Cool project, and I have a question for you: what is your fundamental difference from competitors ??
And who do you consider potential competitors for this project? In my opinion, they chose a rather pointed niche.
Our product is unqiue, so no competitors will be the same. Our patent will also protect us from this in the future.
Of the companies out there, we consider those using blockchain for logisitical purposes to be our chief competitors (such as everledger and chronicled). However, our company is a more cost-efficient solution and aims to enter the low-mid priced market. This market is so far nearly untouched by blockchain due to the costs of currrent solutions.
why is patent pending important?
You are asking about what kind of patent? I think that permits and various licenses in this project are more relevant than ever. Because the project aims to work with various types of offline business.
Patents are essential to protect IP, escpecially within the blockchain world, in which there are many companies attempting to copy other companies