Invention Secrecy Act of 1951

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And um the problem was once the news of his engine got out uh the oil stocks crashed. They just crashed. So the oil industry lobbyed the US government. We have to do something about this. And in 1951 the invention secrecy act was passed.

So now if you patent any device that is more than 20% efficient that's instantly classified. That's that is now a state secret. It was it's vital to national