Re: Stealth Aircraft patents

From: BaDge 
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 09:22:14 -0800
Subject: Re: Stealth Aircraft patents


Regarding the patent search site and the URL for the drawings of Rockwell
and L-M proposed aircraft that I sent to the list earlier, one thing to
keep in mind:

In the world of secrecy, few things are so well 'hidden in plain sight' as
patent applications.

All the author has to do is patent the crucial components, and these can
be hidden in the design within the complexity of the application.

This is more apparent with complex machined parts and apparatus, and in
the case of the tobacco industry, can be done by requesting the patent in
foreign countries and developing in another country. (it took a long time
for the Justice department to find the evidence of patenting strains of
plants with higher niccotine content for this reason.)

Also, the designs in the URL I posted, although accepted for patent in
1996, may have been under development much earlier.

Since this is all related to secrecy and aircraft design, I hope it is
deemed on topic.

regards,
_____
BaDge
<baj7d@virginia.edu>