David French was a retired patent attorney and the principal and CEO of Second Counsel Services. Second Counsel provideded guidance for companies that wish to improve their management of Intellectual Property.
For all essays by David J. French see his Author Archives.
Analysis of New Rossi PCT filing based on US Patent 9,115,913 issued May 14, 2016
Analysis of Rossi US Patent 9,115,913 issued 25Aug15 Part 2 September 21, 2015
Analysis of Rossi US Patent 9,115,913 issued 25Aug15 Part 1 September 10, 2015
Thoughts on Attending ICCF-19 in Padua by David French May 8, 2015
Patenting Cold Fusion Inventions before the US Patent & Trademark Office – Part 1 December 28, 2014
Andrea Rossi 2nd US Patent Application Published 6 Nov 2014 at USPTO November 9, 2014
Status Report – Rossi Pending US Patent Application October 12, 2014
US Examiner Addresses Andrea Rossi US Patent Application March 29, 2014
Power equivalent to the Sun? – We already have it! September 8, 2013
Concluding Observations on ICCF-18 by David French August 3, 2013
Message from ICCF-18: Sunday Basic Course July 21, 2013
The Streetlight Effect and Cold Fusion July 14, 2013
The Believers – The Movie April 8, 2013
Electron capture by a proton – Where would the energy come from? March 17, 2013
The U.S. New Patent Law: March 1, 2013 January 21, 2013
Conclusively Demonstrating the “New Energy Effect” of Cold Fusion November 25, 2012
Publication of a further, 3rd, International Patent Application Part II November 23, 2012
Publication of a further, 3rd, International Patent Application Part I November 16, 2012
Cold Fusion Symposium at Williamsburg ILENRS-12 July 13, 2012
Patenting Cold Fusion Technology: Navigating Patent Office Classification Part 2 June 8, 2012
Patenting Cold Fusion Technology: Navigating Patent Office Classification Part 1 May 30, 2012
New Kid On The Block? Brillouin Energy Corp April 23, 2012
Cold Fusion Is Back! – CERN Webinar on Cold Fusion March 22, 2012 March 23, 2012
Why Cold Fusion/LENR has not been seized upon by private industry February 23, 2012
Pending PCT patent application by Randall Mills and Blacklight Power – Part 1 December 12, 2011
Review of NASA/Zawodny US patent application published October 20,2011 November 21, 2011
Profiting from the Coming Revolution Through Patents September 12, 2011
David French interview on Ca$h flow: Unlikely a single company will control cold fusion September 7,2011
Review of Cold Fusion Patents – Widom and Larsen August 27, 2011
Review of Cold Fusion Patents – Piantelli PCT #2 August 21, 2011
Review of Cold Fusion Patents August 18, 2011
A patent only legally prevents others from using or benefiting from one’s invention. However, the general public perceives a patent as a stamp of approval, and a holder of three cold fusion patents said the patents were very valuable and had helped in getting investments.
Patents are not understood evenbyInvestors. Many are fooled by the word “patented”. That is whatPatntees hope for when they seek to obtain even a crummy patent.