they could not patent you're designOnce it is out there without a patent your own utility companies, big oil interests and world wide corporations dealing in energy related industries will bury you. With their money and political influence they will make a simple design change in your publication and patent it.
they could only patent the small change they designed which they could even if you do patent
yes they talk freely Ralph after they have a NDAYou can discuss your ideas and collaborate with others in a confidential environment without risk of loosing you patent rights, it is not considered published material to exchange communication with partners or associates via private communication. Large companies involved in R&D practice this daily.
those kind of agreements work really well when you don't have jack squat to loseSome entering a collaborated agreement are satisfied with a verbal gesture such as an e-mailed proxy handshake. Others wish something in writing usually consisting of a partnered agreement written up on the kitchen table. Under a partnership limited to an enterprise for a specific item does not require an NDA or a CA it is automatically a binding part of the partnership
well that ought to be good for one hell of a fight over who gets what when it comes to any cashMy legal standing with James Kelly and Alan Bauldree is a registered partnership identified as an Enterprise, also known as a venture. The percentage of profit sharing is not addressed nor does it need be for the three of us to claim co-ownership of any patent applied for. The three of us have the right to edit any and all communication between us. We have access to each others computers limited to our research communication and web site.
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if that is all there is to you're agreement it means that any one of the three of you can sell a license on a patent to who ever they want without asking the other two
Ralph you better have a design for that deviation or you will not get anything from the patent office on itI have a key paragraph considered a 'blanket clause' that can be added to the end of your application that specifically states that any design in likeness which can be added to or augmented is covered under your patent. That is to say you are patenting any deviated form of the concept and not the machine 'as-built'. This clause is legal and has already been set by precedent
Ralph are you part of the public ?True, the legal term and meaning of "publish" clearly states;
1. To prepare and issue printed material for public distribution or sale.
2. To announce, bring to the the public attention.
Private collaboration with those you trust does not meet the description of published material.
if you answer yes to that question that would bring category number 2 into play
if he told you without an NDA it would be no different than telling any other member of the public
i don't know about England but in the US he would have one year after he went public to patentIf published first, you best be standing at the patent office door and first in line. PTO in this country stands for Patent & Trademark Office. Literary copyright is handle by the Library of Congress and has no bearing or influence on a patent.
after being published no one else can patent without proving priority
i have been through the patent process i am speaking upIf any patent knowledgeable person finds fault in my above rambling, please for the benefit of all speak up!
wake up Ralph you're slobbering all over you're self
