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Foil SUP / GoFoil files patent on anhedral wing, foam core wing, & foil w/front & back wing
« on: February 26, 2020, 03:21:05 PM »
Alex Aguera / Go Foil Inc has submitted patent application US20190127031A1 https://patents.google.com/patent/US20190127031A1/en?q=~patent%2fUS10160525B2&status=APPLICATION which is currently pending with the United States Patent Office.
Go Foil's current patents https://patents.google.com/patent/US9789935B1/en are pretty narrow and can be condensed to foils that include one of these claims:
Claim 1 - 20:
A foil "where the maximum thickness aspect ratio of the forward foil portion is between 14% and 17%."
-Most of today's foils are not this thick.
Claim 21:
A foil "where the main lifting foil portion has a maximum thickness located at first distance from an edge of the main lifting foil portion."
-Most foils are not designed this way.
Claim 22:
a strut having a maximum thickness between 6 and 12 millimeters
-Most struts (masts) are 14/15mm thick
However,
Go Foil's new application is considerably broader and covers just about any foil that include one of the following:
Claim 1: "an anhedral-shaped forward foil portion"
-There are a bunch of foils on the market with anhedral shaped front wings
Claim 3: "includes two wings extending outwardly from the first end of the fuselage; and "two wings extending outwardly from the second end of the fuselage."
-That's what I call swinging for the fences. It basically covers every foil on the market. Kite, SUP, surf etc.
Claim 11: "an opposite foil portion connected to a first end of the fuselage; and "two wings extending outwardly from the second end of the fuselage."
-If Claim 3 is swinging for the fences, this is trying tie the whole industry around your finger.
There's a decent amount of prior art that can challenge 3 and 11. But the fact that he is going for them is concerning. If this is granted he will wield a very large stick in the industry until somebody pays the legal bill to challenge him. A few Google searches will find foils on the market before May 17, 2016 (the filing date of the original patent) that show he did not invent Claim 3 or 11. This makes me wonder about the anhedral wing. Did he really invent that?
Go Foil's current patents https://patents.google.com/patent/US9789935B1/en are pretty narrow and can be condensed to foils that include one of these claims:
Claim 1 - 20:
A foil "where the maximum thickness aspect ratio of the forward foil portion is between 14% and 17%."
-Most of today's foils are not this thick.
Claim 21:
A foil "where the main lifting foil portion has a maximum thickness located at first distance from an edge of the main lifting foil portion."
-Most foils are not designed this way.
Claim 22:
a strut having a maximum thickness between 6 and 12 millimeters
-Most struts (masts) are 14/15mm thick
However,
Go Foil's new application is considerably broader and covers just about any foil that include one of the following:
Claim 1: "an anhedral-shaped forward foil portion"
-There are a bunch of foils on the market with anhedral shaped front wings
Claim 3: "includes two wings extending outwardly from the first end of the fuselage; and "two wings extending outwardly from the second end of the fuselage."
-That's what I call swinging for the fences. It basically covers every foil on the market. Kite, SUP, surf etc.
Claim 11: "an opposite foil portion connected to a first end of the fuselage; and "two wings extending outwardly from the second end of the fuselage."
-If Claim 3 is swinging for the fences, this is trying tie the whole industry around your finger.
There's a decent amount of prior art that can challenge 3 and 11. But the fact that he is going for them is concerning. If this is granted he will wield a very large stick in the industry until somebody pays the legal bill to challenge him. A few Google searches will find foils on the market before May 17, 2016 (the filing date of the original patent) that show he did not invent Claim 3 or 11. This makes me wonder about the anhedral wing. Did he really invent that?
