Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: I must disagree on this point. Screwdrivers, guitars and cars are not > patented, but money is made off of them. >
Well, many new patents are so filed for cars, such as Toyotas patents for the hybrid design. Cold fusion is complex technology. I expect many different implementations for different purposes will be discovered. So I expect that new patents related to it will be filed far into the future. The original AT&T patent for the transistor ran out long ago, but many new semiconductor patents are filed every year. - Jed
