Were Stan Meyer's patents seized?

Stan Meyer's patents were never seized. They were published like anyone's, they've all expired, and the core idea is printed on the front page: water between two plates is a capacitor.

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WTVN Channel 6, Columbus, Ohio · c. 1985
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Stan Meyer · lab talk
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Stan Meyer lecture · New Zealand, 1989

Stan Meyer's patents were never seized. They were published like anyone's, they've all expired, and the core idea is printed on the front page: water between two plates is a capacitor.

About the voices. The narrator is NeuralStan, an AI voice the archive uses for its made films. Where you hear Stan Meyer, it is Stan: every word of his is cut from an original recording, and nothing he says was synthesised.

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WTVN Channel 6, Columbus, Ohio · c. 1985
Stan Meyer · lab talk
Stan Meyer lecture · New Zealand, 1989
US Patent 4,936,961, Method for the production of a fuel gas: https://patents.google.com/patent/US4936961A/en
Every Meyer patent, free to read: stanslegacy.com

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NeuralStan (AI narrator) · The conspiracy crowd swears the government seized Stan Meyer's patents so nobody could ever build his water car.
NeuralStan (AI narrator) · Nobody seized anything. They were granted and published like anyone's, and Stan told you exactly how long they would last.
Stan Meyer (original recording) · as you legalize this technology, it says, in fact, that you only control that technology for a period of 17 years.
NeuralStan (AI narrator) · Seventeen years. Every one has long since expired, and they are free to read. The cover-up crowd just never opened one. The core idea is right on the front page.
Stan Meyer (original recording) · Now, whenever you put a dielectric liquid between two conductive plates, what do you got? You've got a capacitor, right?
NeuralStan (AI narrator) · Water between two plates is a capacitor. Put a voltage on it and the molecules swing into line with the field. That much is textbook. Stan's claim was the next step: pulse it hard enough, and the field pulls the molecule apart.
NeuralStan (AI narrator) · Read them yourself before you share the next video. Next: what really happened at the Cracker Barrel. Follow.

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Method For The Production Of A Fuel Gas MEYER MARILYN · 1990 https://patents.google.com/patent/US4936961A/en