Reader Interaction - 5-6 Oct 2006

Patents and Challenges to IP Ownership.




5-6 October 2006
EB Reader & PK Correspondence


PK,

I have been doing some research on conductive polymers.

Is ITKG prepared for challenges to their patents?

The reason I asked is that IBM has many patents on "Inherently Conductive Polymer" processes etc. ITKG patents are using "conductive polymers." Sources have told me that there is a fine line between the two processes on what is used and how it is used in the plastic industry.

Can you comment on the above?

You thoughts are appreciated.



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EB Reader,

Glad to hear from you again -- and glad to see you uncovering facts for yourself on this.

As you may have read, the world is full of Inherently Conductive Polymers. There are a huge host of them present in the world, and many scientists are working to develop that technology into something that will one day sweep the market. From Chemical based Polymers to Electro-active Polymers. The reality behind that bit of background is the simple fact, that though there are synthetic products that conduct electricity--none do so in such an efficient manner that would make them invaluable, or worthwhile.

Consider this, electric companies would love to use copper wire on all of the power lines throughout the country. Why, because they then could drastically reduce the amperage on the volts streaming over the line, and in turn save themselves millions of wasted dollars yearly. Because they cannot, or worse, because they have to use a lightweight, poor substitute instead--like aluminum, these companies are stuck with using the technology available to them--even knowing that they will still loose hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of dollars as a result.

Why, because they have to raise the amperage drastically for the voltage to travel through the line. It's like driving with your foot on the brake. You'll get where you want to go, but the trip could have been more enjoyable if . . .

To date, all of the other player pieces on the boards do not have the conductive range or capability that Integral has and continues to display.

This is one of the reasons why Integral offered its Licensing fee for 1 mere dollar.

Once these various other client companies, related to Heatron & JARCO, get a touch, taste and flavor to the possibilities associated -- get the example offered that this material is more conductive than the stuff of present-age technology -- then they will want nothing other.

Its conductivity is that good. Far better than the ICP stuff presently on the market.

Here’s an additional something to consider and possibly follow up on your own: When checking the patents submitted, look for the name George O. Sailes. In brief, that is the same individual, who filed many of the IBM patents. It was his patent law firm responsible for filing many of the ElectriPlast patents. Of all people, he should know how close, or distant Integral’s patents come to the IBM patents.

He would have advised, if his research discovered that we were anywhere near the IBM patents.

That is what patent attorney's do to earn their pesetas!

Another way to express it is: Given the potential billion dollar markets for various ICPs, IBM, GE, DuPont, Bayer, and others, would have already filed their patents IF they had anything close to what Integral has.

Preston, Gates Ellis writes the legal framework for the ElectriPlast IP; George O. Sailes does the patent work. As a company with an explosive IP in hand, and as shareholding investors in this venture, we are buttoned up tighter than my spinster aunt!

Cheers and best -- and read the following if you like:

http://electriplast.blogspot.com/2006/03/electriplast-setting-pace-in-growing.html

PK sends...