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Le Prince has applied for a US Patent, however, things do not go to plan. The Patent Office rejects several of the inventor's claims, forcing him to go back and re-think. This episode looks at some of Le Prince's attempts to get his designs accepted, and in the process, it uncovers for th…

Drawing to the end of the US Patent analysis, we discover a mistake in our research. Instead of becoming disheartened, we instead use this mistake to help us answer questions about the theories concerning possible corruption on the part of the US Patent Office.  Support the show

Le Prince, frustrated time and again by the Patent Office rejecting his designs, is struggling to find a way of getting his ideas accepted. Will he find a way to appease Patent Examiner William Burke? And will Burke's rejections ultimately lead to Le Prince coming up with a truly new idea to p…

1887. Le Prince was so close to getting his patent application allowed. But nothing seemed to run smoothly for the inventor.  We examine the Patent Claims he tried to add, which almost ruined things for him - and we get to the bottom of one of the enduring conspiracy theories regarding Le Prince an…