Can a Cartridge Design Be Patented?
This is an article written by Kevin Crank for AllOutdoor.com. Crank is a wildcatter, meaning that he makes wildcat cartridges. Wildcat cartridges are customized versions of commercially available cartridges, usually designed to enhance some performance characteristic of the original cartridge. These alterations produce measurable differences in ballistic performance, and he reached out recently to find out whether or not the designs were patentable. Enter Kevin... ### My colleague Russ and I were debating the merits of new cartridge design when Russ asked a question [...]