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bfe on Nov 21, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Is SpaceX changing the rocket equation?

It's long been standard IP management to weigh between patents and trade secrets based on the specifics of a case.

nobody31415926 on Nov 21, 2011 [–]

Especially if nobody ever gets to see your finished product in one piece - people generally don't file patents on bombs for example.

Although ironically the Germans did file a patent on an anti-handling bomb fuse that they subsequently used in WWII

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