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I just started receiving Popular Science Magazine yesterday and coincidentally I was doing research on the 6-Stroke engine for my own interests and stumbled on this article. I am happy that Bruce is interested in discovering a better internal combustion engine but to give an award for an idea that is not original and actually been around for more than 87 Years!! In my research it took me less than 5 minutes to find more than 2 dozen patents going back to the 1920s. Leonard H. Dyer was the inventor and first to patent the Idea. There have been many adaptations all of which are readily available via the US Patent and Trademark WEB site, www.uspto.gov. I did a search using "Six-Stroke" and found enough information to keep a person reading for 3 months. Apparently Dan Carny needs to do a little background work before giving credit to just the latest person to re-invent an idea. By the way, I was NOT able to find any patent filing for Bruce Crower as of 03/13/2008.