Once again I have no idea what Swartz is talking about. If CF is at the
engineering stage, I know of no evidence this is true. Swartz needs to
give the basis for this claim. In addition, I do not believe anything I
have said on Vortex can be used by the Patent office to reject a claim.
I have written 5 reviews that have been published, in which my
opinions of the evidence are presented, all very positive. I would
expect these publications to be used by the Patent office, not my
semiprivate comments about the subjects being discussed on Vortex.
Either Swartz is wrong or the Patent Office has completely lost its
common sense.
I agree, CF is at the basic research state. Normally, such basic work
is supported at Universities where it is openly discussed and examined
by students. Or it is supported by the government, also with an open
approach. Unfortunately, CF is not supported by these agencies.
Instead, private money is being used, which demands confidentially and
patent protection. As a result, open discussion is reduced and
understanding grows very slowly. Suppression is not required when the
basic nature of the system is designed to ignore new ideas that
challenge established industries. Fortunately, this design flaw is not
so powerful in other countries, where I predict the effect will be
developed first.
Ed
Mitchell Swartz wrote:
At 11:51 AM 9/13/2005, Jed Rothwell wrote:
John Coviello wrote:
My answer would be that cold fusion is still in the basic research
stage, just starting to enter commercialization stage, so it hasn't
really caught the attention of the venture capitalists yet . . .
Right. I would go even further. At this stage it may be inappropriate
to consider commercialization. Cold fusion is still at the very basic
research level, making it the sort of thing that cannot be patented.
Plus, of course, the patent office itself is blocking progress. It
also appears to be the sort of thing that is best researched using the
fully open academic model, rather than secret or semisecret corporate
R&D.
Cold fusion is now at the engineering stage, well beyond the "basic"
research stage.
And as such, several devices and modifications of cold fusion can, and
will be, patented.
What is even more interesting is that in the years 2003 through 2005,
the Patent Office
frequently has cited the ramblings of Jed Rothwell and Ed Storms on
vortex (along with the plethora
of usual anti-cold fusion suspects) to block American cold fusion
patents applications.
In that light, what is also interesting is that many of their comments
are not accurate.
For example, neither (nor the usual suspects) attended the recent MIT
Cold Fusion Colloquium
where several individuals presented and did describe their reproducible
cold fusion systems.
Those attendees that were there discovered that cold fusion is well
beyond the "basic research" level;
and is now in engineering-phase.
Dr. Mitchell Swartz
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