I wrote:
> Someone who knows a great deal about patents and the U.S. military told me > the USPO would not allow that. You cannot use a patent to suppress a > technology or prevent it from reaching the market. There are regulations > forbidding that. > Not just regulations; it would be a clear violation of the U.S. Constitution, article 1, section 8: "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries." If the law were used to suppress technology it would not "promote the progress of science and useful arts." - Jed
