| No Suprise From NSA It doesn't suprise me that a super secret NSA project/program has been in use for years using this method. They have the cash reserves to toss at it. I wonder what's been happening for the last 5 years though since the patent was filed. With the NSA, it's anyone's guess. |
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| If the NSA was doing this, why would they apply for a patent? It's not like they need to generate revenue and they'd rather not have anyone know what they're doing. |
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 Wills
join:2001-01-03
Port Charlotte, FL | reply to srtdeagle
Me thinks the anonymous user needs to take off his tinfoil hat... |
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| Velostat protection is where it's at right now! |
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JimFPremium
join:2003-06-15
Allentown, PA | reply to footballdude
said by footballdude:If the NSA was doing this, why would they apply for a patent? It's not like they need to generate revenue and they'd rather not have anyone know what they're doing. That is a good question. One useful possibility is that they could give an exclusive license to a company that would commercialize it rather than just having it sit on the shelf. A lot of venture outfits will not invest in a project unless they have some patent protection. Otherwise, just getting a patent to exclude the public for the use of an invention that we paid for is a strange way for the government to spend our tax money. Not that they haven't done worse. |
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