deeaa
January 17th, 2010, 12:51 AM
Oh man,
A couple of years back I built a simple device for easy personal vocal monitoring that solved a lot of issues and eliminated the clumsy wireless monitoring systems in favor of super-simple (and cheap to make) in-ear systems...all with simple 'radio shack' parts but a very handy device, even though my proto was super-clumsy in form.
Now I got into thinking it might really be worth making properly, even producing and marketing, and...alas, went to browse the patent databases and just last year some dude went and patented exactly the device I made at least a year before...DAMN. It's downright eery, the patent even addresses all the possibilities further I had also pondered, i.e. adding a verb etc. and whatnot...it's almost exactly like I would have written it.
Just goes to show...when you get a good idea like that, do not dwell on it for years but GO AHEAD AND SEEK A PATENT before someone else comes up with the idea.
DAMN. Now I'll just have to wait and see if some gadgets based on it will appear in stores some day. Man I'll be spanking myself if they become a big hit....oh well...the worst part is, I have a nagging feeling I might have discussed my idea at some newsgroup too, if they got the idea from some post I made back then, well, I've just been so stupid it's downright moronic...
A couple of years back I built a simple device for easy personal vocal monitoring that solved a lot of issues and eliminated the clumsy wireless monitoring systems in favor of super-simple (and cheap to make) in-ear systems...all with simple 'radio shack' parts but a very handy device, even though my proto was super-clumsy in form.
Now I got into thinking it might really be worth making properly, even producing and marketing, and...alas, went to browse the patent databases and just last year some dude went and patented exactly the device I made at least a year before...DAMN. It's downright eery, the patent even addresses all the possibilities further I had also pondered, i.e. adding a verb etc. and whatnot...it's almost exactly like I would have written it.
Just goes to show...when you get a good idea like that, do not dwell on it for years but GO AHEAD AND SEEK A PATENT before someone else comes up with the idea.
DAMN. Now I'll just have to wait and see if some gadgets based on it will appear in stores some day. Man I'll be spanking myself if they become a big hit....oh well...the worst part is, I have a nagging feeling I might have discussed my idea at some newsgroup too, if they got the idea from some post I made back then, well, I've just been so stupid it's downright moronic...