IP- protection

I was lucky.


In the past 4 years I heard and read a lot about combustion motors, compressors, pumps, etc. I have conducted a thorough search of all available patent literature in this field. Although the search in hundreds of patents, some over 90 years old, was not always easy, I was able to find any patent application covering my motor idea.


Last year the SGL Carbon GmbH offered to apply for a patent, if they could act as co owners of the patent rights. For me this had a lot of benefits. This company has their own patent department with patent lawyers, who do patent research, patent formulation, and patent management on a daily basis. The formulation of IP- claims is - at least for a technically minded inventor - really hard to understand. Not to forget the patent application fees. A patent application in Germany as well as abroad really can cost a lot of money!
Another advantage I saw in the assistance of a renown company. As a private inventor I never had the chance to present my idea to a decision making person.


The label RotaTorque came to my mind in the year 2005. In the end effect every child needs a name and the thought of calling my idea the Schönrock- motor did not really make me enthusiastic. This label is widely understandable and consists of the word 'Rota' for rotation and 'Torque' for the extraordinary torque, which it creates.