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How can I get info if device is legal or not in US?
Edcali:
So sorry if this topic does not belong even to this forum but a question I must ask to a lawyer who specialized in electronics patent or industrials codes whatever that option is expensive for me now, I have been struggling with back spine problems, a surgery did not fix, so years in my bed room already and I have a few months I have been making my own designs and selling PCBs like PLCC's Adapters for universal programmers, USB type C adapter Type C pass through break board etc, for fun and buy a coffee of course. :)
But now, I am thinking going something serious in that direction, my question is How figure if a PCB has patent property? Let say I want to make Soldering Pins Probe Adapters for Willem programmers(that are Universal programmers) or in-circuit ECU scan, these Pin Probes are just POGO pin Probes with soldered specified dimensions for SOP8, DIP8 etc, But I can't find if this probes have a patent and I don't want facing legal problems for a just bucks..
Any idea where to start?
Colt45:
god, I hope you can't patent pin spacing...
DIP and sop are ancient, as are pogo pins, so...?
Jeroen3:
--- Quote from: Colt45 on May 09, 2023, 05:16:13 am ---god, I hope you can't patent pin spacing...
--- End quote ---
"A connector device for maintaining a desired spatial relationship for spatially and securely connecting to a platform, such as a circuit board, in an efficient manner."
https://patents.google.com/patent/US7878834B2/en?oq=+7%2c878%2c834+
https://patents.google.com/patent/US8057248B1/en?oq=8%2c057%2c248
Apparently yes.
jonpaul:
Hello we have 7 patents and have liscenced some, since 1977.
you can patent, TM or (C) anything but the IP (Intellectual Property) may be faulty, since the US PTO is vary badly managed.
The validity of IP is only prooven if it is valuable enough to be litigated.
99.9 % of all patents are never litigated or enforced.
I would be concerned only if the patent is widely used by a major firm, and you will be in mass production.
If thats the case, consult a patent lawyer.
Expect $400..700/hour
Litigation costs can run to milllions of $
Jon
Psi:
yeah, the question isn't really "is this thing patented already"
it's more "Are there any patents for this which are actually enforceable"
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