The genesis of the Greenstone patent is truly hilarious. Circa 2001; two punked-out geeks (POGS) brain storming in an out-of-the-way art studio. When the news hit that Chinese weird scientists had essentially grown a pig's ear on a rice plant, the POGS knew intuitively their time had come. WHAT IF . . . ?
POG Parker produced a three-dimensional THC molecule which POG Valentine Coles (VC) promptly put into use, recognizing the endless variation of utility it possessed. Graphically, it was flawless from all angles fitting into any environment seamlessly. POGS spent about a year laughing. Suddenly the molecule disappeared and has not to this day reappeared. Fortunately the molecule lives on in graphics seen around the globe. The loss would have qualified as major if one cared. The molecule is made from AVS industrial epoxy polymer and so it will be somewhere for a very long time. After that POGS often reminisced about the molecule and POG VC once suffered a short melancholy for the molecule which had become part of everyday life.
The following two years were spent thinking about the molecule, talking about the molecule and POG VC's penchant, dreaming about the molecule. POG Parker took action and started writing about the molecule. The deeper POGS travelled into the quantum reality of the molecule, they realized the Mandelbrot nature of Greenstone and ran with it in total disbelief that someone smarter (or dumber) than the two POGS combined was not racing them to the patent finish line. In the words of one on-line supergeek, "Why didn't I think of that?"
There were a few glitches along the way like when an unnamed POG left the patent unprotected on-line for about a year previous to its filing with the USPTO. POGS are still laughing about that. At the least it cannot be said that POGS missed giving someone, anyone the chance to steal their patent. Retrospectively slim chance as skepticism ran rampant; one on-line forum thread was entitled "Enzymatic THC/Spoof or the Future?" HECK YEAH!
COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATING TO EXTENSIBLE TRANSGENIC VECTOR ASSEMBLER, PESTILENCE RIDDER, PLUS CANNABINOID PRODUCER after three years of writing and rewriting was ready to be launched out of the frying pan into the fire. At that point the venture had become an exceptional lark; POGS had nothing to lose. With a gentleman's handshake regarding compensation POG Parker ran Greenstone by Ken Wilson at Johnson and Johnson in New Jersey, who in turn gave it a once-over in the lab and passed it on to J&J's patent attorneys. Needless to say attorneys did not get one green cent out of the POGS. Their method was all green, by hand, bartering and partying all the way (giving special props to the Green Faerie). All agreed Greenstone was good to go and POGs filed it August 7, 2007.
In the early morning hours of February 12, 2009, POG VC woke from a dream about EnzymaticTHC.com, the original patent site. The dream seemed odd since POGS had not really thought much about the patent application for some time, like a year and a half, mentioning it only in passing. One thing for sure, THE MOLECULE WAS ON THE MOVE. The POGS conferred that evening, agreeing that they did not know what was going on (the usual); they came to the decision that a new website was definitely in order and were overjoyed . . . another excuse to party.
Within a few hours after taking POG Parker's key words to heart and mind (stone, rock, green, emerald) POG VC came up with GreenStone, completely unaware that greenstone represented many things: New Zealand jade, Mâori talismans, POG Parker's fave GREENSTONE.ORG, and inexplicitly Greenstone LLC, a subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc. that provides generic pharmaceuticals. POGs are puzzling that one. Our Greenstone page design, colors and logo reflect many of these elements. Times-Mâori font with a graphic overlay of green marble, stone-grey background color and the 'S' in the Greenstone logo fashioned from a New Zealand Manaia talisman derived from the word 'mana.'
A mere week had elapsed when POG Agent Parker received a letter from the USPTO advising that Greenstone had been published on February 12, 2009. POG VC then realized the meaning of her dream; the molecule had landed and parked at the United States Patent Office. Best thing about it is ad valorem the years of laughter ahead for the POGS.
