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Apparently, someone figured out a way to raise sunken ships using
"smaller, more buoyant bodies" and was awarded patents in 1965 in
the UK and Germany. They tried to get a Dutch patent as well, but
the Dutch refused the patent because there was "prior art": a 1945
Carl Barks Donald Duck story.<br>
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Incidentally, sorry about my last e-mail subject. That should have
read "Warren Spector to Pen Ducktales <u>Comic</u>" not Game.<br>
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August Paul Yang<br>
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