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Posted: 10/13/2010 4:12:26 PM EDT
If I have a conversion to a KBAR that adds a D knuckle guard can I 1.pattent the idea and conversion process,2. can I sell it as my own custom conversion 3.is there a way to protect my idea?any help greatly appreciated..
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I think there might be a lot of prior art on that one. You could sell it, but I think you would have a hard time stopping people from selling a guard unless it was like a exact copy of your style guard.
just off the top of my head: http://www.edmfknives.com/ |
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If I have a conversion to a KBAR that adds a D knuckle guard can I 1.pattent the idea and conversion process,2. can I sell it as my own custom conversion 3.is there a way to protect my idea?any help greatly appreciated.. 1.pattent the idea and conversion process? Its been done since at least 1917 when the Army started producing the 1917 knuckle knife. I doubt the patent office will see your idea as original and award a patent to you. 2. can I sell it as my own custom conversion? If the market supports it. 3.is there a way to protect my idea? See answer to number 1. Best bet would be a trademark, but as mentioned you are trying to claim an idea that's almost 100 years old as your own. |
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Im sure there are people who would enjoy a custum like this. I dont know if it would end up being profitable, but as said earlyer thats up to the market.
Customizations like this are fairly common too. I have seen a lot buck 110s that have had the stock wooden scales replaces with somthing more exotic and had the blades and bolsters engraved. id still try it out just for the hell of it. |
| Well as stated you need to go to a patent office and pay to have your idea verified as original. From there if it is original then you can apply for a patent to be applied to it so then you may end up rich from somthing simple many people are by just improving on somthing that has already existed I know a guy that had a small piece of metal patented and hge gets royalty checks as it is use to make cookies by CBC he didn't make the maching he just made a piece that made it run better. He is younger than me and ritired. Maybe you could get this lucky I wish I could. |
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