Hi Rudy
 
You are right to distinguish between inventions and patents and to point  out 
that patents will not preempt IP theft, they just grant right  to prosecute 
when it happens which is great for lawyers. In fact in your  business, 
proprietary knowledge and trade secrets are likely to be a  better path. However, when 
patenting any invention, it is a  requirement and a contractual element of 
the patent, if you will, in  exchange for the limited term monopoly, that one 
much teach so that  the reader, presumably one of "ordinary skill in the art" 
can practice the  invention, at least to some degree from those teachings. There 
are lots of  nuances in formulations in quantities and the process of mixing 
that can  make all the difference, as you well know, and that can, and often  
does, spell the difference between success and failure. 
 
All that aside, are not MSDSs a worry of at least some measure in your  
business?      
 
Cheers, 
Joe 



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