Craig, I think it was earlier than that, and you could be referring to Dr. Peter Zimmerman, not Park. Robin may remember this incident, as it was reported on HSG forum some years ago.
If memory serves, at the time this person (either Park of PZ or someone else) protested vehemently - not only to the patent office --- but also to a number of political connections, including Maddy (cojones) Albright - since he may have had some appointed position with State - but ... AT THE SAME TIME, the complainer in question had a young relative (possibly a son ??) recently hired to a generous position in one of the hot fusion-related programs. (no indication that it was a political hire, and maybe it wasn't). Needless to say, protecting cushy family jobs was not disclosed, in the interest of fairness. However, this seems to be a typical motivation for Ivy League techno-hegemonists with connections to hot fusion ... Excuse me if I have identified the wrong whiner ... there are a large number of candidates besides these two ... -----Original Message----- From: Craig Haynie Does anyone remember this? In 2002, (or thereabouts), Randell Mills applied for a patent for his method of creating heat with a device in a similar fashion to the method that Rossi is using, and his patent was accepted to the point that they were going to issue it, until Robert Park pointed out that it was a type of cold fusion device. At that point, Mills, who had been out happily showing others how to replicate his work, canceled all demonstrations and assistance, and stopped revealing trade secrets. Craig
