Originally Posted by
Wonderer
Formating has been sorted now.
Thansk W, makes it a little easier and hopefully for future conversations too.
Double thanks for the "young friend" comment, not been called young for a long long time
There is a difference between striking early and taking your time not too strike at all. I agree that in order to make the strike you must be prepared, I am simply saying that they are taking too long. Their patents will expre in 2016 or so right? It is now 2007, by the time a manufacturer takes this on, it will take 3 years for development and testing, to get online an additional year (best case scenario) leaving less than 6 -7 years to enjoy the rewards. Not bad, but they must quicken the pace, but most importantly get the engine working right + be durable.
As I understand it Reveetec are only interested in the R&D.
So how long it ultimately takes is irrelevant to their business model.
6-7 years for an engine is now considered quite long in production
10 years is nothing in the world of radical leading edge research.
"Clever" patents are expanded every 12-18 months to keep them in the unpublished categeory and further protect the future. A little unethical, but done all the time by the big boys, may Revetec are that clever - we'll never know as nobody woudl EVER answer that question
Further, to protect the future a patent HAS to ensure it also covers possible improvements and identify these in the claims. Failure to do that before publication will mean that the many IP compnaies will jump on it and identify and patent "road blocks" to control the vlaue of the original patent and charge extortionate prices for royalties/buy-out. Again, we can't say if Revetec are or aren't doing that as Brad & co woudl never answer the question if asked !!
I'd not get hung up over the timing as there's still time and manfucaturers for sure will "Buy in" very quickly if proven results are presented. Withotu all the tests Revetec are running it's asking any manufacturer to "take a punt" and that means loss of possible revenue and risk of ideas adapted without royalties It woudl be great to see it out sooner, but throwing resources and bodies at it never achieves that
"A woman without curves is like a road without bends, you might get to your destination quicker but the ride is boring as hell'