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Patent Office Open
Topic Started: Jan 2 2009, 01:58 PM (995 Views)
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Patent information IC is discussed, researched, and ruled upon here. I will be preparing an official NS Patent Page where they can be applied for, researched, etc, shortly.

Rules - anything Patented prior to 1900 is assumed to already exist (Mr. Diesel received his patent in the U.S. in 1898 for the diesel engine - ergo, you cannot patent it).

Now, you cannot just start naming off things to lay claim to an idea. A patent must be submited by either a University, company, or individual. You must RP the invention/discovery. I also suggest you start RPing the existance of Universities and/or research facilities, and perhaps the background that might allow the discovery (No radar before the cathode ray tube!)

I will allow the proper development of patents for things invented/discovered in a ten year period of the years we are RPing, ergo, we are still in 1900-1901, therefore nothing can be patented that was not discovered/invented between 1900 and 1910.

Please submit applications for a patent Here
Happy inventing, everyone.
Edited by New Harumf, Jan 2 2009, 02:33 PM.
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I've already RPed Occitanian investment into airship, and the first successful airship flight. Can this be given to me?
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Zeppelin and other LTA technology was already patented by 1900. Also, Bahlunik existed before your first successful flight, as a full fledged commercial manufacturer of airships.
Edited by Kasnyia, Jan 4 2009, 05:41 AM.
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Jan 4 2009, 05:38 AM
Zeppelin and other LTA technology was already patented by 1900. Also, Bahlunik existed before your first successful flight, as a full fledged commercial manufacturer of airships.
First trial flight of a Zeppelin was 1900. Apply for the patent if you wish. First baloon flight accross the Irish Sea was 1901, so the technology of LTA flight as transportation was not well developed. Heleum has not yet been discovered, BTW, so good ole hydrogen has to fill those Zeps, and all I can say is - NO SMOKING.
Edited by New Harumf, Jan 4 2009, 09:00 AM.
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OK. I claim airships.
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A proper application must be submitted via the patent office. Please include a description of what is used to keep it aloft and propel its motion.
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The Zeppelin was patented in 1895. Hence why I'm calling it by its name in my posts rather than some arbitary name. Rigid airships in general were invented/patented even earlier. The engine used to propel Bahenau's prototypes and their original (circa 1899-1900) airship fleet, are V-engines, which were patented by Karl Benz in 1896. My airships also float with helium. However...

I claim the invention and patent of duralumin, which is an alloy for the light but strong metal used in the construction of rigid airship dirigibles (including, but not limited to, zeppelins). It contains (in wt.%) 4.4% copper, 1.5% magnesium, 0.6% manganese and 93.5% aluminium. IC, the heat treatment method and compositions of this alloy is an industrial secret.

I also claim the water-cooled radial engine, for newer airship models that will be coming soon and for future plots when I expand Alexanderhaven's aviation industry to heavier than air. It uses petrol to run, and does so on seven cylinders, though the number will change as more models are created.
Edited by Kasnyia, Jan 5 2009, 01:31 AM.
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The radial engine wasn't patented until 1915.
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The first radial was constructed in 1901, and were used rather extensively even before WWI.
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You tell 'em Kas! People need to learn more about airships.

I wonder what Ireland could invent. Can I patent whiskey? Oh gall.

Well, looked it up. There's quite a bit, but most of it is either too early or too late.

Let's keep tanks for after 1910. Also, Britain needs to remember to launch the HMS Dreadnought in 1906.
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"Patents are blatant and absurd restrictions on the free market and thus will be utterly unenforced in Free Thule."
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Jan 16 2009, 01:55 PM
You tell 'em Kas! People need to learn more about airships.

I wonder what Ireland could invent. Can I patent whiskey? Oh gall.

Well, looked it up. There's quite a bit, but most of it is either too early or too late.

Let's keep tanks for after 1910. Also, Britain needs to remember to launch the HMS Dreadnought in 1906.
Thank you for reminding me...

I claim the patent on the original dreadnaught for this world, already RP'd as the Saint-class battleship.
Edited by Kasnyia, Jan 16 2009, 05:35 PM.
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Yea, I haven't seen any response from the email I sent, so I'll just post my requests here.

-Gyrocompass (The first working design, circa 1903)
-AM Radio (1906)
-Instant Coffee (1909)
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Jan 16 2009, 05:40 PM
Yea, I haven't seen any response from the email I sent, so I'll just post my requests here.

-Gyrocompass (The first working design, circa 1903)
-AM Radio (1906)
-Instant Coffee (1909)
Come on, is it that hard to send this to the patent office e-mail??
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Jan 16 2009, 05:42 PM
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Jan 16 2009, 05:40 PM
Yea, I haven't seen any response from the email I sent, so I'll just post my requests here.

