Hello I'm new here. I have a question about patents.
Let's take a 2 different audio amplifiers for example. They both do the same job, and so you would assume that the circuitry is about 75% the same. There are only so many ways to configure a clean gain stage.
How different of an amplifier most you design for it not to be under someone else patent? Sorry if my question isn't clear. I'm designing something and when I see similar schematics, there are just parts to the circuit which can't be different without being ridiculous about it. (like changing a 10ohm with two 20's in parallel)
Let's take a 2 different audio amplifiers for example. They both do the same job, and so you would assume that the circuitry is about 75% the same. There are only so many ways to configure a clean gain stage.
How different of an amplifier most you design for it not to be under someone else patent? Sorry if my question isn't clear. I'm designing something and when I see similar schematics, there are just parts to the circuit which can't be different without being ridiculous about it. (like changing a 10ohm with two 20's in parallel)