Why...?

[beedees]

     I don't get to this board very often but I see where there has been several o.u. devices patented, but never see any news of production or the usual media hype. Is it simmply because these things don't work, the inventors have been bought-off  (or have been reduced to parts of the landscape somewhere), or what?

[Ant Burr]

Do all countries who have patent law, have a rule against perpetual motion machines?

[FreeEnergy]

good question

[mapsrg]

i patented my idea partly to see what would happen.....would someone try to buy you out for example...or maybe i wouldnt be able to patent.Since i have patented ,only in one country , it has been hard to get any interest.The problem is i dont have a working model although i have tested the basic component workings.If i had the funds i would get it made.......in the mean time im a do it yourself person probably like many here.

[Ant Burr]

I tried to patent a educational toy for math a few years ago. Even had interest from a multi-million pound plastic molding company who paid for prototypes and assessment - the idea was knocked back because of insufficent expected turn over. Then there were objections to the British Patent application so I withdrew it. It was identified as a logical step on to an existing patent and a difference in presentation is not patentable, because of it's novelity I was advised to spend more money to try a patent in the States, because different rules apply.

Spent thousands of ?'s, never again...

I still have not seen any thing like it on the market, all my stuff it's designed for early learning.

Perhaps the opportunity will open for me in the future...


Ant
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