I still drop by to read the forums every now and then, but haven't posted in a bit, but thought this was newsworthy. Those who know me, may remember that in addition to woodworking, I also do a bit of tinkering. A few years ago I came up with a revolutionary box joint jig design which I was lucky enough to license to INCRA and which became the I-BOX. It is still selling well. A few years after that, and after a few unsuccessful attempts to sell other misc. designs that were less marketable, I came up with something that made it easy to set up the notoriously finicky lock miter router bit. I called it the Lock Miter Master which I licensed to Infinity Cutting Tools- less than 6 months from proposal to production!!! Over three years ago, after a year of successful sales while still under the protection of a Provisional Patent Application, which I drafted and submitted to USPTO, Infinity decided to apply for a full Utility Patent. We just learned that a patent has issued. It sure took a long time! I know, I know, some say these days a patents is only as good as the money you have to pay lawyers to defend it, but Yippee, anyway! Below is a partial image of the first page of the patent followed by a photo of a retail item. The patent has 17 pages worth of drawings and patent gobbledegook, all for something barely the size of a book of matches, but if you want to read the full version follow this link to the USPTO webpage. If you are not familiar with the Lock Miter Master and how it works, check it out on the Infinity website.
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