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Does anyone know if that’s correct?

Sounds about right, a patent gives 20 years of protection on a new idea from the date of filing.

Yes, I am in the process of filing for a Utility Patent right now.

It took me 2 months to file a "Provisional Patent Application" on which I was given a "Patent Pending", which lasts for 12 months

I am now in the process of fine tuning my control system and getting ready for field testing. It should be ready for a full filing about November, which my Attorney's advised me would take about 4 months.

Tell me about it, I have several patents, one of my own, and the balance shared/corporate.

I need a new patent attorney, the one I have now won't return calls and timed me out on a 1 year provisional.

Ah well, on to other things...

I'm looking for a brick maker here on FR.

I have a novel idea that might be worth exploring, I need someone skilled in that art to help evaluate the technical feasibility, any contributions of techniques or implementation will earn a place on the inventors line of the patent.

Because it is a novel idea, and is probably patentable, you will need to sign a standard boilerplate NDA before we can talk.

At this point I need someone to invest a little time, materials and effort, not much. I expect the concept to drop seamlessly into normal brick making processes.

I need someone skilled in the art to offer their unbiased opinion.

Any contributions to the IP (Intellectual Property) you make earn you a place on the patent, you will also get some shares of founders stock (in my experience usually worthless, but the times it’s not? Oh mamma!)

Money? I don't anticipate any extraordinary out of pocket expenses, if it’s as viable as I think it, is there will be no shortage of investors and customers.

If you are a person of faith I think you will find the idea especially interesting and worthy. Even if you know nothing about brick making, I'd like your input on one facet of the concept. You'll still need to sign an NDA as above, and of course contributions to the idea earn a bit of founders stock and patent inclusion as above.

So far, the feedback has been quite positive. I still need a brick maker, though...