of their extreme and shrill positions on intellectual property they have become outcasts among most of corporate America.


Most Coalition members have reputations as predators on today's innovators, and as a result inventors take their inventions to other companies who have better reputations. Between patent pirates inability to invent themselves and their alienation of those who do invent it is inevitable that they will continue to stagnate.


Our legislators have recognized the value of promoting competitiveness and the role inventors play in promoting prosperity while failing to recognize the importance of inventors ability to enforce their patent rights. The single most important factor in America maintaining our standard of living in the face of global competition is our intellectual property. At the same time that we desperately need the jobs and tax base which inventors create the "Coalition for Patent Piracy" are using a disinformation campaign to promote changes to our laws undermining America's collective economic future for their own profit.

America's economy has always been driven by our inventiveness. In the past we have profited by making our inventions. Today both our foreign competitors and our own disloyal multinationals conspire to take our inventiveness for their own profit. It is a fact that intellectual property has become the most valuable commodity of global commerce. If America and other developed countries are to maintain our standard of living in the face of low wage global competition is is crucial that we protect our inventions and those who produce them from the Coalition for Patent Piracy's members. When a patent pirate gets away with taking an invention the damage goes far beyond what the inventor suffers. Americans lose jobs and tax base when patent pirates take American ingenuity to low wage countries.

I am a commercially successful independent inventor, founder of nonprofit www.InventorEd.org and founder of inventor trade association www.PIAUSA.org. I and my colleagues have devoted more than a decade to helping and organizing inventors to deal with corporate patent piracy.

George Santayana (1863�1952), U.S. philosopher and poet said "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." It is clear that this is a lesson that the Coalition for Patent Piracy has not learned. If they understood the history they would know that despite the best efforts of patent pirates to pass self serving "reform" throughout the 1990's they achieved little. The reason is that hired guns never have the same convictions or motivation which people who have been victimized have.
What are the true effects of so called Patent reform?

1) Increases the costs of small entity patent holders, often by at about two orders of magnitude.

2) Shifts costs from large corporate infringers to the small entity.

3) Opens new causes for large entities to litigate.

4) Will make our patent system subject to a multitude of patent system abuses common in Japan which very much favors big companies.

5) Delays the possibility of start-ups obtaining investment capital by effectively increasing pendency.

6) Increases the power and potential abuse of such power by the USPTO which has become increasingly politicized.

7) Lowers the potential recovery for a patentee by at least one to two orders of magnitude.

8) It will not decrease the role of attorneys or litigation, but rather will increase their role and legal expenses in a multitude of ways.

9) Will lead to much higher filing rates for patents which will further bog down the USPTO.

10) Allows foreign competitors to take American inventions with impunity. This will damage all American businesses.


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The Professional Inventors Alliance USA was created more than a decade ago to protect American invention and encourage innovation. American inventors saw a need to track congressional legislation and federal policy that impacts independent inventors, small and medium-sized businesses and colleges and universities. The Alliance is the premiere organization in the nation, providing independent inventors a united voice in order to improve public policy.

The Alliance provides legislative counsel, congressional updates and strategy development to its members through a number of vehicles. Additionally, through its speaker�s bureau, Alliance members have an opportunity to provide expert opinion to many of the nation�s top-tier business, technology and mainstream media organizations. Over the years its members have testified before Congress, offered counsel to key Senate and House committee members, and successfully pushed legislation to protect America�s independent inventors.


Since its inception, the Alliance has grown into one of the most vocal advocates for America�s patent system.


Examples of areas of our expertise include David Vs. Goliath patent litigation, patent reform, and we have a unique view of the companies comprising the "Coalition for Patent Piracy".


COALITION FOR PATENT PIRACY MEMBERSHIP

Below is the latest list derived from a Coalition document which was sent to us of the Coalition for Patent Fairness. It always amazes me how fronts of not so reputable industry pick names which imply their goals are the opposite of reality. The G2 we have on this group is that they kicked in $250,000 each and hired two public relations firms to push their patent troll propaganda. That is peanuts compared to the billions of dollars they collectively appropriate.

Ronald J. Riley,

President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Direct (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 9 pm EST.

