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[Robert Amesz]

Steve Holden wrote:

>I suspect that disclosure through the standardization process would
>cause patent applications to fail onthe grounds of "prior art".
>Apparently Arthur C. Clark described the geosynchronous satellite in
>concept in the British magazine "Wireless World", and this was
>enough to ensure that he was refused a patent on it later.

That's not entirely true: A.C. Clarke never applied for a patent at 
least according to him. In a book of his (I can't recall which one) he 
described a conversation he had with a patent lawyer (during a social 
event, IIRC). The lawyer told him that he should have applied for a 
patent *before* making his idea public. However, in this case that 
wouldn't have made any difference, because Clarke had the idea roughly 
a quarter of a century before the first geosynchronous satellite was 
launched, so the patent would have expired anyway.

So be warned: don't get too far ahead of your time. It'll cost you.


Robert Amesz