Reading Ed and Mike's comments makes me wonder why in the world BLP would attempt to patent a theoretical process involving the calculation of electron states via software simulations.
Is this latest battle related to Randy's Millsian Molecular Modeling endeavors, or is this a follow-up to recent alleged "breakthroughs" involving excess heat using the new "breakthrough" solid fuel base. It's as if BLP is attempting to explore a different legal strategy: To establish a precedent, where they are trying to legitimize the CQM theory indirectly through software simulations that are presumably backed by physical evidence. ...Perhaps I should say, one better hope BLP can back up their computer simulations with real physical evidence!!! This is an interesting conundrum from my perspective as sharper minds than mine have always stressed the fact that a theory or an idea can not be patented, at least not within the United States. When dealing with the development of industrial processes, such as a novel way to generate excess heat as BLP hopes to cash in on, I was under the impression that only a process, a procedure, or improvement to a process or procedure can be patented. The theory explaining why the process or procedure seems to work should (in practice) take second stage to actual physical evidence. OTOH, I gather the "theory" in question has not always taken second stage to physical evidence such as when BLP attempted to explain the reasons behind some of their experimental evidence as modeled through CQM theory. I believe it has been suggested more than once that BLP would fare better if they would simply focus their finite resources on patenting procedures for which their experimental evidence reveals the generation of substantial amounts of excess heat. Perhaps I'm not seeing the bigger picture, because this recent UK endeavor gives me the impression that BLP continues to spend an inadvisable amount of time and effort on attempts to legitimize CQM rather than focusing on protecting the actual processes that are known to generate substantial amounts of heat. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
