Subject: [FG]: Re: Re: [FG]: Free Energy Ethics

From: <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 9:28:05 -0500

You need to look at the patent laws. They are not really what you might think.

We have a couple issues here:

First
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The bulk of the patent describes the invention, usually to to point of building a working model, though your protection is limited to what you actually 'Claim'

Suppose you spend years developing a machine and due to whatever your claim is that crystal grown from 30% Ferric Cloride 70% Copper Sulphate will produce such and such. Fine. Now someone turns around and get the same result with with a crystal grown from Ferric Sulphate and Cupric Cloride. Guess what? They are free to manufacture it.

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You make all the claims properly, FedEx the patent application in and announce the plans to the world that afternoon. Some sleezebag in Maryland gets your post, quickly draws up a patent and hand delivers it to the USPTO. Guess What? You loose and cannot profit from it because it is not *your* invention, it's the sleezebags. (Supposedly another individual applied for a telephone patent the same day as Bell, but later in the day. Both discovered it independently but only one won out)

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You do everything right, are awarded the patent and hailed as a hero. Those affected by the patent criticize it, bad mouth it & you; debate for 15 years the economic impact and life continues to go on. Seventeen years later you haven't made dime while the 'Energy Companies' are now ramping up to produce it.

You'll be in the history books as the inventer but Shell and Exxon and BP will make the bucks. You'll never see a dime..

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Patenting it and releasing it is still no guarantee that someone else will find an additional claim that'll screw you. 

Like the Hokey-Pokey, that's what it's all about.

> 
> From: "John Mount" <[email-masked]>
> Subject: Re: [FG]: Free Energy Ethics
> 
> 
> > It all depends on what you want to do. If it works and you want to help
> > humanity and not be the next Bill Gates then your best option is to release
> > it to the world and patent it at the same time.
> >
> > If you release it and don't patent it you open up the possibility for
> > someone else to patent it and totally screw you.
> 
> The question is - are their ways of getting protection and reward for
> one's FE device other than a patent??