from Hacker News

“We have finally been issued our patent for our Above Room Temp Superconductor”

by moultano on 7/30/23, 12:02 PM with 4 comments

  • by gus_massa on 7/30/23, 12:50 PM

    A few remarks/questions:

    1) Most modern superconductors have a high critical temperature but at a huge pressure. I can't find that detail. Is this at ambient pressure?

    2) It looks like they are using a different material. What is the chemical formula?

    3) The patent office don't check that the material works. They only see the paperwork. It's not necessary to give them a sample, or have the data accepted in a peer review journal, or even a working prototype. So this may been "vaporware". Is there more data available?

  • by Khelavaster on 7/30/23, 2:32 PM

    Salvatore Pais's room-temperature superconductor patent was assigned to the US Navy several years ago :).