"hh brown has NEVER owned the patent." No, that's not what the patents say. They say that H.H. Brown is the assignee: <a href="http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=aA8MAAAAEBAJ&dq=inassignee:H.H.+inassignee:Brown&as_drrb_ap=q&as_minm_ap=0&as_miny_ap=&as_maxm_ap=0&as_maxy_ap=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=aA8MAAAAEBAJ&dq=inassignee:H.H.+inassignee:Brown&as_drrb_ap=q&as_minm_ap=0&as_miny_ap=&as_maxm_ap=0&as_maxy_ap=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=</a> <a href="http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=H3wRAAAAEBAJ&dq=inassignee:H.H.+inassignee:Brown&as_drrb_ap=q&as_minm_ap=0&as_miny_ap=&as_maxm_ap=0&as_maxy_ap=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=H3wRAAAAEBAJ&dq=inassignee:H.H.+inassignee:Brown&as_drrb_ap=q&as_minm_ap=0&as_miny_ap=&as_maxm_ap=0&as_maxy_ap=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=</a> <a href="http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=CO8CAAAAEBAJ&dq=inassignee:H.H.+inassignee:Brown&as_drrb_ap=q&as_minm_ap=0&as_miny_ap=&as_maxm_ap=0&as_maxy_ap=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=CO8CAAAAEBAJ&dq=inassignee:H.H.+inassignee:Brown&as_drrb_ap=q&as_minm_ap=0&as_miny_ap=&as_maxm_ap=0&as_maxy_ap=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=</a>