Jim and Sharon Rowan are a writing team who are both military veterans. We have been married for thirty years, though it seems much longer! Just kidding. Patents and Inventions--Jim has three patents granted (by the USPTO), and twenty-two pending or in-process. This number could be a great deal larger; however to save money each patent encompasses as many claims as possible. The three granted patents are for a telephone device; magnetically levitated wind turbines and a steam system. He also has one non-credited invention, for the world's first fully convergent telephone operator services syst...