[Wonder Warthog]

"To get a patent, you have to give detailed drawings and intricate details describing how and why something is new and works. Then it becomes public knowledge."

UNLESS the government classifies it...in which case it either does NOT become public knowledge or not until the tech is independently invented or revealed by another party. In which case the classified patent has date priority.

[odawg]

“UNLESS the government classifies it...”

You mean that there is a sliver of hope that the Biden administration will not immediately turn it all over to their CCP overlords?