Stan Meyer Files

A primary-source archive of Stanley A. Meyer’s patents, technical documents, press coverage, and legal records.

Timeline

This timeline is anchored to primary documents: official USPTO patent PDFs and contemporaneous local press scans from the Grove City Record. Press items are derived from OCR text and should be verified against the scans before quoting.

1976–1979: Solar Energy Focus

  • 1976-03-18: Local press reports a solar energy project. Scan: 1976-03-18-grove-city-record-p5.pdf.
  • 1976-04-29: Follow‑up solar project coverage. Scan: 1976-04-29-grove-city-record-p5.pdf.
  • 1976-07-06: US3970070A (Solar heating system) issued. PDF: 1976-solar-heating-system-us3970070-uspto.pdf.
  • 1976-07-29: Solar project progress coverage. Scan: 1976-07-29-grove-city-record-p16.pdf.
  • 1979-11-29: “Solar Silo” coverage appears. Scan: 1979-11-29-grove-city-record-p18.pdf.

1981–1984: Early Patent Activity

  • 1981-04-21: US4265224A (Multi-stage solar storage system) issued.
  • 1981-06-30: US4275950A (Light guide lens) issued.
  • 1983-06-28: US4389981A (Hydrogen gas injector system) issued.
  • 1983-12-20: US4421474A (Hydrogen gas burner) issued.
  • 1984-08-14: US4465455A (Hydrogen gas burner control) issued.
  • 1984-11-08: Fuel cell‑related local coverage appears. Scan: 1984-11-08-grove-city-record-p3.pdf.

1985–1988: Water Fuel Cell Coverage Expands

  • 1985-07-04: Water fuel cell coverage appears. Scan: 1985-07-04-grove-city-record-p9.pdf.
  • 1985-10-17: Road test coverage appears. Scan: 1985-10-17-grove-city-record-p5.pdf.
  • 1986-09-23: US4613304A (Gas electrical hydrogen generator) issued.
  • 1986-09-23: US4613779A (Electrical pulse generator) issued.
  • 1986-11-13: “Atomic yield of water” coverage appears. Scan: 1986-11-13-grove-city-record-p3.pdf.
  • 1987-10-29: Water fuel cell coverage appears. Scan: 1987-10-29-grove-city-record-p1.pdf.
  • 1988-01-21: “Breakthroughs” coverage appears. Scan: 1988-01-21-grove-city-record-p3.pdf.
  • 1988-07-07: Processing patents coverage appears. Scan: 1988-07-07-grove-city-record-p1.pdf.

1989–1992: Fuel Gas Patents and Peak Publicity

  • 1989-01-17: US4798661A (Gas generator voltage control circuit) issued.
  • 1989-05-02: US4826581A (Controlled process for production of thermal energy from gases) issued.
  • 1990-01-25: Major local coverage (“Is Grove City Inventor Stan Meyer for real?” and “Scientists examine Water Fuel Cell”). Scans: 1990-01-25-grove-city-record-p4.pdf, 1990-01-25-grove-city-record-p7.pdf.
  • 1990-06-26: US4936961A (Method for the production of a fuel gas) issued.
  • 1990-09-13: Water fuel cell coverage appears. Scan: 1990-09-13-grove-city-record-p1.pdf.
  • 1991-07-31: “World wakes up to water fuel invention” coverage. Scan: 1991-07-31-grove-city-record-p1.pdf.
  • 1992-09-16: “Using water as fuel nears completion” coverage. Scan: 1992-09-16-grove-city-record-p1.pdf.
  • 1992-09-22: US5149407A (Process and apparatus for production of fuel gas) issued.

1994–1998: Later Patents and Local Obituary Coverage

  • 1994-03-15: US5293857A (Hydrogen gas fuel management system) issued.
  • 1998-03-25: Local press page labeled “Inventor Stanley Meyer dies.” Scan: 1998-03-25-grove-city-record-p4.pdf.