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djdacosta
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I have a 2 car garage,home-based woodshop with a contractors saw equipped with a patented saw fence system that's been used mostly to support a home based business. To improve the performance and versatility of this equipment I've designed and built a fixture that attaches to, and utilizes the structure of, the saw fence and I have been using this attachment successfully since early 1998. The saw fence manufacturer has no product which duplicates this function. My usage is not unique to what I do and experience tells me that the idea is both novel and satisfies a real need. While the idea embodied in this fence attachment could very likely be adapted to other commercial grade saw fence systems this particular design only attaches to the saw fence I've got. I have two questions:
1) What's the best way to determine if this is an idea worth persuing?
2) Since my design attaches specifically to the saw fence i've got, which is already covered by a patent,is this a patentable idea?
1) What's the best way to determine if this is an idea worth persuing?
2) Since my design attaches specifically to the saw fence i've got, which is already covered by a patent,is this a patentable idea?