Andiamo Corp. (ANDI)

[Dusty Whistletooth]

As someone who holds a patent or two...I can tell you they take forever to show up in the filings (pace of government bureaucracy). Also, if Mikes email (posted here by someone a couple weeks ago) is correct, the patents would likely be on the software/user interface and less likely the hardware (as smartphones aren’t all that different in design). Also...at this stage of the game it’s better to have a patent pending than the actual patent itself. There are groups known as patent sharks who go cruising for good ideas in the patent records, and then take them before the inventor has a chance to get to market. The trick is that while you may technically be protected by the patent - chances are you won’t have the kinds of funds to go up against experienced patent sharks in court. They wind up getting you to settle out of court and running off with your idea.