Ideas i had and 2-3 month later some company patented it
A growing collection of what a pathetic little crybaby i am.
Air Assisted Paintgun Trigger
I had this idea around 2000. I played with the
electro-pneumatic version
until 2004, when a guy i know convinced me to built a prototype. He showed it
around to some major American Paintball Companies, and someone got the idea.
Two month later someone
patented it of course. About the
same time we patented it in germany. (Wew, at least one patent owned by me)
Speed Feed
I posted my Idea on the
Automag Forums
around 2003. Some people built it and liked it. Someone had the same idea
later, the so called "Speed Feed" is selling like cake. And is now patented, of course.
IR Barrel
Well... Three month after i
put my experiment online
an American Company named Predator Games patented a barrel like the one i built.
Oddly enough, it seems they never sold a single one.
Plugin Mini-PC kiosk module for some Plasma screens models with automatic content distribution system
I built the Hardware+Sofware for the company i worked for, and they
showed them to the
big Company that produced the Plasma screens
who was very interested.
I tried to convince our boss multiple times to patent it, but he
sent a prototype to the big company. We got the prototype back some
days later, and i found signs someone at the german headquaters
had opened the enclosure. Two month later the big company patented it.
To be continued. Probably.
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[ leathaldose | 20.12.06 20:13 ]dude stop showing your sh!t to other people patent your sh!t first then show it around
[ mnt | the codeninja, 28.12.06 15:06 ]I will, if it's something serious and not a fun project. I learned that lesson :)
[ hormon from poland | 06.05.07 03:48 ]satysfaction! its your project:)
[ Peter | 24.12.09 15:31 ]I thought that once something had been placed in the public domain it rendered subsequent patents invalid provided this could be proved???
[ pierut | 07.12.11 18:16 ]I should really start making a list of things people patent after i think of them. there's been quite a few.. to the point i'm just like.. ugghhh again?!
[ buschetta | 09.12.11 11:26 ]Patents are worthless in Europe if you can proof that you published your project before someone patented it.
Plenty of jurisprudence on this. So really if you can proof you were the first the patent will be transferred or denied.
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