Life changing events

[lutach]

Originally Posted by DrKnow65

Got a kick in the gut today. Seems my motor idea may (does in almost every aspect) infringe on an exsisting patent... hours of hopes and cad drafting straight into the toilet.

Here's the link... http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=3&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=%22crankless+engine%22&OS="crankless+engine"&RS="crankless+engine"

I'm going to bed. Mabey I'll have a better outlook on this tomarrow :(

I'm not sure if you are aware of this, but I've heard somewhere if your design is 30% different, than it qualifies for a patent. I'm not sure if it's true, but you should look into it.