I doubt they did not patent something, but like fire, it is hard to patent cold fusion... however every year there are patent about engine... Defkalion claim to have filed 6 patents, and only one for the fuel...
You should ask JP Biberian about patents subtleties, he is experienced too, about principles, about corps behaviors, and how to fight them with subtleties. 2013/7/22 blaze spinnaker <[email protected]> > From a presentation at ICCF from someone who clearly is very credible (and > backs up everything I know / read): > > http://coldfusionnow.org/message-from-iccf-18-sunday-basic-course/ > > My message was simple: think of something useful, describe how others can >> make it happen and stipulate a feature that is new. Not complicated when >> summarized in a few words, but pregnant with meaning and concepts that are >> hard to absorb. >> I tried hard to stay away from my favorite theme, “patenting sensibly”, >> and focus on meeting US PTO requirements to patent Cold Fusion. I >> circulated an email received from the US Patent Office confirming that they >> will issue patents for Cold Fusion inventions if they meet the requirements >> of four sections in the Patent At. These are the sections that deal with >> the usefulness, novelty, inventive step, and the obligation of an applicant >> to provide a description that will enable others to reproduce the invention. >> The point of my presentation was: you can get a patent for something in >> the field of Cold Fusion, even at the US Patent Office. I provided one >> example of a success, and one example of a failure. > > > It is this which makes me question why Rossi / Defkalion have not filed > for patents to protect their work. The US is first to file. Someone may > beat them to it. > > I hope this question is asked very strongly of the Defkalion people > tomorrow during their demo. >