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The core group who created the Coalition are marked *
The founding members, joined in the first year or so are marked **

� Adobe
� Apple **
� Applied Materials
� Aruba Wireless Networks, Inc.
� Autodesk
� Avaya
� Business Software Alliance
� CA, Inc.
� Charter Communications
� Chevron Corporation
� Ciena Corporation
� Cisco Systems *
� Comcast
� Computer and Communications Industry Association
� Computing Technology Industry Association
� Countrywide Home Loans
� Dell *
� eBay
� Electrolux **
� Financial Services Roundtable
� Fortune Brands
� Hewlett-Packard **
� Information Technology Association of America
� Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
� Intel *
� Intuit
� Juniper Networks
� Lexmark International
� MasterCard
� Micron Technology *
� Microsoft **
� NCR Corporation
� Nielsen Media Research, Inc.
� Oracle **
� Palm
� Red Hat
� Research In Motion **
� SAP
� Securities Industry Association
� Software and Information Industry Association
� Symantec
� TechNet
� Time Warner
� Visa
� Xilinx, Inc.


==== Associations ====

Associations:

Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) is an international association of computer and communications firms.

Members:

http://www.ccianet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Members_List&file=index&POSTNUKESID=e18874967b9c16d9f6a8ec80105aa24b


Financial Services Roundtable www.fsround.org Member companies: http://www.fsround.org/membercos.html#FSRlogo

As listed on the Financial Services Roundtable link above:

