In Einstein's footsteps

It turns out there is another Schoser holding a patent. Jürgen from Traunreut, Bavaria together with two other inventors filed a patent application for a 'position measurement device' in the US on 9 February 2006. The patent no. 7348546 was granted about two years later on 25 March 2008. 

Jürgen holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Stuttgart in which he appears to follow in Einstein's footsteps: The title of his thesis is "Generation of a Bose-Einstein-condensate in a strongly anisotropic magnetic trap". It was published in 2004 and is still available online for free: http://elib.uni-stuttgart.de/opus/volltexte/2004/1600/.

Patent genius

Schosers are undoutedly ingenious. Consider Siegmar of Wald near Messkirch, Germany. Together with three others, he holds a patent on a ‘rotating device for plasma immersion supported treatment of substrates'. The patent was filed on 9 September 1999 and finally issued on 10 December 2002 with the United States Patent number 6490993. It is assigned to the Robert Bosch company. The patent drawing and the patent description explain the uniqueness and use of the devise. Those who still cannot figure out what the invention is about are requested to address themselves directly to the inventor…