Lemelson's story is rather interesting: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2005-08-21-lemelson-fraud_x.htm http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/d

Lemelson's story is rather interesting: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2005-08-21-lemelson-fraud_x.htm http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2005-08-21-... Relevant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_patent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_patent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_H._Lemelson#Patents_and_litigation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_H._Lemelson#Patents_and_... (The USA Today link above was a reference from this WP page)