Classify the given a piece of financial news into three classes: positive, negative, and neutral. Output must be 'positive', 'negative', or 'neutral'.

Input: Consider Input: ALEXANDRIA , Va. , May 16 -- Kenneth Bower of Vista , Calif. , has developed an ornamental design for a handset , the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced .

Output: neutral

Input: Consider Input: Finnish Suominen Corporation that makes wet wipes , nonwovens , and flexible packaging is starting employer-employee negotiations at its Tampere plant in Finland to lay off about 25 employees .

Output: negative

Input: Consider Input: In April 2005 , Neste separated from its parent company , Finnish energy company Fortum , and became listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange .
Output: neutral