Something well worth knowing ...
Re-published without comment
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I now remind each reader that all of the patents submitted to the US Patent Office go through a formal review process, and each patent is reviewed by a board of military representatives from the various branches of the US Military. If any patent becomes of interest to ANY of these representatives, then that patent is pulled from the patent approval process, the patent is taken over by the US Government, the inventors are notified that - that information has become classified in the interests of US national security, and that all of the information regarding this patent is to be boxed up and sent in to the appropriate government office. Also, there are federal rules, financial penalties, and also stiff jail sentences for anyone that refuses to cooperate or discloses any of this "classified information" after receipt of the letter.
You do not believe me? It's called: U.S. Secrecy Order (Title 35, United States Code (1952), Sections 181-188). I know people that have had the "pleasure" of getting such a letter ("...under the penalties of 35 U.S.C. (1952) 182, 186."). They can tell you about it!
This U.S. Secrecy Order is on the internet for your reading pleasure at:
SECRECY_ORDER (URLs are case sensitive).
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Overview Of Antigravity Technology: Consensus, Conclusions, And Concerns
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Consider your receiving this:
SECRECY ORDER
(Title 35, United States Code (1952), sections 181-188)
NOTICE: To the applicant above named, his heirs, and any and all of his assignees, attorneys and agents, hereinafter designated principals:
You are hereby notified that your application as above identified has been found to contain subject matter, the unauthorized disclosure of which might be detrimental to the national security, and you are ordered in nowise to publish or disclose the invention or any material information with respect thereto, including hitherto unpublished details of the subject matter of said application, in any way to any person not cognizant of the invention prior to the date of the order, including any employee of the principals, but to keep the same secret except by written consent first obtained of the Commissioner of Patents, under the penalties of 35 U.S.C. (1952) 182, 186.
Any other application already filed or hereafter filed which contains any significant part of the subject matter of the above identified application falls within the scope of this order. If such other application does not stand under a security order, it and the common subject matter should be brought to the attention of the Security Group, Licensing and Review, Patent Office.
If, prior to the issuance of the secrecy order, any significant part of the subject matter has been revealed to any person, the principals shall promptly inform such person of the secrecy order and the penalties for improper disclosure. However, if such part of the subject matter was disclosed to any person in a foreign country or foreign national in the U.S., the principals shall not inform such person of the secrecy order, but instead shall promptly furnish to the Commissioner of Patents the following information to the extent not already furnished: date of disclosure; name and address of the disclosee; identification of such part; and any authorization by a U.S. government agency to export such part. If the subject matter is included in any foreign patent application, or patent, this should be identified. The principals shall comply with any related instructions of the Commissioner.
This order should not be construed in any way to mean that the Government has adopted or contemplates adoption of the alleged invention disclosed in this application; nor is it any indication of the value of such invention.
[Transcribed from a paper in the:
PROCEEDINGS of The Second International Symposium on Non-Conventional Energy Technology,
"Insights Into The Proprietary Syndrome", by Ken MacNeill, pp 125-126, presented (I was told) on September 23, 1983. I also have a copy of a real "Security Order" dated March 17, 1964, that was sent to a friend of mine who had applied for a patent in the field of space energy research. PB.]
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I remember reading on Dr Stephen Greer's site that every single year about 5,000 patents are confiscated by US gov. for reasons of military secrecy. Possibly the most famous case was that all the Marconi's patents for radio transmission and reception were confiscated few years before WW2, because 1) he was Italian, so native of enemy's country, 2) because it was critical for US gov. to control communications in case of war. As a result Marcony nearly went bankrupt.
That's how RCA (Radio Corporation of America) was formed, to control all the intellectual property in communications and assure gov.'s monopoly in that field. It was one of the first tech. companies with main shareholder being US gov. RCA had total control over radio and later TV. Practically, no Hollywood star can maintain it's stardom if didn't remain on good terms with RCA. After screwing and financially destroying Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of TV from Utah, RCA's director famously said "RCA doesn't pay royalties. RCA collects royalties". RCA went bankrupt in late 50's because invention of transistor by Bell Labs.
Yeah, apparently, gov. communications control does wanders for freedom of the press.