Patent rules in the U.S. have recently changed effective March 18, 2013 Priority is now first to file not first to invent.... LENR when it finally becomes economically viable (its been real soon now for 20yrs) will be an epic patent battle with every half brained idea posted somewhere in random spewing for the last 20 yrs. Just the discussions on vortex will be fertile ground for invalidating patents...
The key difference in the new U.S. patent law is this... With first to invent if you could prove you invented something before the person trying to patent it you win. now that does not matter... prior art now only includes publicly available information.... I found this document to be a good guide to the new patent rules... http://www.biz-patlaw.com/files/Download/OCT11BIL.pdf European patents must meet the sufficiency of disclosure test.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufficiency_of_disclosure Paul On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > blaze spinnaker <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> By your logic, the patent that Rossi has applied for is dead, kaput, and >> can't be fixed. >> > > I do not know enough about patent law to judge, but people have told me it > is dead, kaput, hopeless. > > I hope for his sake that is not true. > > I read his patents. They do not seem to disclose anything. I do not see > how a PHOSITA could replicate from one of them. But as I said, I cannot > judge. > > David French does not seem impressed by them. > > - Jed > >
