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Petitioner is highly educated in the field of solar energy
and is a well-known authority in that field. Petitioner is also
an accomplished inventor in the field of solar energy and has
acquired 36 patents in that area over a series of years.
Petitioner and his son have become extremely knowledgeable about
the generation of electricity by solar energy. The two have
developed methods of heating water for household purposes through
the use of solar energy and also have developed a method of
heating and cooling a building using solar energy.
In 1959, petitioner built a successful solar heated home
utilizing the solar heating system he developed bearing the
trademark name of "Solaris". As petitioner refined his
inventions in the field of solar energy, he would build a new
house and incorporate therein the newer technology. In 1962,
petitioner incorporated an entity known as Thomason Solar Homes,
Inc., through which he conducted the building, testing, and
patenting of solar energy equipment.
Along with his research and inventions, petitioner actively
pursued the passage of the Solar Heating and Cooling
Demonstration Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93-409, 88 Stat. 1069
(codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. secs. 5501-5517 (1994)), which
provided, in part, for the development and demonstration of solar
heating and cooling systems for use in residential dwellings.
Petitioner has also been an organizer and an active member of the
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