ACE INA Holdings, Inc. Philadelphia PA

AEGON USA, Inc. Baltimore MD

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. Prides Crossing MA

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America

Minneapolis MN

Allied Capital Corporation Washington DC

The Allstate Corporation Northbrook IL

American Express Company New York NY

American General Financial Services, Inc./ING Evansville IN

AmSouth Bancorporation Birmingham AL

AON Corporation Chicago IL

Associated Banc-Corp Green Bay WI

Assurant, Inc. New York NY

AXA Financial, Inc. New York NY

BancorpSouth, Inc. Tupelo MS

BancWest Corporation Honolulu HI

Bank of America Corporation Charlotte NC

Bank of Hawaii Corporation Honolulu HI

The Bank of New York Company, Inc. New York NY

Barclays Capital, Inc. New York NY

BB&T Corporation Winston Salem NC

Capital One Financial Corporation Falls Church VA

The Charles Schwab Corporation San Francisco CA

The Chubb Corporation Warren NJ

Citigroup Inc. New York NY

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. Providence RI

City National Corporation Beverly Hills CA

Comerica Incorporated Detroit MI

Commerce Bancshares, Inc. Kansas City MO

Compass Bancshares Inc. Birmingham AL

Countrywide Financial Corporation Calabasas CA

Credit Suisse First Boston New York NY

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. San Antonio TX

Edward Jones Saint Louis MO

Federated Investors, Inc. Pittsburgh PA

Fidelity Investments Boston MA

Fifth Third Bancorp Cincinnati OH

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation Indiana PA

First Horizon National Corporation Memphis TN

Ford Motor Credit Company Dearborn MI

Fulton Financial Corporation Lancaster PA

General Electric Company Stamford CT

GMAC Financial Services Detroit MI

Genworth Financial Richmond VA

Guaranty Financial Services Austin TX

H&R Block, Inc. Kansas City MO

Harris Bankcorp, Inc. Chicago IL

HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. Chicago IL

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated

Columbus OH

ING Atlanta GA

JPMorganChase & Co. New York NY

Jefferson-Pilot Corporation Greensboro NC

John Deere Credit Company Johnston IA

KeyCorp Cleveland OH

LaSalle Bank Corporation Chicago IL

Legg Mason, Inc. Baltimore MD

Lincoln National Corporation Chicago IL

M&T Bank Corporation Buffalo NY

Marshall & Ilsley Corporation Milwaukee WI

MassMutual Financial Group Springfield MA

MasterCard Incorporated Purchase NY

Mellon Financial Corporation Pittsburgh PA

Mercantile Bankshares Corporation Baltimore MD

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. New York NY

MetLife, Inc. New York NY

National City Corporation Cleveland OH

Nationwide Columbus OH

New Century Financial Corporation Irvine CA

Northern Trust Corporation Chicago IL

Old National Bancorp Evansville IN

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pittsburgh PA

Popular, Inc. San Juan PR

Principal Financial Group Des Moines IA

Prudential Financial Inc. Newark NJ

Raymond James Financial, Inc. Saint Petersburg FL

RBC Centura Banks, Inc. Rocky Mount NC

Regions Financial Corporation Birmingham AL

Sky Financial Group, Inc. Bowling Green OH

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. Reading PA

State Farm Insurance Companies Bloomington IL

State Street Corporation Boston MA

SunTrust Banks, Inc. Atlanta GA

Synovus Financial Corp. Columbus GA

TD Banknorth Inc. Portland ME

TIAA-CREF New York NY

Toyota Motor Credit Corporation Torrance CA

U.S. Bancorp Minneapolis MN

UBS Stamford CT

UnionBanCal Corporation San Francisco CA

United Bankshares, Inc. Parkersburg WV

UnumProvident Chattanooga TN

USAA San Antonio TX

Wachovia Corporation Charlotte NC

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. Overland Park KS

Washington Mutual, Inc. Seattle WA

Wells Fargo & Company San Francisco CA

Whitney Holding Corporation New Orleans LA

Zions Bancorporation Salt Lake City UT

Zurich Financial Services Zurich Switzerland

You say "stupid smart lawyers they are preventing mankind for evolving at a fast rate".

Many people like to bash lawyers but how many have thought about what we had before the idea of having lawyers represent each side. Before law as we know it you have trial by combat or a sovereign deciding who was right. It was brutal.

So whatever the deficiencies of our law system are it is still far better than what proceeded it.

As to "preventing mankind from evolving", that is also flat out wrong. What separates humanity for other life forms is our ability to pass on what has been learned in written form. This is exactly what a patent does. It discloses the invention. In the past you had guilds who kept their trade secret. This limited the ability of other to advance the art.

With patents the art is disclosed for all to see, and twenty years after filing (sooner in some cases) anyone can use the discovery for nothing. No one would disclose their inventions if not for the government's guarantee that the inventor can profit from their discovery of up to twenty years in exchange for putting considerable effort and money into getting a patent. So it is a fact that patent attorneys play a significant role with inventors to advance mankind's knowledge base.

It is important that all of you recognize that when peoples' inventions are stolen by large corporations that all citizens of the inventor's country are harmed in the form of a lower standard of living. When each of you endorse large corporation's theft of patents you are hurting your own long term interests.

Part of the reason for your misperception of the situation is that a group of not so savory corporations got together over the last few years and conducted a massive media campaign to paint the inventors whom they have victimized as bad players. Recently they have gone public as the "Coalition for Patent Fairness". We call them the Coalition for Patent Piracy. Some members of the coalition started as innovative companies but lost their edge a decade or two ago, while others like Microsoft or Dell with their incendiary notebooks have never been especially innovative. What they are is rather efficient predators. So as I see it the Coalition for Patent Piracy is made up of two major groups, one of which are washed up tech companies and the other are banks and insurance hucksters.

Ronald J Riley, President
Professional Inventors Alliance
www.PIAUSA.org
RJR"at"PIAUSA.org
Change "at" to @
RJR Direct # (202) 318-1595

and:

Ronald J Riley, Exec. Dir.
InventorEd, Inc.
www.InventorEd.org
RJR"at"InvEd.org
Change "at" to @

He also accepted the contract to disclose his inventions in exchange of an exclusive period of use. Producing such inventions often involves years of effort, and that effort often is equivalent to tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. On top of that the inventor typically expends five to twenty thousand dollars to get the patent.

It takes at least two to four or more years to get a patent through the system. Obviously the inventor has to start the development process before they file the patent, and that typically is two to five years. This means that the inventor likely produced the invention long before any of the game companies.

Most of the time those ranting against patents are ignorant of both the patent system and the specifics of the patent. Oftentimes a patent is an improvement on an existing technology. So just because the picture or text describes in part an existing device does not mean that the claims cover what already existed. Generally the patent describes an improvement on what existed. In fact, improvements on existing technology is the essence of the inventive process.

No inventor likes litigation. Unfortunately companies, whole industries often decide they can defraud the inventor. Patent piracy is rampant and it is killing job creation which would come from these small companies. In this situation inventors have no choice except to sue.

