RE: BOSCH GMBH ROBERT 2020-08-2025 Oct 2020 23:44
OK, I get it now, this Bosch patents is just the latest extention of a patent from 2015, they just keep adding bits on. We have always assumed that B were partnered with SEE. But if course in a sense B were our competitors, because, before DMS there was Bosch's coffee cup. That cafine receptical was a good money spinner for B and if it wasn't for the regulation they would still be selling it in 10 years or more. So, let's assume that B are still our partners, then why are they still fighting for an old patent. Well because it is still a land grab. They know that SEE are the best, and they want to lock the competition out of the next easy solution. The denser the trees in the patent forest then the harder it is to make your own path. They want to partner with SEE for premier and mid mass market, and still be able to sell their coffee cups until then and afterwards in the easier markets where DMS is not mandated.
Incidentally, JC the patent does mention ASIC but that is a bit as surprising as to find that plumbers use copper pipes - it is just one of the 'standard' ways to do these things.
This is not de-ramping