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I stumbled upon this and its something thats going to affect everyone. UNBELIVEABLE! go here http://www.cheniere.org/
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It might be a scam but I don't think you can get a U.S. patent unless it really does whats it supposed to do. I bet the oil and electric companies want us to think that its bullshit.
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The patent is a moot point. Just because you have a patent on something doesn't mean that it actually achieves it's stated purpose. You can patent whatever you'd like - the patent office does not actually require proof that you can accomplish what your patent states. I know this because I am a patent holder and work for a business which is "patent happy".
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Originally posted by bobby
It might be a scam but I don't think you can get a U.S. patent unless it really does whats it supposed to do. I bet the oil and electric companies want us to think that its bullshit.
It might be a scam but I don't think you can get a U.S. patent unless it really does whats it supposed to do. I bet the oil and electric companies want us to think that its bullshit.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID...80000&ref=sciam
From the Scientific American article:
"It's not the first time the impossible has been patented. The first English patent for a perpetual-motion machine was granted in 1635. We can excuse the examiner for not knowing about thermodynamics, which had not been invented yet. According to Eric Krieg, one of the founders of the Philadelphia Association of Critical Thinking, 600 patents for such devices had been granted by 1903 (see his history at www.phact.org/ e/dennis4.html).
Patents such as the motionless generator illustrate that a patent is not a certification that a device will work. Examiners assess patent applications according to four criteria: novelty, usefulness, nonobviousness and enablement, the last of which means that the patent must disclose how to construct the patented device. A device that does not work as claimed should be rejected for failing usefulness and enablement, but initially the burden of disproof is on the examiner. Statements of fact in a patent application are presumed true unless a good reason for doubt is found. The device has only to be " more likely than not" to work."
Patents such as the motionless generator illustrate that a patent is not a certification that a device will work. Examiners assess patent applications according to four criteria: novelty, usefulness, nonobviousness and enablement, the last of which means that the patent must disclose how to construct the patented device. A device that does not work as claimed should be rejected for failing usefulness and enablement, but initially the burden of disproof is on the examiner. Statements of fact in a patent application are presumed true unless a good reason for doubt is found. The device has only to be " more likely than not" to work."