How would each of you feel if you had made the kind of investment it takes to get one or more patents only to see well healed corporate crooks take your work? Each of you has the potential to become inventors, to perhaps found a company, and to become the next generation's success stories. Instead of resenting people like Brad Armstrong you should be cheering for him, studying and emulating him and other inventors. For those of you who want to take a crack at becoming a success story as an inventor visit www.InventorEd.org, start at www.InventorEd.org/novice/.

Once you start to make the grade there is a high probably that some crooked multinational corporation will try to pirate your invention. When you reach the point of licensing or commercialization you should join www.PIAUSA.org. We will be ready to help you fight those who try to steal your invention and we will defend you when you are attacked by those who lack the vision and tenacity to invent themselves.

Ronald J Riley, President
Professional Inventors Alliance
www.PIAUSA.org
RJR"at"PIAUSA.org
Change "at" to @
RJR Direct # (202) 318-1595

and:

Ronald J Riley, Exec. Dir.
InventorEd, Inc.
www.InventorEd.org
RJR"at"InvEd.org
Change "at" to @

When large multinational companies like the ones who are members of the Coalition for Patent Piracy get away with taking inventors' work society loses far more than the inventor. Inventors have community ties and when they retain patent rights their communities benefit from job and tax base. When patent pirating coalition members take those inventions they ship them and the economic benefits to low wage countries.

Invention has always driven or economic system. Historically we made our money by producing our inventions. Today an ever increasing amount of the production is going to low wage countries. Our manufacturing infrastructure is falling apart.

We cannot maintain our standard of living except through profiting from our people's inventiveness. This is done through patents and other forms of intellectual property.

Those who rant against patents are really advocating allowing foreign interests and our own disloyal multinational corporations to take whatever they want and the inevitable effect of this is loss of jobs and prosperity. Open your eyes, the evidence is all around you. Large corporations in their short term greed are impoverishing all of us.

The only thing which stands between Americans standard of living being pulled down to China's and India's level are our inventors. If you think that transnational corporations care one whit about us you are in for a very rude awakening.

Ronald J Riley, President
Professional Inventors Alliance
www.PIAUSA.org
RJR"at"PIAUSA.org
Change "at" to @
RJR Direct # (202) 318-1595

also:

Ronald J Riley, Exec. Dir.
InventorEd, Inc.
www.InventorEd.org
RJR"at"InvEd.org
Change "at" to @

Perhaps Sony has legal woes because they are a patent pirate, a company who takes liberties with other's patents?

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The Professional Inventors Alliance USA was created more than a decade ago to protect American invention and encourage innovation. American inventors saw a need to track congressional legislation and federal policy that impacts independent inventors, small and medium-sized businesses and colleges and universities. The Alliance is the premiere organization in the nation, providing independent inventors a united voice in order to improve public policy.

The Alliance provides legislative counsel, congressional updates and strategy development to its members through a number of vehicles. Additionally, through its speaker’s bureau, Alliance members have an opportunity to provide expert opinion to many of the nation’s top-tier business, technology and mainstream media organizations. Over the years its members have testified before Congress, offered counsel to key Senate and House committee members, and successfully pushed legislation to protect America’s independent inventors.

Since its inception, the Alliance has grown into one of the most vocal advocates for America’s patent system.

Examples of areas of our expertise include David Vs. Goliath patent litigation, patent reform, and we have a unique view of the companies comprising the "Coalition for Patent Pirates".

Ronald J Riley, President
Professional Inventors Alliance
www.PIAUSA.org
RJR"at"PIAUSA.org
Change "at" to @
RJR Direct # (202) 318-1595

Intel has not been innovative for a long time so I cannot help but wonder if Intel borrowed this. Could the product be a new case of patent piracy? Intel has a reputation for coveting others intellectual property.

They are a mostly washed up tech company which is suffering form the same kind of problems the auto companies have. I will be surprised if they last another decade.

Ronald J Riley, President
Professional Inventors Alliance
www.PIAUSA.org
RJR"at"PIAUSA.org
Change "at" to @
RJR Direct # (202) 318-1595

We think Apple is a hypocrite. They want patents for themselves even as they work to take other inventors property without compensation and are trying to tilt the balance of America's patent system even further in favor of big companies.

Apple and the other companies pushing so called patent reform are well known as patent pirates in the inventor community. Patent pirates try to paint their victims as abusers and developed slurs like patent troll to describe those inventors who have the audacity to fight back. When the inventor fights back companies like Apple howl in rage.

