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

[mikefocke]

No I never talked to Tony. I was told by Jake that is where he got the idea that it could be done.

[piper6909]

Originally Posted by mikefocke

No I never talked to Tony. I was told by Jake that is where he got the idea that it could be done.

Ahh...Thanks. I thought his name was Tim.

So, from what I've read, Tony sold them the patent, although he can no longer discuss it. And now you've confirmed that neither Jake nor Charles figured out that the IMSB can be R&R'd?

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by piper6909

So, from what I've read, Tony sold them the patent, although he can no longer discuss it.

No, because if he did, it would be listed as being invented by one person, and then reassigned to Jake and Charles, and there is no such information contained in any of the patents on the IMS Solution.

[piper6909]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

No, because if he did, it would be listed as being reassigned to Jake and Charles, and there is no such information contained in any of the patents on the IMS Solution.

So, in March 2013, Tony (Feelyx) said he sold the patent he "cannot talk about the patent I sold, or about any "I_s" bearings/revisions/ etc."

That, coincidentally, is the same month that Jake & Charles filed the patent for the IMS "solution". The timeline is a little TOO coincidental to me.

Now, if I really want to pursue this further, I could ask my patent attorney if there was a way to sell a patent, either before or after it has been granted, and erase any record of the original inventor. Maybe Tony sold them the patent application while it was still pending and then Jake & Charles re-filed it under their own names?

I don't know the patent laws, but I know that you can sell a "patent pending" application. Whether you can sell an application and change the inventors' names is above my pay rate. Any patent lawyers here that can chime in on this?