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WELCOME BACK TO OZARKS
TONIGHT.
WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GUEST IN
THE STUDIO TODAY THAT ARCHERY
FANS MIGHT BE A LAWYER.
JOE IS HERE.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
YOU OWN A FEW DIFFERENT PATENTS,
ONE FOR SOMETHING INVENTED THAT
ARCHERY FANS PROBABLY KNOW A LOT
ABOUT.
YOU'RE HERE TO TELL YOUR STORY
ABOUT HOW THAT ALL CAME ABOUT?
YES OR.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BACK,
APPRECIATE IT.
A PLEASURE.
WELL, YEARS AGO I WAS ALWAYS
KNOWN TO BE KIND OF CRAZY
THINKING OF HOW I CAN MAKE
THINGS BETTER AND I CAME UP WITH
AN IDEA TO ACTUALLY STOP A
BOWSTRING BECAUSE ALL THE NOISE
FROM ABOVE, 99 PERCENT OF IT
COMES FROM THE STRING.
I FIGURED OUT IF I COULD MAKE A
WAY TO STOP THE STRING FROM
VIBRATING COMPLETELY, THAT IT
WILL BE A BIG HELP.
NOT ONLY HAS IT DONE THAT, IT
HELPS MAKE THE BOW MORE
ACCURATE, AND IT HELPS KEEP YOU
FROM HITTING YOUR ARMOR.
IF YOU EVER HIT YOUR ARM WITH A
BOWSTRING.
WE CAUGHT THE STS WHICH STANDS
FOR SHOCK MADERE SUPPRESSOR AND
I HAVE TWO FOR PATENTS FOR THAT
PRICE.
John: TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS,
WHEN WAS THIS THAT YOU DECIDED
THAT, HEY, THERE MIGHT BE A
MARKET FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
AND WHEN DID YOU START COMING UP
WITH YOUR IDEAS, AND HOW DID THE
PROCESS GO?
BACK IN THE MID-'90s I
INVENTED A STABILIZER.
SO A LOT OF ROADS ON TOUR WERE
SHOOTING A STABILIZER, SO I WAS
MAKING THEM AT HOME BY MYSELF.
THAT KIND OF BRANCHED OUT INTO
SOMETHING BIGGER.
BUT IT COULDN'T BE PARENTHOOD PATENTED,
THERE WAS TOO MANY STABILIZERS
OUT THERE.
I WAS IN TENNESSEE AT ONE OF MY
SHOPS AND THE IDEA JUST KIND OF
HIT ME AGAIN TO TRY TO DO
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO TRY
TO STOP A BOWSTRING ONE DAY IN
THE SHOP SO MAYBE A LITTLE
CONTRAPTION BOLTED TO THE BOW
AND EVERYONE THOUGHT I WAS NUTS.
THEY STARTED HIDING BEHIND THE
PICTURES, YOU KNOW.
THEY DON'T WANT TO STAND BEHIND
YOU IF YOU'RE GOING TO SHOOT
THAT, THERE LET US KNOW WAY IT'S
GOING TO WORK SO I JOINED THE
STRING BACK AND I SHUT MY BUT
WHEN THERE AND IT WAS AS QUIET
AS COULD BE.
EVERYONE WAS LIKE, WOW, YOU
REALLY SHOT THAT THING, DIDN'T
YOU?
YEAH, AND IT WORKS.
I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED MYSELF A
LITTLE BIT.
SO I STARTED MAKING IMPROVEMENTS
TO IT AND LO AND BEHOLD IT TOOK
A FEW YEARS BUT WE HAD THE
PATENTS TO IT.
DID SUMMARY COME TO YOU AND
SAY, HEY, JOE, TRY TO PATENT
THIS OR DID YOU COME UP WITH
THIS?
NOT REALLY.
I HAD A FRIEND THAT HAD A COUPLE
DIFFERENT INVENTIONS IN THE
ARCHERY WORLD AND ONE OF THEM
WAS A DIFFERENT KIND OF CABLE
GUARD THAT BENINTENDI MOVED.
THAT BENT AND MOVED.
ANYTHING THAT MOVES EXPOSURE
EVENTUALLY.
ME AND HIM AND THE TALKING ABOUT
IT AND I THOUGHT I SHOULD APPLY
FOR A PATENT.
WHERE WE HAD TIME, LET'S GO
AHEAD AND APPLY FOR IT, LET'S
GET DONE.
I HAD ONE COMPANY THAT WERE TRY
TO KEEP ME FROM GETTING TO
PATENT.
THEY SEEN HOW POPULAR IT WAS
GOING TO BE BUT IT DIDN'T DO
THEM ANY GOOD.
I HUNG IN THERE AND FINALLY GOT
IT.
TOOK A FEW YEARS TO GET IT.
ONCE WE GOT IT, WE WERE
ECSTATIC, REALLY HAPPY.
