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Old 02-22-2011, 03:58 AM   #15 (permalink)
Vekke
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A8 luxury fuel sipper - '97 Audi A8 1.2 TDI 6 speed manual
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That's the $Trillion idea! If you're first to the Patent Office and you can obtain venture capital for commercial production you'll amass a fortune that would make Xerxes blush.
I dont know if same patent laws apply to states, but in europe if you say your idea that clear in some forum you cannot apply anymore patents to that idea...

There are trailers already in europe which look like boattails, so it would be very hard to get patent for something which you just do more longer boattail.
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