They developed it, making it and selling like a hotcakes. That's the idea,
to
have a patent on the idea for terrific product!

Yuri, K3BU

No, the idea is to invent something, make it, sell it like hotcakes, and
then sell the business when all the me-too's show up. The patent is just a
very time-consuming & expensive official license to sue whoever appears to
be improperly competing with you. Your lawyer may not help you with circuit
design, but he will advise that you go for a patent.

Ed
wb6wsn



You can file patent yourself and it doesn't have to be very time and money
consuming. In some situations it is worth it (Laser) in many situations patents
remain unutilized. Often it is deterrent to me-too's and if you have a lawyer
in the family, it could be reasonable.

Yuri