Dr. Deepak Varshneya, a former DARPA Program Manager and and Founder/CEO of XeroWind LLC, is settling allegations for trying to patent ONE SHOT technology, which the US said was the sole property of the US Government.
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https://twitter.com/edvanews/status/1319695708723810309
ONE SHOT is a research program which developed a crosswind and range measuring rifle scope.
Varshneya worked on it while he was DARPA Program Manager.
He asked to patent it, but was told he couldn’t because it was US property. He worked on it as part of his job.
Varshneya worked on it while he was DARPA Program Manager.
He asked to patent it, but was told he couldn’t because it was US property. He worked on it as part of his job.
Varshneya then field for a patent anyway.
Then he left DARPA and filed two more patent applications covering the same technology.
Then he founded Xero Wind LLC to market ONE SHOT technology.
Then he left DARPA and filed two more patent applications covering the same technology.
Then he founded Xero Wind LLC to market ONE SHOT technology.
He has to pay $50K fine and surrender three patents, but he was given a non-exclusive license to sell it in certain markets and also has to pay royalties to the US government.
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