Here is the part that I was talking about. The article should be read from start to finish, however. Good luck, ads

At issue is whether legislation to protect corporations like Microsoft Corp. and IBM Corp. from high-stakes patent litigation would end up stifling innovation.

Groups representing companies in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and software, as well as organizations of individual inventors, have weighed in.

The most recent hearings were held Sept. 15. A compromise draft is circulating.

Among those who testified before the Senate was Dean Kamen, the New Hampshire technology developer who invented the Segway scooterlike personal transport device.

Quoting Abraham Lincoln, who said the patent system ``adds fuel interest to the fire of genius,`` Kamen testified in April that ``the patent system must appropriately reward innovation and risk.``