water into efi system before injectors.

[Bernd Felsche]

Mike writes:
>At 06:11 PM 13/3/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>>Hi!
>>Check this out!
>>Something to set  the braincells to work.
>>Us pat nr:5823149  oct.20.98
>>Turbo dyne systems.

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>Yeah tah, saw it on the autospeed site just this morning, you can also
>browse it on the ibm patent site... I've downloaded all the .GIF files :)

Do you have a URL to that site?

>This worries me a bit, because it makes simple combinatorial designs
>of an engineering nature patentable - hence it restricts use, have a look
>at some of the claims! Its bizarre that minor configuration issues are

Standard practice. Research departments seem to be measuring their
"performance" by the number of Patent applications lodged. [Bosch
lodged about 20,000 last year - from memory.]

I was amazed when I last went through the process that the
"obviousness" of the invention was never tested before the Patent
was granted. It was merely compared to prior patents. How can you
test obviousness after the thing has been published? It doesn't make
sense to test it (in court!) after the fact.

>and have never been built. Ideas are a dime a dozen - especially water
>injection in all sorts of variations - its the proven implementations
>that are the hardest, hence trade secrets and copyrights are a sometimes
>more valuable protection strategy - that and registered designs too.

Keeping secrets is not always practical - it can give you an edge
over the competition if you get your product to market before
anything is published.

>There's an old/new song:-   "Its all been done...."

Yep. That's why I love to walk around technical museums, railway
workshops, etc. Old ideas are great - you could probably patent a
couple of million of them. :-)

BTW:  see http://www.aquamist.co.uk for water-injection system components.

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