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Spiral fluting is NOT allowed by barrel manufacturers
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<blockquote data-quote="Buano" data-source="post: 732900" data-attributes="member: 21641"><p>I'm a lawyer AND an engineer.</p><p></p><p>As others have said, a patent is a limited monopoly for 17 years to sell a product. The patent office used to test most patent claims but their staff got slashed under Republican administrations and they reportedly no longer vet all claims in patents. </p><p></p><p>From an engineering point of view, a spiral-fluted barrel cannot be as stiff as a straight-fluted barrel, but the difference would likely be negligible. Flutes do speed barrel cooling by increasing the surface-area of the barrel. More narrow-deep flutes increase the surface area and speed cooling more than fewer shallow flutes.</p><p></p><p>Even if this patent wouldn't stand up to a challenge, it's still likely to keep SOME competitors from spiral-fluting barrels as some people are so afraid of being dragged into court they would never take a chance of winning the case.</p><p></p><p>I suspect the holder of this patent would never take someone to court for infringing on their patent because they are unlikely to win, and if they lose the case their patent would be gone. If they simply ignore the patent infringement, they still have a patent to scare SOME people away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buano, post: 732900, member: 21641"] I'm a lawyer AND an engineer. As others have said, a patent is a limited monopoly for 17 years to sell a product. The patent office used to test most patent claims but their staff got slashed under Republican administrations and they reportedly no longer vet all claims in patents. From an engineering point of view, a spiral-fluted barrel cannot be as stiff as a straight-fluted barrel, but the difference would likely be negligible. Flutes do speed barrel cooling by increasing the surface-area of the barrel. More narrow-deep flutes increase the surface area and speed cooling more than fewer shallow flutes. Even if this patent wouldn't stand up to a challenge, it's still likely to keep SOME competitors from spiral-fluting barrels as some people are so afraid of being dragged into court they would never take a chance of winning the case. I suspect the holder of this patent would never take someone to court for infringing on their patent because they are unlikely to win, and if they lose the case their patent would be gone. If they simply ignore the patent infringement, they still have a patent to scare SOME people away. [/QUOTE]
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