Howard Johnson Replication Tube Claim

[forsalebabyshoesneverworn]

No news of Mylow.... but he is in the News    > The saga of Mylow and Howard Johnson's Magnetic Motor
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/saga-mylow-and-howard-johnsons-magnetic-motor

A Junior Member post this at MYTHBUSTERS (and it was not me)  :
A youtuber named "Mylow" tracked his progress with the recreation of the Howard Johnson magnetic motor. He details his entire process and makes a strong case for how this should work. Can you take a look and possibly recreate this myth and bust it or not?

LightRider

Here is problems.  Articles says:

"Since US patents are only awarded for working devices, it is a mystery as to why HJ was never able to market it or show it in operation."

My crazy uncles got a patent on some kind of weather machine.  Didnt work for shit.

[chrisC]

Here is problems.  Articles says:

"Since US patents are only awarded for working devices, it is a mystery as to why HJ was never able to market it or show it in operation."

My crazy uncles got a patent on some kind of weather machine.  Didnt work for shit.

That is NOT true. The USPTO will award a patent if there was no prior art that directly interferes with your claims and you meet the requirements of novelty, un-obviousness and usefulness. You will also need to describe the 'best mode' for the invention.
No working model is required as long as a person having ordinary skill in the art is able to recreate your invention.

cheers
chrisC

[forsalebabyshoesneverworn]

That is NOT true. The USPTO will award a patent if there was no prior art that directly interferes with your claims and you meet the requirements of novelty, un-obviousness and usefulness. You will also need to describe the 'best mode' for the invention.
No working model is required as long as a person having ordinary skill in the art is able to recreate your invention.

cheers
chrisC

That is what I meant...... I think.  After my uncles got a patent for the stupid weather machine and never gotit working at all, well, that was the end of that.  He spent like 10 thusand for lawyer.  Lawyer tried to talk him out of doing it even (so my uncle said).... didnt believe him.  It rained once after he turned it on but I think it was coicidance.  He was so proud of that one time, but he gave up in the end.

[Digjam]

Anyone else notice the pattern that everytime talks begin
about someone visiting to view mylow's machine, that the magnets die,
MIB show up, or some other reason to prevent it?

[nyctuber]

Seems to me that Mylow conclusively proved the existence of Perpetual Cynicism. Can you honestly say, watching his last video explaining the combinations of magnets that worked for him, that he's lying? Is a person's demeanor irrelevant? You know that's a big reason why people tried to replicate it, you can tell the guy isn't a liar. IMHO.