re: stainless steel cups

[Athopi]

Not to kick an old, dead horse... As soon as DGB published findings on this site (publicly) it is his intellectual property and goes a long way to verifying a claim for patent rights.

[onthecuttingedge2005]

Im not using the walmart cups, they are to small, Im using larger ones that are much better quality and consistant in size and weight.

I can send you some if you want.  contact me through youtube.com/dallasgoldbug

Not solid. but screen cups, perferably nano tube material.

Jerry

[sm0ky2]

Not to kick an old, dead horse... As soon as DGB published findings on this site (publicly) it is his intellectual property and goes a long way to verifying a claim for patent rights.

anything posted here is in what is considered the "public domain".
patenting an open-source technology, after-the-fact is a little harder to do.

also::  if anyone places the invention / technology into "commercial use", before it is patented - it becomes inellegible for a patent under U.S. Law.

so all someone has to do is use the thing to light a lamp in their office, and noone can legally obtain a patent for it. and if they do, said patent can be overturned on that basis.