Patent issued for anti-gravity device

Science Daily.com ^ | November 9, 2005 | UPI

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. patent office has reportedly granted a patent for an anti-gravity device -- breaking its rule to reject inventions that defy the laws of physics.

The journal Nature said patent 6,960,975 was granted Nov. 1 to Boris Volfson of Huntington, Ind., for a space vehicle propelled by a superconducting shield that alters the curvature of space-time outside the craft in a way that counteracts gravity.

One of the main theoretical arguments against anti-gravity is that it implies the availability of unlimited energy.

"If you design an anti-gravity machine, you've got a perpetual-motion machine," Robert Park of the American Physical Society told Nature.

Park said the action shows patent examiners are being duped by false science.

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[11Bush]

duped by false science

Should we ping the 'global warming' crowd?

[Jeff Head]

Well, should they, or when they, get one working...get back to me. It will be an historic and monumental day, but I am not holding my breath.

[clee1]

OK.... so where's my phaser... or how about that remarkable fuel-saving device, the transporter???

[kjam22]

Should we ping the 'global warming' crowd?

Maybe you could ping the evolution crowd..... :)

[thoughtomator]

Not before I patent global warming. And global cooling too, for the residual royalties.

[ASA Vet]

alters the curvature of space-time outside the craft

Warp field?

[Red Badger]

propelled by a superconducting shield that alters the curvature of space-time outside the craft in a way that counteracts gravity.

He patented Hillary's Lovely Thighs?...........

[norraad]

Remnants of past thinking;

In the late 1800's the patent office once thought everything that could be invented had already been invented.

[Rakkasan1]

Jack Daniels can do that.

[LibWhacker]

Park said the action shows patent examiners are being duped by false science.

The patent office needs to hire more Einsteins.

Or at least examiners who've taken a little bit of physics.

[Squeako]

Well, should they, or when they, get one working...get back to me. It will be an historic and monumental day, but I am not holding my breath.

Why not? We'll just come back in our time machine and revive you.

[Millee]

for a space vehicle propelled by a superconducting shield that alters the curvature of space-time outside the craft in a way that counteracts gravity.

Crap, I've been working on that very thing too. Sigh...back to the drawing board....

[Semper Paratus]

Sounds like a warp drive.

[Jack Wilson]

Anti-gravity device: a ladder?

[untrained skeptic]

"One of the main theoretical arguments against anti-gravity is that it implies the availability of unlimited energy.

"If you design an anti-gravity machine, you've got a perpetual-motion machine," Robert Park of the American Physical Society told Nature. "

Only if it's a perpetual anti-gravity machine.

Something that counters the effects of gravity does not by definition require unlimited energy. That should be obvious.

[thulldud]

In related news, Amazon.com received a patent on an improvement that lets the user develop an antigrav warp field with one click.

[freedomlover]

I am a patent atty and have not looked at this but if anyone wants a PDF of it go to
http://www.pat2pdf.org/
and type in the #

[Bigh4u2]

How is it perpetual motion if all you are doing is blocking the effects of gravity?