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Mike,
As is most common in life, in many fields, patent Lawyers hold
more patents than any other group of people. This for sure is not a surprise
just fact from my days as a member of "the inventors association"
etc.
What has been done in the past, my brother in-law included,
was to operate his machines under a cover that was hard and fast locked
down so no one could see the ideas that went into his food processing. The
costs of doing a patent search and then the publication does not stop any one
doing a registered design against your patent plans, I have missed a step but
your Lawyer will let you know.
Then again the establishment enters the equation if it is in
"the best interests of the people" those with the space space space leave this
to your imagination.
The double lip paint can seal was a NZ invention sent to the
US for appraisal, the guy on arrival, in the US found it under mass production
there. The origin of the design so I believe, was to keep flour in sealed
tins but the idea became non patentable as by then it fitted
the "public knowledge" category. Story ends.
Doug
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