I doubt this patent will get approved, since there is plenty of prior art. Indeed, at the behest of a private interest, I was party to a patent application in 2009 which used diatamaceous earth among other aerosols and specifically referred to controlling Arctic cooling with it. The full patent never got filed but there is also my paper on Saving the Arctic which specifically mentions diatamaceous earth.
I doubt many of the geoengineering can be patented because so mjuch has been done and published on the main methods. In any case DARPA is impervious to such claims, should they go ahead with any real engineering studies. Gregory Benford On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 12:04 AM, John Gorman <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Dont appologise. It isimportant to have picked this up at this stage. There > will be a patent examiner allocated to search for "prior art" but the word > geoengineering does not apper in the patent and the examoner may not have > heard of it either. > > Patent systems are notoriously chauvinistic in every country so the > challenge should come from a US person or university. > > Greg Benford. Your work on diatamaceous earth was way prior to this . Any > chance your uni patent dept could do this? > > John gorman > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Jamais Cascio <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* Jamais Cascio <[email protected]> ; John > Gorman<[email protected]>; > geoengineering <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, September 03, 2011 11:41 PM > *Subject:* Re: [geo] Diatomaceous Earth patent > > My mistake -- I directed Dr C to the entry. Apologies. > > -Jamais Cascio > > > > On Sep 3, 2011, at 1:22 PM, Ken Caldeira wrote: > > > Sorry about that. Thanks for the correction. It is merely a patent > application, not a patent. > > > On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 1:17 PM, John Gorman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ** >> As I read this document it is a patent application. No patent has been >> granted and there is a period of evaluation during which it is easy to >> challenge. If it is ever granted then it could be a real nuisance. >> >> I filed a UK provisional patent 27th October 2006 referring specifically >> to silica.. >> My first article in any press was a regional weekly newspaper on1st DEc >> 2006 >> I had article in the magazine of the Ski Club of Great Britain >> specifically mentioning silica in January 2007 in my website:// >> www.naturaljointmobility.info/pressarticles.htm >> >> All of that was before I had ever heard of the word geoengineering or this >> group. Only later did I find out about Greg Benford's work -and other >> similar work.Prior to that I thought my work was original as possibly Mr >> Neff thinks! >> >> Can someone in a US university with a patent department investigate and >> put a challenge in before its too late. I will provide details of the above >> three bits of evidence. >> >> john gorman >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> *From:* Ken Caldeira <[email protected]> >> *To:* geoengineering <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Saturday, September 03, 2011 7:17 PM >> *Subject:* [geo] Diatomaceous Earth patent >> >> James Cascio has kindly pointed out that a patent has been issued for the >> use of silica particles for stratospheric sunshade geoengineering. (see >> attached). >> >> The patent was filed on 30 Sep 2009, with a provisional patent filed on 30 >> Sep 2008. I note that this idea of using silica particles was discussed on >> this group at least as early as 1 May 2007: >> https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#search/googlegroups+silica/11243cfe473291d8 >> >> and I have email from Greg Benford from that period specifically referring >> to "diatomaceous earth". >> >> One would assume that any rational court would find that this patent >> describes things that are obvious to those skilled in the relevant arts. 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