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Navy files for patent on room-temperature superconductor
A scientist working for the U.S. Navy has filed for a patent on a room-temperature superconductor, representing a potential paradigm shift in energy transmission and computer systems.
Salvatore Cezar Pais is listed as the inventor on the Navy's patent application made public by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday.
The application claims that a room-temperature superconductor can be built using a wire with an insulator core and an aluminum PZT (lead zirconate titanate) coating deposited by vacuum evaporation with a thickness of the London penetration depth and polarized after deposition.
An electromagnetic coil is circumferentially positioned around the coating such that when the coil is activated with a pulsed current, a non-linear vibration is induced, enabling room temperature superconductivity.
"This concept enables the transmission of electrical power without any losses and exhibits optimal thermal management (no heat dissipation)," according to the patent document, "which leads to the design and development of novel energy generation and harvesting devices with enormous benefits to civilization."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 24 2019, @07:46PM (3 children)
well this sounds crazy, but you got this idea for a fusion device the size of an apple.
it requires a shiton of different material (from the periodic table) and precision milled parts.
so not finding all the stuff you need at the junk yard and maybe not having all the special tools
required on hand you "outsource" the production to a specialist manufacturer with a hanger
full of "shiton" stuff ...
and then on day "x" he delivers the parts to you and on his way back visits the patent office with
a working device ... because "two for the price of one"?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 24 2019, @07:55PM
This is why we have provisional patents.
A provisional patent allows you exclusive rights for a year in order to raise money to have it built.
It costs far less than a complete patent and the paperwork requirement is far less.
Once you've built or had built a working prototype and are ready to bring it to market you can finalize the patent and maintain priority.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 24 2019, @08:21PM
This is why you would require your contractor to sign documents precluding this kind of behavior.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday February 25 2019, @03:46PM
SCOTT: (redshirt) A starship engine the size of a walnut? That's impossible. But I don't suppose there'd be any harm in looking over diagrams on it.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.