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May 24, 2007 | 11:31 PM

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Peterg22000

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what does glass welded to aluminum look like?

thats freakin' crazy!

May 25, 2007 | 05:40 AM

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May 25, 2007 | 07:49 AM

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BillBoost37

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BillBoost37 is a glorious beacon of light

Prolly reminds one of hot steel burned into MNB.

May 25, 2007 | 08:53 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by willwren

Welding glass to aluminum is the next best thing to Scotty from Star Trek inventing Transparent Aluminum.

But you still can't get sharks to shoot frickin' laser beams from their heads.

May 25, 2007 | 10:10 AM

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That'* great stuff, Bill.

I also would like to see pics, but then those are probably Classified for now. At least until the patent goes through, I would imagine.

May 25, 2007 | 12:25 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by willwren

Yup. There'* more following, and many more I worked on that i didn't get listed on. It takes years to get each one pushed through. I don't even want to know how many patent attorney'* HP employs. HP is typically pretty high up from year to year on the most prolific patent applying companies in the US.

Believe it or not, I successfully welded glass and aluminum with a laser as part of that one.

You welded glass to aluminum?

Or glass to glass and aluminum to aluminum?

I've a few things to patent myself, but wow, at 10 grand a piece, I just can't do it yet...and I'm too suspicious of other people at the moment to try and find any investors. I've had one stolen from me by opening my big fat mouth.

EDIT: I really need to read the whole thread before I reply, hehe.

Wow, glass to aluminum!! That'* fantastic!

May 25, 2007 | 01:29 PM

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Congratulations Will, I hope they give you a bonus or something for this.

Quote:

Originally Posted by willwren

Welding glass to aluminum is the next best thing to Scotty from Star Trek inventing Transparent Aluminum.

Scotty and transparent aluminum FTMFW!!!!!!

May 25, 2007 | 02:51 PM

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Yep, we get the cool toys here.

While Bill was doing that, I was doing this.

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2 FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=7&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=french&s2 =%22HEWLETT+PACKARD+COMPANY%22&OS=french+AND+"HEWL ETT+PACKARD+COMPANY"&RS=french+AND+"HEWLETT+PACKAR D+COMPANY"