Propellantless electro-magnetic propulsion

[dustinthewind]

I have a patent pending for a form of propellant-less EM propulsion that even my professor thought should work in his opinion after it was patent pending.  It is fully under my name but I am tired of the system and am thinking of publishing it for the public.  I am wondering how I would go about that.  Is it possible for me to take my patent pending and convert it to a general public licence?


I after some simulation effects it looks like the propulsion effect may increase per current squared but may possibly be even larger if some other effects are there.  It could possibly be dangerous and projects radiation out one end.  One would think that all the propulsion you would get is that of the radiation but I am getting forces estimated that seem much larger than just the radiation. 


Anyways my real question is about publishing my patent pending under the public license instead. 

[TinselKoala]

Well, I for one am intensely interested in such matters, so I would encourage you to go ahead and show what you've got. Your pending patent establishes priority and intellectual property already. I am not completely sure, but I think that now that you have applied and are in "pending" status you can talk about the claims of your invention without falling into the "previously published" category. You should check on this with your patent attorney, then go ahead and "tell all" right here on this forum.

[dustinthewind]

Well that is a thought.  I'll ask about that.  My reason for thinking of publishing under the public license is because once my patent pending expires I likely won't have the money to patent it and it could be taken by the company that did the patent pending for me possibly.  If I could transfer it then it would ensure it would be made available for public use. 

[dustinthewind]

Well it is patent pending and I guess it doesn't matter to post it so here it goes. 

[TinselKoala]

Hmm... that's interesting, and somewhat different from what I expected, having seen some things in field before. Do you mind if I show this to "a friend of ours" who is truly an expert in the field of propellantless em propulsion? I'd like to get his opinion.