Andy Travis cue for sale

[MikeWooldridge]

Are any of these joint design's patented? Names of them patented?

Doubt it. Stan Mullin probably knows.

Is there a list of patented joints or joint names anywhere Stan?

Probably costs more than its worth to get a patent that actually means something anyway.

Maybe. It'll never stop the copies that's for sure.

[MikeWooldridge]

regular joint with precision ground lead-in, the hole in the male is a centre hole used when turning/grinding, nothing in the female

So are you the maker of these joints?

[Andy Travis]

No, the only vacuum i made were these around 3 years ago

[stan-mullin]

Is there a list of patented joints or joint names anywhere Stan?

Not as far as I know, they could be patented for other applications.
The main patented and branded joint I have come across is the uni-loc (and other variants of it) which is a pool cue joint invented by Paul Costain from America. Other American cuemakers have patents but as far as I know they do not sell them to anyone else.
I have a couple of patents on cue joints (1Klik and QKlik) the latest to be granted is WO/2011/109854

[MikeWooldridge]

Is there a list of patented joints or joint names anywhere Stan?

Not as far as I know, they could be patented for other applications.
The main patented and branded joint I have come across is the uni-loc (and other variants of it) which is a pool cue joint invented by Paul Costain from America. Other American cuemakers have patents but as far as I know they do not sell them to anyone else.
I have a couple of patents on cue joints (1Klik and QKlik) the latest to be granted is WO/2011/109854

can patents be viewed online? if so, where?

[stan-mullin]

can patents be viewed online? if so, where?

follow this link, did you get the joint in the post?

http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publi...09854A1&KC=A1#

[stan-mullin]

can patents be viewed online? if so, where?

Or here

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/WO2011109854A1.pdf

[damienlch]

...But SuckLock doesn't have the same ring eh?

Lol... Nope, unless you are branching out to a different set of clientele...

[MikeWooldridge]

follow this link, did you get the joint in the post?

yes, thank you. i emailed you.

Or here

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/WO2011109854A1.pdf

god! that's a boring read...

[ADR147]

god! that's a boring read...

indeed - not sure why i actually read it all!

[stan-mullin]

Sorry its so boring, its all patent attorney speak, to cover your ass if anyone one wants to bring anything similar out

[MikeWooldridge]

Sorry its so boring, its all patent attorney speak, to cover your ass if anyone one wants to bring anything similar out

Have you brought that to the attention LP?

[stan-mullin]

Have you brought that to the attention LP?

Yes I have, still on going.
Patent litigation in China is very complicated it is easier to stop the sale of patented products in other PCT controlled countries.

[poolqjunkie]

Yes I have, still on going.
Patent litigation in China is very complicated it is easier to stop the sale of patented products in other PCT controlled countries.

It is my understanding that you can try to get some kind of injunction order to stop the sales of cues with an infringed joint in say the UK, or may be even Hong Kong, but very difficult, if not impossible, to really go after the manufacturer in China.

[DWOT]

I've got a pat pending too....