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

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by piper6909

I have a patent. My attorney told me that once the application is filed, I could market it. So I don't know why they had to keep it "close to their vest".

And Feelyx did say that he sold his patent and he can no longer talk about it. I believe it was on page 19 of that thread.

EDIT: It was on page 17.
Who has done an IMS change (New Oil Fed Design Idea) - Page 17 - Pelican Parts Forums

Going back to my days in corporate life, I also hold multiple patents, a couple as co author. Our legal staff always advise us to not release any public information about the developments until the patent was granted, solely because of how the process typically runs. Often, a filing is returned (not rejected) for clarification or expansion on one or more of the initial claims, and which basically restarts the filing clock all over again. While your filing remains basically protected, returned filings opens the doors for “squatters” to try and cross file on your ideas. The filing then becomes a legal burden you have to protect, and while you will typically win out in the long term, it delays your patent grant and cost big bucks. So if no one knows about what you have filed for, they cannot create problems for you.

[piper6909]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

...The filing then becomes a legal burden you have to protect, and while you will typically win out in the long term, it delays your patent grant and cost big bucks. So if no one knows about what you have filed for, they cannot create problems for you.

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.

[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.