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Old 09-05-2014, 04:49 PM   #49 (permalink)
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That isn't how it works though. Nobody wants to invest in an unproven design, it is just bad business. Even Felix Wankle took 30 years between the time he applied for a patent before he found a job where he could have it as a pet project (and even then it flatlined last year in the automotive world). The odds of getting someone to do all proof of concept prototype for you are incredibly small, and saying it is patented doesn't prove anything except zero rights for anyone looking into it.
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