On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 7:11 AM, Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:38 PM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com>wrote: > >> I know for a fact that the government can order a patent kept secret. >> I once patented a spread spectrum transceiver which was placed in a secret >> vault. It used some new concepts which the air force wanted with held. >> > > "At the end of fiscal year 2011, there were 5,241 secrecy orders in > effect." > > http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/invention/index.html > Of all the sponsoring agencies, the Navy has the highest sequestered patent count most years. T