blaze spinnaker <blazespinna...@gmail.com> wrote: This is a good reason to have a very hard time with this trade secret > approach that the LENR businesses guys are taking.
They have no choice. They cannot get patents. > This is one of the reasons why I don't think Rossi has anything. If he > did, why not just disclose it all and then patent it? > You have to patent it first. That discloses it. You cannot patent something you have already disclosed. > People say he wouldn't get a patent because it's cold fusion, but > that's just plain craziness. > No, it is a fact. Nearly all patents are summarily rejected, without review. This policy was established in June 1989. See: http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/CageKmemorandum.pdf (In a similar vein, all papers submitted to major journals are rejected without peer review, with a form letter.) > The patent examiners would be more than happy to give him a patent if he > proves it works. Disclosing how it's made would be the first step to doing > that. > You misunderstand the meaning and role of patents. If he does not disclose how it works in the patent, the patent is invalid, by definition. Patent law says that a person having ordinary skill in the art (PHOSITA) must be able to replicate using the patent. In any case, no patent examiner will look at a cold fusion related patent. It will be rejected with a form letter. Years ago the letter cited the New York Times as proof that cold fusion does not exist. - Jed
