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Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets Protect Your Invention!
By: Geoff Ficke
Patent numbers are issued sequentially, beginning with the number one. Patent number one was issued to Samuel Hopkins on July 31,1790. It took 75 years for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to issue patent number 1,000,000. Patent number 7,000,000 was issued February 14, 2006. It took only seven years for the USPTO to move from issuance of patent number 6,000,000 to 7,000,000.

Everything You Must Know Before you Fill out Your Last Will and Testament Form
By: Nicholas Copernicus
Many families struggle over who should get what. A Last Will and Testament is the legal document that controls the disposition of your property at death and may provide for guardianship for your children after your death.