-Gyrocompass (The first working design, circa 1903)
-AM Radio (1906)
-Instant Coffee (1909)
Come on, is it that hard to send this to the patent office e-mail??
I did. Twice.
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Jan 16 2009, 05:43 PM
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Jan 16 2009, 05:42 PM
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Jan 16 2009, 05:40 PM
Yea, I haven't seen any response from the email I sent, so I'll just post my requests here.

-Gyrocompass (The first working design, circa 1903)
-AM Radio (1906)
-Instant Coffee (1909)
Come on, is it that hard to send this to the patent office e-mail??
I did. Twice.
Hmm. Strange.
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Jan 16 2009, 05:34 PM
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Jan 16 2009, 01:55 PM
You tell 'em Kas! People need to learn more about airships.

I wonder what Ireland could invent. Can I patent whiskey? Oh gall.

Well, looked it up. There's quite a bit, but most of it is either too early or too late.

Let's keep tanks for after 1910. Also, Britain needs to remember to launch the HMS Dreadnought in 1906.
Thank you for reminding me...

I claim the patent on the original dreadnaught for this world, already RP'd as the Saint-class battleship.
I've been researching about it before I actually make the claim. The other reason would be that I'm still waiting to see if my plane patent will come through. Kas, I could make the patent on the first all big gun armored ship, and then you can patent the first real 'modern' battleship.

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-Yea, I haven't seen any response from the email I sent, so I'll just post my requests here.

Gyrocompass (The first working design, circa 1903)
-AM Radio (1906)
-Instant Coffee (1909)
Come on, is it that hard to send this to the patent office e-mail??
I did. Twice.
Hmm. Strange.

I also tried sending an e-mail and it wouldn't work. I sent it in PM instead but I haven't seen a change on the Patent website.
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Jan 16 2009, 05:34 PM
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Jan 16 2009, 01:55 PM
You tell 'em Kas! People need to learn more about airships.

I wonder what Ireland could invent. Can I patent whiskey? Oh gall.

Well, looked it up. There's quite a bit, but most of it is either too early or too late.

Let's keep tanks for after 1910. Also, Britain needs to remember to launch the HMS Dreadnought in 1906.
Thank you for reminding me...

I claim the patent on the original dreadnaught for this world, already RP'd as the Saint-class battleship.
If that's the case, I suppose the world is open early for dreadnought construction.
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Thhe battleship is not a single invention, it is simply an improvement on an existing design. If there are particular inovations within the design, they may be patentable.
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Patents now recorded for the Gyrocompass, AM receiver and instant coffee.
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NH, did you list my patents earlier for Duralumin and the water-cooled radial engine? I PM'd you AND placed it on the open board.

And as for dreadnoughts, I claim whatever marine metalworking technology was necessary to make such type of battleships possible.
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The first dreadnought and the first battlecruiser have particular innovations.

I was researching and found that the first battlecruiser wasn't built until 1901, so I have dropped it from my fleets.

The innovation of the HMS Dreadnought was that it had an "all-big-gun" armament, and it used steam turbine propulsion. Up to that point (1906), battleships had been armed with some big guns, some smaller guns, and sometimes intermediate sized guns. They also used triple-expansion steam engines. But with the Dreadnought, all this changed, and everyone followed its example, eventually improving upon the design leading some ships to be considered "superdreadnoughts".

Looking over Kas' design, his new battleship is not a dreadnought. It is simply a battleship that goes somewhat fast and is made entirely of steel. It's armaments, however, would actually be inferior to many currently in-service battleships, due to it have only the three big guns on one turret. Standard British and Japanese battleships of the time came with two turrets consisting of two heavy guns each. Some could have had more. I am not even going to list the amount of intermediate and smaller guns.

Thus, the invention of the true dreadnought is still open. I recommend we let Telos Brits invent it in 1906. Waiting for the design gives us time to skirmish with our old battleships, and then when the design is ushered in, we'll see how handily an old fleet is defeated by a new one.
Edited by Sedulius, Jan 17 2009, 11:59 AM.
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Look, I hate to be the wet blanket of the thread, but I believe NH intended this thread to be reserved for IC invention. I'm equally guilty as everyone else, so I'm going to officially say sorry, call for a split, and go to the general discussion page.
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Yes, that is the intent. Kas, you have your patents. NS0000002 to 7 I believe.
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The University of New Orleans, in conjunction with the federal government of the Federation of American States, will shortly reveal a number of agricultural technologies researched over the past 2 years, in hopes of increasing national output of both commercial and subsistence crops. The University of New Orleans receives heavy subsidies from the government, the most for any educational institution in the nation.
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