[time-nuts] WWVB for Time Nuts

[Charles Steinmetz]

Brooke wrote:

>I don't understand how Xtendwave can get patents when their work was 
>partially funded by NIST?

Just one of the features of the new world of "public-private 
partnerships," which have been spurred on by government funding 
cutbacks.  There is lots to say about the wisdom of such 
arrangements, but the subject is much more political than technical 
so further discussion is probably well beyond the scope of the 
list.  Note that we see it also in the proposal to resurrect an 
"improved" LORAN system.

Best regards,

Charles