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Originally posted by Sinny
Hey guys,
Couldn't find this posted all ready, I don't know if you can patent things that don't work?
Turns out you can patent anything anyway, but still check this out and see if it makes any sense in reality:
Pate nt
www.faqs.org...
www.google.com... =abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
Does this like, mean anything?edit on 27-3-2012 by Sinny because: (no reason given)
Mod Edit: All Caps – Please Review This Link.edit on 27-3-2012 by GAOTU789 because: (no reason given)edit on 27-3-2012 by Sinny because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by chr0naut
reply to post by Sinny
Prior art!
(This is total fiction. It utilizes the "atmosphere" of space, oops).
Originally posted by LUXUS
All patents go through a screening process, basically if the patent is deemed to have a military or government interest it is flagged.
It will then be reviewed and if it is of great enough interest to them you will be contacted and told that your patent has now become classified and as such it is no longer your property.
The fact that this patent made it through the screening process tells you that the government/military have evaluated it and have little interest in it!
Originally posted by NeoVain
Originally posted by LUXUS
All patents go through a screening process, basically if the patent is deemed to have a military or government interest it is flagged.
It will then be reviewed and if it is of great enough interest to them you will be contacted and told that your patent has now become classified and as such it is no longer your property.
The fact that this patent made it through the screening process tells you that the government/military have evaluated it and have little interest in it!
Very interesting, if true. How do you know this? Do you have any references? Because i remember seeing several patents on things used by the military already in the past... So they where obviously not classified?