Did Leonardo Finance Steal Buckminster Fullers dome?

R. Buckminster Fuller was once a member of Leonardo/ISAST.

The Geodesic Dome was patented by R. Buckminster Fuller in 1954, compare the 1999 patented Leonardo Finance Design below, striking similarity isn't it?

Geodesic dome, first patented by R. Buckminster Fuller

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Leonardo Finance later patented Geodesic style dome.

patent in 1999
patent by Buckminster Fuller
leonardo finance stole this design!
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below is the design turned upside down
stolen by leonardo finance
leonardo finance where great ideas are stolen!

Some of R. Buckminster Fullers US patents on the geodesic dome: #2682235 (1954), #288171 (1959),#2905113 (1959), #2914074 (1959)

 
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