Suppression of information by security classification

Example: the UK inventor of a new form of space vehicle (the Hotol) considerably cheaper than a shuttle, patented the concept which was then classified by the government as being of military importance. When the military ceased funding its development and private industry was scheduled to take over, the government refused to declassify the patents to enable the work to continue, despite the considerable funds already invested by government in the project.

1. Suppression of information
2. Patent abuse
3. Classified public information

1. Restrictive business practices in relation to patents and trademarks
2. Disincentives to invention
3. Calculated delay in publication of documents

1. Official cover-up of consequences of experiments
2. Mis-classification

1. Suppressing information by security classification
2. Declassifying innovative patents

1. Suppression
2. Refusal