Did a Fake Lab Notebook Spark a Silicon Valley Patent War?

A Silicon Valley patent fight spirals from suspicious “stolen” lab notebooks into a masterclass in forensic document analysis—and a jailhouse murder-for-hire twist. We follow Amr Mosin’s 1988–89 notebooks, the selective car theft, and the day planner entries written with ink that didn’t even exist yet. You’ll see how experts used ink chemistry (date tags), drying tests, and VSC imaging to expose altered pages, plus the late reveal of original-notebook copies and the Aptex v. QuickTurn link. Stick around for the wild endgame involving an FBI informant. Like, comment, and subscribe for more real-world forensics!       

Chapters

00:00 - Cold open: lawsuits, wiretaps, and a hit plot

00:15 - Welcome + case tease: notebook fraud to murder-for-hire

00:32 - “Craziest patent case” overview and timeline

00:57 - Northern California, Amr Mosin, and the leased patent

01:45 - Notebooks “stolen” the night before exam

02:46 - Patent basics: scope and first to invent

03:33 - 1988 notebook dates altered (9→8)

04:29 - 1989 pages don’t match attorney submissions

04:55 - Two murder-for-hire targets emerge

06:17 - Day planner ink “not yet invented” problem

08:10 - Anonymous “FL” fragments arrive—more red flags

11:21 - Aptex v. QuickTurn + discovery of original-notebook copies

12:11 - Arrest on bond; alleged hit on opposing expert

19:16 - FormulaBs, no date tag, and VSC ink reveals

21:56 - Ink-drying test for age estimation

25:50 - TLC demo in court; judge concludes forgery

Links

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Hashtags

#ForensicDocumentExamination #PatentFraud #InkAnalysis #VSC #ThinLayerChromatography #MurderForHire #FBIInformant #SiliconValley #AptexVsQuickTurn #ChainOfCustody #LabNotebooks #ForensicScience #CourtroomDemo #EvidenceTampering