On October 1, 2004, Marlin Pohlman filed a patent application for a gravity distortion time machine based on the schematics and descriptions provided by John Titor. The patent, titled Method of gravity distortion and time displacement, described a “technical time displacement device,” which operated through the “modification of gravitational fields.” To form the patent, in his own words, Pohlman “reverse engineered” the information and diagrams that John Titor shared during his brief stint on various online forums from 2000-2001.

At the time of public scrutiny, the Patent itself was an application and as of May, 2023, it appears that the Status of the application for a patent has been abandoned.