An antigravity patent that accidentally got through

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The US Patent Office granted Patent 6,960,975 to Boris Volfson for an antigravity device, which contradicts its own policy against patents that defy the laws of physics. Physicist Robert Park criticizes this decision, arguing it undermines the patent office's credibility and allows for the promotion of scientifically unfounded inventions. The patent describes a space vehicle utilizing a superconducting shield to manipulate space-time, a concept rooted in fringe science. The discussion highlights the challenges patent examiners face in distinguishing viable inventions from those based on false scientific claims.

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Well, getting back to patents and revolutionary theories on gravity – don’t forget that Einstein was a patent clerk. Now the main associate and successor to Burkhard Heim in developing Heim-theory is Walter Dröscher , once at the Austrian patent office. Heim repudiated the claim that his form of antigravity gives free energy – he was glad it didn’t as humans had already mucked up the environment enough by excessive energy pollution. You have to pump lots of energy into Heim’s space drive to get off the ground.
 
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Hdeasy said:
Well, getting back to patents and revolutionary theories on gravity – don’t forget that Einstein was a patent clerk. Now the main associate and successor to Burkhard Heim in developing Heim-theory is Walter Dröscher , once at the Austrian patent office. Heim repudiated the claim that his form of antigravity gives free energy – he was glad it didn’t as humans had already mucked up the environment enough by excessive energy pollution. You have to pump lots of energy into Heim’s space drive to get off the ground.
No argument that Einstein was a patent clerk [swiss to be precise]. Are you suggesting that working in the Austrian patent office confers credibility to Walter Dröscher? The logic escapes me.
 
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Just saying that there is a coincidence in the Patent connection and that it at least doesn't militate against Droescher. He'll be getting the Nobel prize in few years anyway, so patent origins won't matter then.
 
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