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Anytime you see a "battery breakthrough" article, a way to save yourself some time is just to check if they've patented it. If they haven't, they have zero expe
by causi 4y ago
Anytime you see a "battery breakthrough" article, a way to save yourself some time is just to check if they've patented it. If they haven't, they have zero expectation that it has commercial potential.
- anigbrowl 4y agoDoes the federal government hold patents? This is from a DoE national laboratory, not a university.
- causi 4y agoYes they do. Generally they license them for free, though.
- zamnos 4y agoThey do, and in fact, the federal government even has a special exception for patents. They (think: the NSA) can file a patent, and if the public files a similar enough patent, then the older, government one is revealed.
- jillesvangurp 4y agohttps://patents.justia.com/inventor/michael-m-thackeray https://patents.justia.com/inventor/michael-m-thackeray It seems there are a few ... In related news, Michael Thackeray also now is a fellow of the Royal Society: https://www.anl.gov/article/michael-thackeray-named-fellow-of-the-royal-society https://www.anl.gov/article/michael-thackeray-named-fellow-o...