It may be common knowledge but that doesnt mean it is PATENTED KNOWLEDGE or a PATENTED PART!! Whoever draws up the detailed plans, names it, and then patents it is the winner..not who " has common knowledge" !
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Rubbish.... If you knew anything about patents you would know that anything that is common knowledge cannot be patented... Or if you did somehow get a patent on it then it would be worthless when you tried to protect it.
The very fact that it's posted here would stop a patent being issued on it in any case....
I hold several patents and have been working with them across several different countries incl the US for about 10 years.... Unless you are a patent attorney I doubt you know more about the subject than me.
The very fact that it's posted here would stop a patent being issued on it in any case....
I hold several patents and have been working with them across several different countries incl the US for about 10 years.... Unless you are a patent attorney I doubt you know more about the subject than me.
Rubbish.... If you knew anything about patents you would know that anything that is common knowledge cannot be patented... Or if you did somehow get a patent on it then it would be worthless when you tried to protect it.
The very fact that it's posted here would stop a patent being issued on it in any case....
I hold several patents and have been working with them across several different countries incl the US for about 10 years.... Unless you are a patent attorney I doubt you know more about the subject than me.
If he puts a unique logo or finish on the tubing, he could probably get a design patent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent
Unless you want to protect against exact copies, not likey any protection. Also Patents are basically the right to spend your money in court defending yourself. That is about it. If you barely have the money to pay for a patent, then it won't be of much use once you try to use it.
As you might suspect, I have chosen the path of maintaining "trade secrets" in any IP I own, so have never pursued any patents.
BTW for the DYIer
http://www.google.com/products/cata...urself&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=13053874495911464298#
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Agemax
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ive been selling them on ebay for ages. people in the UK love them
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220712223787&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220712223787&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT
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sandman
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Well, that last reply certainly has to take the wind out of your sails- that's the exact same product being discussed: finalized, produced, and successfully marketed. Ouch.
Why? If business success was predicated on having no competition them we would have a butch of shoddy non competitive products that survive simply because nothing better exists.