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There is now a school of thought that making it harder to get a patent is a good thing, though there is hardly any agreement on how to go about limiting patents. Doing so by introducing a new classification, the machines-or-transformations test, is a bad thing, says John F. Duffy, a professor at the George Washington Law School and co-author of a brief on behalf of several technology companies. (See the best social-networking applications...
...concept on the heels of a survey they conducted of 350 Harvard students. According to their survey, 62 percent of Harvard students had, during their own application and matriculation process, sought out college students for advice. 92 percent said they provided similar advice to other high school students...
...site features profiles of current college students—“confidants”— searchable by college, high school, hometown, major, interests, and activities. A high school student is provided with the phone number of a college student of their choice and can schedule calls and meetings through the Web site...
...founder Skaria said that a high school student would feel more comfortable asking a college student questions than they would asking an admissions officer...
...founder Toor said that College Confidant was particularly valuable because high school students are receiving advice from those who have recently gone through the college application process themselves...