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achievingApathy on Oct 30, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Stealth Boat the U.S. Government Won't Buy or Let ...

You're confusing patents with trade secrets. Most anything can be reverse engineered, doesn't mean I am legally able to start reproducing and selling it.

basicplus2 on Oct 30, 2016 [–]

Given the article states...

"the government served Sancoff with secrecy orders, which meant he wasn’t allowed to show the patents.....to anyone"

This pretty much makes the patents a trade secret now..

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