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Re: Anyone heard of EPRI?
to: Aurora One
EPRI is funded by a consortium of electric power utility equipment
manufacturers so they probably won't warm to your idea if it would
interfere with any of their sales. If you idea is good, have a certified
electrical engineer evaluate it first -- have them sign a non-disclosure
agreement (available at any Office Depot or Office Max store) and then do a
written evaluation of your idea. Expect to pay them for their services a
fair price. You might ask for a few different opinions from different
engineers and always get it in writing. If the idea is sound you can apply
to copyrights or patents but expect to spend around $3,500 per patent. The
bottom line is if it isn't worth any money then it isn't worth getting the
patent. Again, start with an engineer to be sure your idea does not have
some serious flaws in it before proceeding.
DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net
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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Anyone heard of EPRI?
> Date: Friday, August 28, 1998 4:08 AM
>
> Original Poster: AuroraOne-at-webtv-dot-net
>
>
> From: AuroraOne-at-webtv-dot-net
>
> I was just wondering. Has anyone heard of the Electric Power Research
> Institute in Palo Alto, California? I have an idea for a possible
> "invention" of an improved and advanced method of transmitting
> electrical power. I tried to submit a report to them, in which I
> described in detail the entire theory and process of my idea, but they
> were not very receptive. Then again, it's kind of hard to get any
> engineer to take the word of a twenty year-old seriously! In any case,
> if anyone has ever heard of this place, or had dealings with them in the
> past, please write me!
>