Patented Cooling System

[Aristotle2019]

My query is on the Corsair One in particular, but this applies to any custom PC with a unique cooling design which is labelled as patented. 

The Corsair One has a very effective fanless radiator, single fan, negative pressure closed loop liquid cooling system. In the official video, it is called a Patented Cooling System. Does this mean that no other pc manufacturer can create a similar custom PC or no case manufacturer can come up with a case having those features ? Does it also mean these companies are liable to lawsuits over something that should rightfully be open source ? And if an individual does a case mod or a custom case having the same design , he is also liable to prosecution? 

[mariushm]

It probably means they have some patents on some parts of the whole assembly and you would have to license patents from Corsair (if they allow it) to do a whole assembly the same way.

 

It's like the company which patented water coolers that have that spinning thing (the pump or whatever) inside the block you put on a cpu, and that thing pushes water through the tubes and radiator... you could do a water cooler by placing the pump by the radiator or somewhere else. Just the "spinning thing on water block" was patented.

 

[Bacon soup]

there should be a website where you can read the patent

[mariushm]

Here's their patents : https://patents.justia.com/assignee/corsair-memory-inc

 

You can dig into them... the patent numbers would probably be printed somewhere in manuals, or encraved/silkscreen on the cooling solution (inside the machine)