US grants patent for anti-gravity device

[GodAtum]

Accusations that the US Patent office is giving out dotty patents were given some credence when the watchdog had just granted one to a bloke who claimed to have invented an anti-gravity machine.

Boris Volfson, of Huntington, is the proud holder of patent 6,960,975, which is for a a space vehicle propelled by a superconducting shield that alters the curvature of space-time outside the craft in a way that counteracts gravity.

The interesting thing about the invention is that it defies the laws of physics and is put in the same league as a perpetual motion machine.

The main problem with inventing such a machine is that it implies the availability of unlimited energy, which it is unlikely that Mr Volfson has managed to do yet.




The American Physical Society said it proved that the patent examiners are being duped by false science.

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...S=PN/6,960,975

[The Signal]

lol what can you do?

[WraithWarrior]

Kool! we're one step closer to finding the Stargate and defeating the Gou'ald

[RA the sun god]

hehe or we are one step closer to ''trying'' to find a unlimited energy source...remember what happened when the alterans tried that???(trinity)

[WraithWarrior]

hehe or we are one step closer to ''trying'' to find a unlimited energy source...remember what happened when the alterans tried that???(trinity)

Is that the S2 ep?

If so, lets just hope the results aren't repeated

[Eoin]

It sounds cool, but i dont think we're aywhere near that kind of tech, hopefully im wrong

[WraithWarrior]

It sounds cool, but i dont think we're aywhere near that kind of tech, hopefully im wrong

wot do you mean we're no where near that kind of tech, I go to uni in my anti-gravity vehicle everyday...Oh yeah thats the bus, sorry

Hopefully you're wrong

[Eoin]

wot do you mean we're no where near that kind of tech, I go to uni in my anti-gravity vehicle everyday...Oh yeah thats the bus, sorry

Hopefully you're wrong

lol, watch now these people that claim they have blueprints or invented cool new tech that arent listened to really have invented it and all they needed was some funding, but everybody thought they were crazy or didnt understand the science (it could be a new form of science )

[WraithWarrior]

lol, watch now these people that claim they have blueprints or invented cool new tech that arent listened to really have invented it and all they needed was some funding, but everybody thought they were crazy or didnt understand the science (it could be a new form of science )

Id fund 'em all if I had the money but they probly WUD all be crazy and by the end of what is promised to be an anti-gravity machine, I wud have no money left whatsoever.

[SmallTimePerson]

can they take the patent off him if they prove there is no way it can work?

[WraithWarrior]

can they take the patent off him if they prove there is no way it can work?

Why have you created one?

[lethalfang]

can they take the patent off him if they prove there is no way it can work?

The US patent office isn't concerned whether or not it will ever work.
The US patent office is only concerned whether or not the idea is new and original, and specific enough.

[minigeek]

The American Physical Society said it proved that the patent examiners are being duped by false science.

LOL The American Physical Society needs to get its collective head out of its collective rear. "False science"..... pffft! If the man wants to patent his theory/fantasy, then why shouldn't he? That's what's so absolutely great about intellectual freedom, if you ask me. Science is an artform, after all.

I love it! Thanks for posting this GA.

minigeek

[Rokuro_Kubi]

Kool! we're one step closer to finding the Stargate and defeating the Gou'ald

Actually, if this patent doesn't get thrown out as it probably should, it'll only hamper further research into antigravity devices. I'd say its more of a hamstringing than a step in any direction.

[Stricken]

Interesting idea, who knows one day , with a Z.P.M attached it could work