The speculation over the timing of the patent falls apart on closer examination:
The patent in question is US# 6,710,711 Method for identifying chemical, biological and nuclear attacks or hazards
"This application is based upon provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/236,730 filed Oct. 2, 2000."
The original patent was filed way back in October, 2000.
The only person responsible for the timing of the patent filing are the attornies who filed it:
"Attorney, Agent or Firm: Towner, Esq.; Alan G. Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon"
They, and they alone, chose the September 28 filing date.
But I'm sure some more "coincidences" can be found. If we look hard enough maybe we'll find the names "Greendale" or "Franklin" somehow associated with his past. Are there any Greendales in Haiti (where his medical school is located)?
This should be a lesson to anyone who took the feeding frenzy over the Steve Hatfill "coincidences" seriously.
Hours after the search, Berry was arrested and charged with four counts of assault following an altercation that police described as a domestic dispute at a motel in Point Pleasant Beach. He posted $10,000 bail and was later released from the Ocean County Jail.
An off-duty officer and a motel employee detained Berry after he allegedly assaulted four family members, police said. His relationship to the four was not immediately known.