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Progress is patently pending

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Issues concerning the process of gaining a patent for a new energy saving vacuum panel for buildings are discussed. The product, developed by Visionary Architects, UK, and the need for speedy prototypes and trials, are explored.

Inventions, Patent law

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Progress is patently pending

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Stephen Dench of Visionary Architects has received a patent for vacuum-packed external cladding to be used in building construction. The design, production and benefits of the vacuum panels are presented.

Miscellaneous Plastics Products, NEC, Plastics Pipe, Pipe Fitting, and Unsupported Profile Shapes Manufacturing, Plastic Flat Building Panels, Plastics industry, Building materials industry, Intellectual property, Plastic panels (Building materials), Dench, Stephen

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Flights of fantasy

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Various examples are given of staircase designs, both old and new. An attempt is made to investigate and resolve the hidden dangers of structural cracks in cantilevered stairs.

Evaluation, Architectural design, Stairs

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