The Cool Planet patent doesn't seem to be a patent of wood vinegar, per se, but a patent of their vacuum process by which they infuse the vinegar into the char. FWIW. Maybe I've mis-read it, though?

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another handbook that was posted on the IBI website. This was produced in Japan about 20 years ago and we updated and edited it. Someone might like to send on to Cool Planet and the others trying to p

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Hi, " There is many a League between the armchair and the sea ". PATENTS are a really big block to development. Read G. Wisemann's ( BROWN's GAS, machines, plans, etc. ) comments about PATENT FREE : e

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Hi Rick I dont have a problem with patents as long as they dont already use prior art. Many of the patents that are published use prior art and are not enforceable. This means doing your homework and

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Stephen, Yes there are big inefficiencies with patents, and frankly Silicon Valley is a pretty nasty place, I know I lived there. Lots of reasons to stay away. But for gods sake Silicon Valley just pu

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Yes, Stephen please do post more handbooks. Here is a YouTube video that is a history of charcoal use in Japan. It primarily deals with the fuel and ritual aspects. At about 21 minutes are other uses.

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Geoff, thanks, but no thanks. It is hard enough to lead my own life. I am not fit to lead or role model for others. I would just like some help.

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Stephen; I agree with Dan. Please post more handbooks. Norm

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Please post more handbooks.

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Kevin, In addition to the important within season steps you list, it is beneficial to look at the among season long term benefits of annual biochar apps, as well as, if you are in a crop rotation prog

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Hi Tom

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definition and entomology adjective 1. easily recognizable; obvious. "she was smiling with patent insincerity" Latin patent- ‘lying open’, from the verb patere We are mainly talking here about the nou

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Posts on this forum and current biochar production and sales show that many people who know when and how to use biochar. Several use biochar and soils analyses as tools to guide or monitor their pract

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Hi Mike My view of the “Biochar Opportunity” is that it is it is presently being driven by “Producer Push” and is seriously lacking in “Market Pull”. Someone once said “If you build it, they will come

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Hi, Patents are expensive and generally meaningless for , especially , a small company. Unless you have enough money, usually a lot, to fight a Court Case it is better not to make one. In certain case

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To The List......... Before the plan.....what are the questions....? It would be very helpful for the folks on this list to create a list of questions regarding th use of char for XYZ applications.. W

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Geoff, patents are only valid for 20 years. then it's open to all. They are a trade off: you make public your invention, and we give you a 20-year exclusivity. Then anybody can use it. If you are a sm

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I, too, am an open source guy, in part because, like Stephen, I don't think that most of the grassroots, people helping development in biochar are interested in innovative (patentable) technology. At

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Michael, that level of interest is from one who wants to write a paper and become widely known thereby. Nothing else is relevant, - Sad. How can one guide such a greedy soul to selfless research, - pe

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Tom, This project has been on my radar for some time, although they apparently have been too busy to answer their email. Reading this summary of their work is enlightening in good and bad ways. On the

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