John: A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVEN'T
SEEN THESE, LIKE YOU SAID.
WHAT IS THE PROCESS LIKE WHEN
YOU ACTUALLY APPLY FOR A PATENT
UNTIL THE DAY WERE YOU GET THIS
IN THE MAIL?
WELL, A LOT OF IT IS GOING TO
PATENT RESEARCH.
SO THE ATTORNEY, THEY USUALLY
HAVE TO DO A PATENT SEARCH ON
ANYTHING THAT EVEN LOOKS LIKE
IT, ACTS LIKE IT, DOES SOME OF
THE SAME THINGS THAT THIS THING
DOES.
AND THERE STILL WAS NOTHING OUT
THERE.
ONCE YOU DO YOUR INITIAL PATENT
SEARCH AND FIGURE OUT THIS THING
REALLY IS PATENTABLE, THEN IT'S
A QUESTION OF MONEY, YOU KNOW.
AND I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY
SENT BACK SO WE WENT AHEAD AND
APPLY FOR THE PATENT AND WE WENT
THE WHOLE PROCESS.
IT'S JUST BACK-AND-FORTH WITH
THE ATTORNEYS.
IT IS QUITE A BIT OF
BACK-AND-FORTH WITH ATTORNEYS,
ACTUALLY, SO NOW YOU KNOW WHY
THEY CHARGE SO MUCH THERE WHEN
IT COMES TO PATENT THINGS LIKE
THAT
John: SURE.
THAT IS WHY IT TAKES THE AMOUNT
OF TIME IT DOES TO GET IT FROM
START TO FINISH AS WELL.
I THINK YOU CAN ONLY GET A
PATENT IN TWO TO THREE YEARS.
SINCE I HAD ONE COMPANY THAT WAS
REALLY KIND OF BITING ME.
DID WHAT THEY COULD TO KEEP ME
FROM GETTING AT, IT TOOK ME FIVE
YEARS.
BUT HUNG IN THERE AND WE GOT IT
John: VERY COMPETITIVE
INDUSTRY.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
COPY MY PRODUCT.
AND OF COURSE I CAN DO IS TRY TO
PREVENT THAT.
SO YOUR ATTORNEY HAS TO GET
INVOLVED THERE TOO.
BUT HAVE HAD ONE BOWL COMPANY
WAS HONEST AND UPFRONT TRIP AND
THEY CALLED ME ON THE PHONE, AND
IN TEN MINUTES WE WORKED IT OUT.
JUST WORKED IT OUT SIMILAR
PAPERS.
HE FAXED THEM TO ME, WE SIGN
THEM, DONE DEAL AND KIND IT'S
AWESOME
John: YOUR OPENING A SHOP IN
SPRINGFIELD.
THE GRAND OPENING IS COMING UP
SOON.
YES THE GRAND OPENING IS
GOING TO BE SEPTEMBER 7TH.
WE ARE GOING TO DO 200 PULLED
PORK PLATE, SO FIRST-COME
FIRST-SERVED.
IF YOU WANT TO EAT, COME ON AND
GET.
I GOT A GUY IN TOWN THAT DOES
REALLY GOOD WORK BARBECUE, AND
HE SAID HE WILL HELP ME OUT AND
HE'S GOING TO GET IT DONE.
THE BEST THING ABOUT THIS, TOO,
IS I WAS LOOKING TO GET TO
SPRINGFIELD.
AND MY GREAT UNCLE, DALE DREYER,
HAD THE JOY IS TO STORE HERE IN
TOWN FOREVER 70 YEARS IN THE
LOCATION WE ARE AT.
IT IS 1852 SOUTH GLENSTONE RIGHT
NEXT TO THE TOWERS EITHER -- TO
THE TOWER THEATER.
HE HAD THAT STORE FOR I THINK 73
YEARS THAT IT WAS IN THE FAMILY.
I TOLD MY UNCLE DALE, IF YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO DO ISSUE STORM THAT
STORE ANYMORE, I SAID I WOULD
LOVE TO PUT IN MY GUNS AND
ARCHERY AND ALL THAT, A SPORTING
GOODS STORE.
HE SAID, WELL, LET'S DO IT.
SO NOW I AM IN AN OLD FAMILY
STORE.
I GET TO BE SOMEWHERE WHERE MY
FAMILY HAS BEEN FOR 73 YEARS IN
THIS TOWN.
John: JOKER THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR COMING IN TODAY.
AYOZE APPRECIATE TALKING ABOUT
SOMETHING PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE OF
AND LEARNING MORE, AND WE WISH
YOU THE BEST OF LUCK
IF YOU WANT TO COME DOWN AND
SHOOT THAT SYSTEM SOMETIME, LET
ME KNOW, WE'LL FIRE IT UP AND
LET YOU PLAY WITH IT
John: TO THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR COMING IN.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE OZARKS