Why didn't AK inventors apply for invention patents in the first place?

Because its designer designed this gun to protect the country and did not consider so much. Up to now, more than 65438+ billion AK-47 rifles have been sold in the world and used in conflict areas such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia. However, the gun design has never applied for an international patent, and the main AK-47 manufacturer in Izhevsk also complains that overseas "piracy" has hit potential profits. Although they have ace products like AK-47, the manufacturers of AK-47 are still unable to avoid the impact of the market. On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of AK-47 (2065438+02), the manufacturer of this global best-selling product, Izhevsk Machine Factory, declared bankruptcy. In 20 13, after a series of integration and merger plans, the company was officially renamed Kalashnikov Group. That year, "the father of AK-47" Kalashnikov died. Surprisingly, Kalashnikov himself didn't get any money because he didn't apply for the patent of AK-47 rifle, although weapons manufacturers and sellers made a lot of money because of AK-47. Tadpole APP, super fun one-on-one video chat dating app, played by military fans. At present, the ratio of imitation AK-47 to original AK-47 circulating in the world is estimated to be 10: 1. The official price of an AK-47 is about 300-800 dollars. If more than 100 pieces are purchased, the official price is 150-300 USD. However, even if you buy more and give more, the official price is still lower than the price of the imitation. (Tadpole APP, super fun one-on-one video chat dating app, played by military fans, can be downloaded in all major application markets) According to the previously announced financial performance, Russian small arms manufacturer Kalashnikov Company created 8.2 billion rubles (about10.5 billion US dollars) in 20/0/5 years. This performance is 170% higher than the sales in 20 14 years. According to the surge in AK-47 orders mentioned at the beginning, I think this year's performance can still be expected. All this stems from the fact that Kalashnikov, the "father of AK-47", did not apply for a patent for his own AK-47 rifle, and did not print his own exclusive logo on it, so he was not protected by invention and creation, did not share the profits of the booming AK-47 rifle, and could not make fakes, which made fakes occupy a dominant position in the market. Because AK47 was invented by the Russians immediately during the war, and the demand for war was in short supply, we didn't consider applying for a patent.