paul sprain = another victim of the money

[Dr. Tesla]

All,

I do not see any problems for Paul receiving his patent. US patent office is only to well known for its' ability to give patents to anyone. You just ask for it. However, Paul's "patent" is untenable at best. There's not even required 35% of difference to be found in his claim. The concept is already in public domain, being nearly 40 years old and the only difference between "Paul's" motor and original spiral motor, also known as magnetic Wankel (maybe Wankel's family would have something to say about the unauthorised use of their name?) is attraction instead of repulsion.

That can't hold water in any court. If Paul receives his patent, it can be annulled in no time on appeal. But that would be waste of time as it is not even necessary.

If Honk's experiments yield results (overunity in a useful amount), what will Paul do then? Hopefully Honk won't fall into that trap himself and will keep the word to have it open source.

But the best news is that, for as long as you make one, or many, and do not sell it to anyone, no patent is protecting the "inventors".

In the spirit of true open source, various pieces can be manufactured by various people and they can sell to each other, and to the rest of us,  just these pieces (you would have to assemble it by yourself or a third party professional) and no breach of patent's right would occur.

Patents are just a joke if you know how to perfectly legally neutralise their limitations.