From: Joseph
Received-Date: Sat, 19 Feb 94 01:33:14 +0100

>> Ten Mssissippi Congressmen presented bills before Congress that would
>> have resulted in a patent for Newman [this can be done, bypassing the 
>> patent office]. This legislation was bottled up in John Dingle's 
>> energy committee and continually blocked from being presented for a vote.

> Until today?

Yes.  The matter was never voted on.