Congratulations to James Colegrove, Dylan Howes and Jose Gonzales of Trek on being granted the spilt pivot patent in October and receiving their patent number in November.
After a long discussion with the patent examiner and many official letters from the designers about the conception and production of split pivot samples, the guys proved they designed, made and even test rode split pivot frames before Dave Weagle was able to file his patent. The Session 77 and a Patty Fatty test bikes have proven more valueable than just initial concept test bikes but through emails and other internal official documents from James, Dylan and Andrew Shandro, they have been started before Dave.
Trek looks to continue strong now that the patent office has finally concluded an extensively long look into prior art, historical data and personal interviews with the many guys involved with this from the start.
Congratulations to all.
After a long discussion with the patent examiner and many official letters from the designers about the conception and production of split pivot samples, the guys proved they designed, made and even test rode split pivot frames before Dave Weagle was able to file his patent. The Session 77 and a Patty Fatty test bikes have proven more valueable than just initial concept test bikes but through emails and other internal official documents from James, Dylan and Andrew Shandro, they have been started before Dave.
Trek looks to continue strong now that the patent office has finally concluded an extensively long look into prior art, historical data and personal interviews with the many guys involved with this from the start.
Congratulations to all.
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