IP: USPTO issues patent on "Hyperspace Bypass"

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

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> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 06:57:56 -0700
> To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
> From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat org>
> Subject: IP: USPTO issues patent on "Hyperspace Bypass"
>
> Two US patent examiners have granted a Colorado inventor a 19-page 
> patent on a "Hyper-space Antenna." The device is claimed to open a 
> portal to a "new dimension," through which radio signals can 
> supposedly travel faster than light. As a convenient side effect, 
> the device is claimed to make plants grow better.
>
> According to the patent,
>
> "All known radio transmissions use known models of time and space 
> dimensions for sending the RF signal. The present invention has 
> discovered the apparent existence of a new dimension capable of 
> acting as a medium for RE signals. Initial benefits of penetrating 
> this new dimension include sending RF signals faster than the speed 
> of light, extending the effective distance of RF transmitters at the 
> same power radiated, penetrating known RF shielding devices, and 
> accelerating plant growth exposed to the by-product energy of the RF 
> transmissions."
>
> Sound like an April Fool's Day spoof? It isn't. See
>
> http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?&pn=US06025810__&s_bsum=1
>
> --Brett Glass