US Patent Office Has Granted Patents for Perpetuum Mobile

[Pirate88179]

Hans:

I agree. I admit I fell into that ratrace.  While I appreciate my business contact information being posted on here, I don't feel that this is the proper place for me to obtain international exposure for my personal gain.  My apologies to Stephan and all the other members.

Bill

[fritz]

Just to round it up:

If it comes to "free energy" - there will be no (worldwide)patents at all.
Can you patent the sun, the moon, the earth,
can you patent water ? no.
Maybe there will be national patents and global agreements.
Can somebody release a patent on the kaplan turbine or on the
idea of a storage lake ? no.
Is there a patent on nuclear power stations ?
Maybe there are patents on special equippement and techniques used.....

we?ll see.

BTW: I think the most interesting thing on the availab?lity of free energy are
the economic and social effects.

[shruggedatlas]

Again, that?s not what the law says. The law says that the patent has to be about something new and useful. Something that doesn?t work as described isn?t something useful as intended.

To my knowledge, there is no case law requiring patents to be about something useful.  New, yes; useful, no.

[shruggedatlas]

On a related note, here is a good article explaining a big problem with the current patent system.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/07/AR2007100701199_pf.html

[Omnibus]

Again, that?s not what the law says. The law says that the patent has to be about something new and useful. Something that doesn?t work as described isn?t something useful as intended.

To my knowledge, there is no case law requiring patents to be about something useful.  New, yes; useful, no.

Not so. See what Consolidated Patent Laws state:

35 U.S.C.101 Inventions patentable.
Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful
process,machine,manufacture,or composition of
matter,or any new and useful improvement thereof,
may obtain a patent therefor,subject to the conditions
and requirements of this title.