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The annoying thing about military patents is for every real one there are 10 meant to distract competitors.. and of course no way for the public to even post-fa

by elif 4y ago

The annoying thing about military patents is for every real one there are 10 meant to distract competitors.. and of course no way for the public to even post-facto discern between them due to classification/secrecy.

gruez 4y ago
Why even bother filing the real patents? Why not just keep them classified?
- geuis 4y ago
  If you can't get funding for your scientifically unproven hypothesis, get a patent instead.
- macintux 4y ago
  Then adversaries could ignore all filed patents.
alanbernstein 4y ago
I think we can safely ignore the ones that are based on fictional science concepts?
- nscalf 4y ago
  Like real time language translators, jet packs, and video phone calls on a hand held device?
  - msla 4y ago
    No, like things which contradict basic physics and have never been demonstrated even in prototype form.