What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
Ken From California......
Since protection of your invention is based on claims, I am curious about the wording for a water filter that delivers flavor.
Lets say one application uses the word water enhancement and another uses the word additive and yet another uses the word concentrated formula**************
Do these words have any value to protect your invention, such as the following....
From the Proctor and Gamble company.
18. The water filtration system of claim 1, wherein the additive dispensing system comprises a plurality of reservoirs, each reservoir containing a respective additive.
19. The water filtration system of claim 1, wherein the reservoir comprises a plurality of chambers and wherein each of the plurality of chambers contains an additive. 20. The water filtration system of claim 1, wherein the water inlet is connectable to a water faucet.
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Now if similar applications referenced their systems using enhancements or concentrated formula and all three products get patented or show up on the market is this infringement? or does the terminology used in the claims make this distinctly different, case being an additive is added to the water to change the water into something else, such as flavored water and enhancements will enhance the quality of water by adding vitamins or medicine and finally concentrated formula is reconstituted back to it's natural state once introduced into water**************???
Now does this make the inventions different based on terminology or is it infringement due to the patent only covering the actual invention?
I appreciate your input......
Thank you
Ken From California......
Since protection of your invention is based on claims, I am curious about the wording for a water filter that delivers flavor.
Lets say one application uses the word water enhancement and another uses the word additive and yet another uses the word concentrated formula**************
Do these words have any value to protect your invention, such as the following....
From the Proctor and Gamble company.
18. The water filtration system of claim 1, wherein the additive dispensing system comprises a plurality of reservoirs, each reservoir containing a respective additive.
19. The water filtration system of claim 1, wherein the reservoir comprises a plurality of chambers and wherein each of the plurality of chambers contains an additive. 20. The water filtration system of claim 1, wherein the water inlet is connectable to a water faucet.
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Now if similar applications referenced their systems using enhancements or concentrated formula and all three products get patented or show up on the market is this infringement? or does the terminology used in the claims make this distinctly different, case being an additive is added to the water to change the water into something else, such as flavored water and enhancements will enhance the quality of water by adding vitamins or medicine and finally concentrated formula is reconstituted back to it's natural state once introduced into water**************???
Now does this make the inventions different based on terminology or is it infringement due to the patent only covering the actual invention?
I appreciate your input......
Thank you