Launch HN: SheerlyGenius (YC W18) – Indestructible Tights from Bulletproof Fiber
This is really cool! (I too make non-connected things and it's great).Two things:> Sheerly Genius sheers are patent pending and our manufacturing process is a trade secret.Patents are the opposite of secret, ie public. You can't patent something and have it secret at the same time. So your manufacturing process is either secret, and not patented, or patented, and public. (Of course you may have patented something other than the manufacturing process, like a specific knot, etc.)The second thing is, what about security? Things that never tear or break can be dangerous, for example if you get caught by a moving vehicle, or other problem. It may sound far-fetched and completely improbable... until it happens. What are your thoughts about that?