I thought I'd jump in here and comment on some things in general.
I'm afraid it costs much more the $1000 to patent something. Try at least 5 times that if it's a mecahnical patent, 10 times that if you are adding electronic components. Just remember, like every other occupation, there are good patent attorney's and there are bad ones, and you usually get what you pay for. Of course, that's the cheapest part of the process. Do you have $10K to build actual working prototypes? Do you have a $200K to build the tools you need to manufacture the product? Oh yeah, do you have a spare million lying around to defend your patent, and product?
There are a lot of patents out there that have some good ideas. The problem is being able to make a complete and viable product out of an idea, and actually make it to market. A lot of great ideas have died in the patent office because there was know way to put it to practical use.
The HALO B has the potential to feed a little over 50 BPS. That's the feed rate of the spring loaded drive cone. Of course, there are so many unkown factors that until we can find guns that can hit true rates of fire at around 30 BPS, we aren't going to be able to see what the loader is capable of truely doing. To us, the ROF isn't as important as adding more features and improving efficiency in the current loader.
When we first started designing the HALO, paint wasn't nearly as brittle as it is now. That's the reason we had to develop the HALO B. That all happened in only 2 years so who knows what things will look like 2 years from now.
I'm afraid it costs much more the $1000 to patent something. Try at least 5 times that if it's a mecahnical patent, 10 times that if you are adding electronic components. Just remember, like every other occupation, there are good patent attorney's and there are bad ones, and you usually get what you pay for. Of course, that's the cheapest part of the process. Do you have $10K to build actual working prototypes? Do you have a $200K to build the tools you need to manufacture the product? Oh yeah, do you have a spare million lying around to defend your patent, and product?
There are a lot of patents out there that have some good ideas. The problem is being able to make a complete and viable product out of an idea, and actually make it to market. A lot of great ideas have died in the patent office because there was know way to put it to practical use. The HALO B has the potential to feed a little over 50 BPS. That's the feed rate of the spring loaded drive cone. Of course, there are so many unkown factors that until we can find guns that can hit true rates of fire at around 30 BPS, we aren't going to be able to see what the loader is capable of truely doing. To us, the ROF isn't as important as adding more features and improving efficiency in the current loader.
When we first started designing the HALO, paint wasn't nearly as brittle as it is now. That's the reason we had to develop the HALO B. That all happened in only 2 years so who knows what things will look like 2 years from now.
We just want to keep the misinformation to a minimum. You'd be surprised at some of the stories we hear regarding our company. Really funny stuff at times.
Again, great product.
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