Thanks for all the comments folks. I wanted to check if we were out of touch with the industry by not paying engineers to file a patent, but it looks like the extremely generous (umm, mercenary?) scheme at DNNA was something of an exception.

To anyone worried I'm headed down an evil path, I'd just say that its hard to think of anything more appropriate to the spirit of patents than the kind of inventions we come up with at Numark. These are novel, tangible things which our (usually much larger) competitors would rip off in an instant.

Peter, your dirty money experience is something I'll not forget - so rare to see someone stick to his principles in that way. Most cool. There will always be a "Peter Clause" in any incentive scheme I'm responsible for.

Rob