Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site leadsv.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!greipa!pesnta!amd!amdcad!cae780!leadsv!morse From: morse@leadsv.UUCP (Terry Morse) Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Joseph Newman in Congress Message-ID: <676@leadsv.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 16:55:06 EST Article-I.D.: leadsv.676 Posted: Tue Nov 5 16:55:06 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 05:42:08 EST Distribution: na Organization: Lockheed, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 17 Keywords: cranks, patent, law Joseph Newman just made the Charles Osgood CBS radio broadcast. It seems that Mr. Newman has not given up his attempt to patent his "energy generator". But now, he is going to waste some of our federal money as well. He has gotten some congressman (Philip Burton, I think) to enter a bill in Congress that would force the patent office to issue him a patent. To paraphrase Newman, it would do no harm to anyone except Newman if he were issued a patent. But, if he turns out to have found a real perpetual motion machine, then think of the benefits. Might it be in the public interest for some scientific group to debunk this thing once and for all? It might make a nice class project for Freshman Physics. -- Terry Morse (408)743-1487 { amdcad!cae780 } | { sun!sunncal } !leadsv!morse