I stumbled over this story a few days ago. Any comments. hints and
followups will be appreciated. Since the source (SCIENCE) seems
reliable to me, i wonder what came out of this story. According
to SCIENCE, 16. Nov. 1984, p. 817, won the trial against the
patent office on 31 October 1984: "Newman persuaded the U.S.
District Court in Washington, D.C., to order that his
application be granted a full review by a new examiner - in
short, a second chance." If anyone is interested, I can post
this article in full length.

My questions:
	- Did Newman finally got his device patented?
	- Are there any people on the net who remember the story
	  or who were personally involved?
	- Did anyone read Newman's book (Newman, Joseph; "The
	  energy machine of Joseph Newman: An invention whose time
	  has come". 5th ed. Soule (?), Evan R. (ed). 1987 $38.45,
	  ISBN 0-961 3835-5-2, J. Newman Pub.) and can tell something 
	  about it? (It takes months to get this stuff
	  over here)