Josh, Im kind of in the same boat as you on an invention.... Keep on task! keep your secrets secret! I've been in meetings with patent atorneys lately, and they stress how important it is to set up your foundation of ownership. It sucks that there's a free-for-all overseas, but unfortunately that's just the case. I see this with pirated DVDs of my PAINTUCATION series from time to time... In country I can bust them in a number of ways ( and have)
Just make sure you establish yourself as FIRST TO COMMERCE as well as being the first to have an official patent either applied for or granted.
Keep on livin the dream! This is one if the reazsons America is still great.
KT.