PIAUSA is working to keep the patent system accessible for all. Large companies, including Apple are working to make use of the patent system a kings sport.

The real issue is that most breakthrough inventions start with an individual inventor, often in a basement or in a garage. If they are able to avoid the pirates they may well mature to become a new major company. In their quest to succeed they create jobs and tax base.

But far too often some patent pirate steals the upstart startup's property. And then they crush the startup.

Ronald J Riley, President
Professional Inventors Alliance
www.PIAUSA.org
RJR (at) PIAUSA.org
Change "at" to @
RJR Direct # (202) 318-1595

See: http://www.avalonvi.com/news_20050601.html
and: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060128.wxcover0128/BNStory/Technology/

1) RIM is in my opinion a Patent Pirate.

2) Even if RIM survives the NTP case they were stupid enough to start another patent case (Eatoni) which will probably be just as damaging as the NTP case. We know just how damaging becasue we helped the inventor make contact with numerous patent enforcement entities.

3) Have any of you wondered why the judge in this case is so fed up with RIM? RIM tried to foist manufactured evidence on the court. RIM has apparently committed many other sins upon the court, not the least of which is apparently applying political pressure to sway the outcome, a tactic which has backfired.

4) The USPTO is a very political organization who has a bad habit of carrying water for 900 pound guerrillas. This case has the USPTO afraid of political backlash. NTP is a hot potato which they want to lob into the appellate courts to defuse potential political backlash. Hence their "invalidating" all the patents. But the reality is that they did grant the patents and I personally very much doubt that those patents are invalid. So in five years when the court rules the odds are that the patents will be upheld. There are numerous relevant patents, and all NTP has to do to win this is hang RIM on one claim.

5) Now I want all of the RIM supporters to look at the fact that RIM is being accused to taking more than one parties property. Do you really think this company is reputable?

6) When you use RIM products or services you are a party to their conduct. Just remember that some day when some well heeled bully kicks the crap out of one of you and flat out steals your property while painting you as a bad apple that some of us will take the time to get at the truth while the majority may well buy the bully's propaganda.

Ronald J Riley, President
Professional Inventors Alliance
www.PIAUSA.org
RJR (at) PIAUSA.org
Change "at" to @
RJR Direct # (202) 318-1595

America's constitution confers property rights to authors and inventors. A patent is similar to a twenty year lease on real estate.

Personally I think that all the people bashing NTP for defending their rights should buy tents and set them up in their yards and invite the homeless to move in. They should raise a garden, do all the work themselves and allow the homeless to take what they want. Their door should stay unlocked and the homeless should be allowed to freely partake of whatever they feel a need for.

That is what RIM does. In fact, RIM has taken property from others, like the University of Texas who also had to sue the company. And there is the matter of RIM suing the inventor of predictive text I mid 2005. So even if RIM somehow dodges the bullet of NTP they are facing another similar case.

Then there is the issue of how RIM has very sophisticated PR and lobbying machines while all their victims do not. And the public, even ex patent attorneys buy their propaganda hook line and sinker.

Have any of you wondered why the judge in this case is so fed up with RIM? RIM tried to foist manufactured evidence on the court. RIM has apparently committed many other sins upon the court, not the least of which is apparently applying political pressure to sway the outcome, a tactic which has backfired.

The USPTO is a very political organization who has a bad habit of carrying water for 900 pound guerrillas. This case has the USPTO afraid of political backlash. NTP is a hot potato which they want to lob into the appellate courts to defuse potential political backlash. Hence their "invalidating" all the patents. But the reality is that they did grant the patents and I personally very much doubt that those patents are invalid. So in five years when the court rules the odds are that the patents will be upheld.

There are numerous relevant patents, and all NTP has to do to win this is hang RIM on one claim.

Now I want all of the RIM supporters to look at the fact that RIM is being accused to taking more than one parties property. Do you really think this company is reputable?

When you use RIM products or services you are a party to their conduct. Just remember that some day when some well heeled bully kicks the crap out of one of you and flat out steals your property while painting you as a bad apple that some of us will take the time to get at the truth while the majority may well buy the bully's propaganda.

Ronald J Riley, President
Professional Inventors Alliance
www.PIAUSA.org
RJR@PIAUSA.org
RJR Direct # (202) 318-1595