He wanted to preserve secrecy about his new invention.

"If I ever had any doubts about your invention and the way you could fly it, Tom, they're gone now."

He tells them about their new invention, Babarobots, which are robot women.

I intend talking about my invention, and your masters will skin you alive if it's not recorded.

He reported about his invention in January 1825.

Information about the pair's invention quickly made their way up the French political hierarchy.

He was afraid if I used bankcredit, the wrong people would learn about his invention and steal it.

Be prepared to provide nitty-gritty details about your invention, including its purpose, materials used and cost.

'Or how they might have come to know about your invention?'

But he thinks only about his invention and is therefore not identical with our friend at the moment.