Re: Room-Temperature Superconductor Invented 25 Years Ago

2005-02-08 Thread John Fields
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:18:33 -0800 (PST), you wrote: And look at how many patents Sam gets every year -everything they fund, they keep the rights to. --- Yes, and what's irked me for years is that they do the development with public funds which, unless there's some compelling reason not to,

Room-Temperature Superconductor Invented 25 Years Ago

2005-02-07 Thread Mark S Bilk
In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: http://www.cosmicpenguin.com/911 The October 9, 1980 issue of _Electronics_ magazine carried an article titled Superconductivity at room temperature reported by Air Force researcher. Fred W. Valhdiek, a materials research engineer at

Re: Room-Temperature Superconductor Invented 25 Years Ago

2005-02-07 Thread Horace Heffner
At 10:39 AM 2/7/5, Mark S Bilk wrote: He's had a number of companies interested in it, but none of them has met his demand of $10,000,000 up front and a major share of the profits, without which he won't release any of the material, although he will allow people to bring their own equipment to

RE: Room-Temperature Superconductor Invented 25 Years Ago

2005-02-07 Thread Mark Goldes
. Room Temperature Superconductors Inc. From: Mark S Bilk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: vortex-l@eskimo.com To: Vortex List vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Room-Temperature Superconductor Invented 25 Years Ago Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 10:39:01 -0800 In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: http

RE: Room-Temperature Superconductor Invented 25 Years Ago

2005-02-07 Thread Steven Krivit
Mark, Incldently, he was a test pilot for Nazi V1 flying bombs. He would ride them up and then jump off and parachute down. That's pretty wild. How would such bombs be launched? I'm picturing a cartoon-like scenario of a man wrapping his arms around a missile... Vorts- Incidentally, Mark has

RE: Room-Temperature Superconductor Invented 25 Years Ago

2005-02-07 Thread Jones Beene
--- Akira Kawasaki wrote: I do not believe this. I take this mention to be done in jest. In my fascination with rocketry and WWII history, I have never run across this item for the V1 flying bomb being partially piloted. Truth is stranger than fiction. It was called the Fleseler Fi 103

RE: Room-Temperature Superconductor Invented 25 Years Ago

2005-02-07 Thread Grimer
From: Grimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Room-Temperature Superconductor Invented 25 Years Ago At 03:51 pm 07-02-05 -0800, you wrote: Mark Goldes wrote in part: Incldently, he was a test pilot for Nazi V1 flying bombs. He would ride them up and then jump off and parachute down. I do

Re: Room-Temperature Superconductor Invented 25 Years Ago

2005-02-07 Thread Michael Foster
Subject: Re: Room-Temperature Superconductor Invented 25 Years Ago At 10:39 AM 2/7/5, Mark S Bilk wrote:brbrHe's had a number of companies interested in it, but none of thembrhas met his demand of $10,000,000 up front and a major share ofbrthe profits, without which he won't release any

Re: Room-Temperature Superconductor Invented 25 Years Ago

2005-02-07 Thread Mark Goldes
on to GE claimed RTSC. On the other hand, perhaps it was just another USO. An Unidentified Superconducting Object:). Mark From: Michael Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: Room-Temperature Superconductor Invented 25 Years Ago Date: Mon, 7 Feb

Re: Room-Temperature Superconductor Invented 25 Years Ago

2005-02-07 Thread Jones Beene
--- Mark Goldes wrote: On the other hand, perhaps it was just another USO. An Unidentified Superconducting Object:) This is probably correct, and Mark is in the best position to judge, but the strange story behind MgB2 is not so different... it is not Room-Temperature, of course, but the

Re: Room-Temperature Superconductor Invented 25 Years Ago

2005-02-07 Thread Michael Foster
At 5:35 PM 2/7/5, Jones Beene wrote: This is naive. Trade secrets are routinely withheld. I have never seen a patent successfully challenged for withholding a trade secret, although it is definitely in the wording of the patent law. I suspect most patents withhold many secrets. It is just way