Wouter you may want to get the latest issue (December/January) of Professional Boat Builder Magazine and read the article "A Primer on Patents" located on page 118.
Anyone can "claim" anything they want...you can fly over here to the US, stick a flag in the ground and declare it "Wouterland" but that does not mean you can enforce your claim in a court of law.


I understand to a point you wanting to be compensated for the time you put into this, or any other class...but what about all the other people who have contributed ideas and time? Blowing them off as being useless because they didn’t meet your narrow view of how it should be done doesn’t negate the value of their ideas. Their time is just as valuable as yours… If you are compensated, it only stands to reason that they should be too. How far do you take this? What is the real reason for the existence of an F12? It is looking like it is less and less about the kids all the time…

Regards,
Bob