In todays post on ss sean odwyer said this:-I am writing this...

In todays post on ss sean odwyer said this:-I am writing this post as the son of the Inventor/Founder of Metal Storm Ltd and inventor of its second incarnation, internal sealing

Now if you google metalstorm internal sealing patent, you will see that the patent was agreed to this year as part of five patents, see below




Brisbane, Australia Wednesday, 27 January 2010: Metal Storm Limited (ASX trading code:
MST, OTC Symbol: MTSXY).
Metal Storm Limited is pleased to announce that the US Patent Office has recently allowed and
will grant 5 more Patents to Metal Storm. These important Patents provide certain protections
for current Company products and some of the anticipated methods of deploying those products.
Each Patent is paraphrased below.
"""Patent Serial No. 12/280108 is important for Metal Storm weapon and ammunition systems. It
provides Patent protection for the internal sealing system within Metal Storm ammunition. The
Patent defines one of the key inventions that allows Metal Storm ammunition to be fired using
conventional propellants, while also making sure that when one projectile is fired, the hot gases
do not ignite projectile propellants further down the projectile stack.
Patent Serial No. 12/273702 is important for less lethal and for large calibre weapons. It
provides patent protection for systems that provide selectable kinetic energy (selectable velocity)
using externally arranged propellant chambers. This is particularly important in multiple range
less lethal weapon systems where you need to hit targets at different ranges with the same
force, and other situations where the trajectory arc as well as range needs to be controlled.
Patent Serial No. 10/555510 includes a safety system that detects whether a projectile has
moved after being fired. This provides feedback to the fire control system that it is safe to arm
and fire the next projectile in the projectile stack.
Patent No. 7631600 is important for missile and incoming projectile defence. It protects the
target interception system designed for Redback and that the Company may use in other
systems in the future. The Patent covers a series of Metal Storm barrels on a mount, together
with a controller and sensor configuration that determines the position of a target, computes a
geographic and temporal projectile deployment pattern, and then fires projectiles to create that
pattern to intercept the target. Example targets could include incoming missiles, rocket
propelled grenades and explosive or kinetic rounds.
Patent No. 7637195 has important implications for the future of minefields. It protects the
system of deploying multi-barrel weapon systems for set defence where each barrel contains a
sensor projectile followed by a series of other projectiles. On deployment, the weapon system
fires the sensor from each of the barrels to cover an area with sensors. If any sensor is
triggered, the barrel to which it belongs fires a subsequent projectile to the same point as the sensor to provide an effect at that position. Applications can include lethal or less-lethal effect
options depending on the nature of the expected threat...