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Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501
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Sponsored by Vangard Sciences
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January 14, 1991
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INVENT1.ASC
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This file courteously shared by Mike Vest.
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Vangard note...
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Many researchers and inventors feel that there are major
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negative influences who would not hesitate to suppress or stop
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the development and release of radical technologies which could
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change the world as we know it.
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Conspiracy theories and horror stories abound. We must not
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allow ourselves to become so paranoid that we refuse to share
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our findings either commercially, through a patent or simply
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through others capable of understanding what has been
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accomplished.
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Many inventors fail to share their work, at least keep records
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in the hands of people you can trust. Spectacular technologies
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have been lost through the simple failure to pass on the results
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of years of work. No one lives forever and one person can never
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do all they wish in a single lifetime. When many minds target a
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problem, led by one mind of exceptional ability, miracles will
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result.
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Microcomputer Inventer Shuns Fame for Work
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By Keith Stone, Los Angeles Daily News
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-Cincinatti Enquirer 1/6/91 p. A-13
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Working seven days a week in the family room of his suburban Los
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Angeles house, Gilbert Hyatt emerged in 1968 with a tangle of wires
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that he predicted would change the world.
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At a time when high-technology companies were building expensive
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and complex computers, the lone inventor held in his hands a way to
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introduce smaller computers into everyone's life.
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Twenty-two years later, Hyatt's invention - the single-chip
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microprocessor - is described as the brain that drives millions of
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products, from personal computers to video games, televisions and
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even cars.
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Hyatt has not pocketed a dime from billions of dollars in
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microprocessor sales - but that could soon change.
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Last July, after a 20-year battle, the U.S. Patent Office awarded
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Hyatt a patent for his microprocessor - a move that stunned high -
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technology companies from San Jose, Calif., to Tokyo.
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The soft-spoken Hyatt, who now lives in a tract house in Orange
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County, Calif., said he is not bitter that he had to spend nearly
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half his 52 years trying to convince patent examiners that he
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deserved credit for designing the device.
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"I think that it proves that the system works," he said in a
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recent interview. "I think vindication is probable a good word." *1
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Millions at Stake
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Through his patent, the iconoclastic inventor stands to earn
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millions of dollars from the same tiny piece of circuitry that a
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technical evaluator dismissed decades ago as "ridiculous." *2
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But before Hyatt can collect money for his work, he must either
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persuade high-technology companies to pay him royalties or take them
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to court for infringing on his patent.
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Some experts have speculated that Hyatt's patented design may be
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used in millions of electronic products that are driven by
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microprocessors.
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"If everything went his way, we'd be talking about substantial
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amounts of dollars. We'd be talking about millions," said Susan
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Nycum, a specialist in high-technology law and a partner at Baker &
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McKenzie of Palo Alto, Calif.
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An Austere Lifestyle
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But even if Hyatt does wind up with millions of dollars from his
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patent, it is unlikely that he'll spend much of it on luxury.
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"I don't have a lot of personal needs," said Hyatt, a
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bespectacled man who peppers precise sentences with terms like "D-
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RAM accelerator."
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"I'm used to an austere environment, and you don't change a
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lifetime of habits just because your circumstances change," he said.
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Hyatt plans to keep his 1977 Toyota. "It's still reliable and
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efficient," he said. And he does not intend to move from the two-
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story tract house in La Palma, where he now lives alone.
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When Hyatt recieved his patent, he did not open a bottle of
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champagne. He does not drink. Instead, he said he telephoned his
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patent attorney and a few colleagues to tell them the news, and then
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"proceeded with my design work."
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Hyatt plans to spend his money on accelerating his research.
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In his small laboratory, in a secret location amid a sprawl of
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wire and electronic equipment, Hyatt spends his days tinkering with
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devices that he claims will radically change computers.
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"They are what I call the personal computer for the 21st
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century," he said.
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But the lack of money has hobbled Hyatt's research. "I could
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have been significantly more productive, technologically
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productive," Hyatt said.
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Hyatt is reluctant to divulge too much information, saying his
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experiences have taught him the value of discretion.
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*1 The Legal System, not the Patent System...
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*2 Any revolutionary product gets the same response from the
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Patent Office...
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