Texas Startup Says It Has Batteries Beat
September 4th, 2007 By GRANT SLATER, Associated Press Writer(AP) -- Millions of inventions pass quietly through the U.S. patent office each year. Patent No. 7,033,406 did, too, until energy insiders spotted six words in the filing that sounded like a death knell for the internal combustion engine.
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