An executive has fiduciary responsibility to his stockholders. This means he must pursue due diligence regarding the protection of the assets of the company. Since the USPTO has made the patentability status of "cold fusion" claims unclear, for Rossi to expose his trade secret in a patent disclosure could be viewed as a breach of fiduciary responsibility.
Snipers who aren't under this sort of responsibility who demand that Rossi trust the USPTO to act in a rational manner are not to be taken seriously. On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Daniel Rocha <[email protected]> wrote: > Rossi is being a victim of himself, and only himself, by not making a > clear patent. That's all I have to say. > > > 2012/2/3 OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson <[email protected]> > >> PESN had the following to say concerning the latest info on Rossi's >> attempt to get adequate patent protection: >> >> http://pesn.com/2012/02/02/9602025_E-Cat_Weekly_February2/ >> >> ***************************************************************** >> * Patents >> >> - On January 17, 2012, T.O. wrote: "I have a very good friend, that is >> high ranking, in the patent office and he said he would check where >> the application is in the process." >> >> - On January 31, 2012, T.O. wrote: "I found out today that the E-Cat >> patent is through the security section and now is in a cue to be >> assigned to a Patent Examiner. My friend thought that at current >> workflow that it should be done by the end of the year. Of course >> things could change. He could not say if it would be approved or >> denied." >> When this was forwarded to Andrea Rossi on Feb. 2, he responded: >> Dear Sterling, we know. >> Warm Regards, >> A. >> >> ***************************************************************** >> >> I assume Rossi is referring to his attempts to get adequate USA patent >> protection. At first glance what Rossi seems to be saying here does >> not strike me as terribly encouraging news. It's sounds so iffy to me. >> What would stop the USPO from denying Rossi's patent application as >> just another one of those infernal CF contraptions for which patent >> researchers were presumably told to discard? Or worse, what's to stop >> them from simply placing Rossi's application on-hold, perhaps because >> a new memo just came down the pipeline instructing that all new "CF" >> related applications be placed in a special folder where someone >> higher up in the food chain will deal with the matter - later. Much >> later. >> >> Comments? >> >> Regards >> Steven Vincent Johnson >> www.OrionWorks.com >> www.zazzle.com/orionworks >> >> > > > -- > Daniel Rocha - RJ > [email protected] > >
