Leonard:

Thanks for the insight.

It's like this. ZeroShift is not looking for licensees of its technology (selling IP), ZeroShift is preparing to sell product. We do not therefore need anyone to know what the IP is, other than direct clients like car companies and racing teams who (like us) prefer to go about their business confidentially. While the lid is on the secrets, we continue to develop and file more patents. The NDAs are the braces to go with the patent belt - not instead of!

- ZeroShift is patented (the portfolio extends to over 20 patents, as stated in the History section of our web site).
- R&D and test programmes are conducted in secrecy (motor industry norm, maybe you're assuming the only programme is our T5 in a TVR - not so...)
- The market knows the product is coming (two leading technical journalists were shown the ZeroShift system, see our web site for their conclusions subsequent to reviewing it)
- Full public disclosure of the technology will be made ahead of first public sales.

There is a lengthy gap between patent filing and publishing which we can use to our advantage. The broad commercialization of ZeroShift technologies extends far beyond cars (indeed, beyond vehicles).

Our disclosure will actually be ahead of the patent details becoming published through the Patent Office channels. At the moment, I think only one or two pretty opaque details can be found out through patent searching our technology.