Worth it to 'check' IMS bearing during clutch? Clutch recommendations?

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by piper6909

I was actually surprised how quickly theirs was granted. Mine took about 7 years from application to approval with a lot of back and forth.

Speed in being granted is a sign of uniqueness, nothing similar has been filed, and the design claims have been substantiated.

[piper6909]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

Speed in being granted is a sign of uniqueness, nothing similar has been filed, and the design claims have been substantiated.

What's unique about a bushing? I get it, it's how they applied it.

In my case they came back with other patents that had no relation to my idea whatsoever. It didn't help that my case was pushed from one officer to another 3 times and each time I had to explain to them what it was about. As if they couldn't read the abstract. But in the end I finally got it.