[OT] Patents in the USofA [WAS]Re: 2nd generation VCFs (was: Xpander VCF)

[Theo]

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From: danial stocks <diode at hotmail.com>

> OTOH, I heard of a patent application for a method of recovering sunken
> ships by filling them with buoyant material such as styrofoam pellets
which
> was denied because of a disney catoon where donald duck tried to float a
> ship by filling it with ping pong balls !

Actually this is a real live method, including the pingpong balls.

Theo