I think that works.

Ooh.. you know, who has patent rights for what probably should be tracked somewhere. Otherwise whoever runs the machine will have trouble knowing who to give money to.

And detailing how you request patent rights and who grants them.

And does the phrase “When Patent Rights are in force” refer to when the rule named patent rights exists, or does it mean when someone has patent rights for something. Or is there supposed to be some condition that determines whether or not we are currently honoring patents.

Also, small nitpicky detail.  There is no difference between workers and Management, only between Laborers and Management, both of whom are workers.

By “When Patent Rights are in force” I simply meant that when a part that has rights works correctly, there is a payout.

We can amend the rule to say Laborer not Worker.

Also, we could amend it to simply state that if you create a part, you have the patent rights, if that would clear things up. Then it could simply be tracked by who created the part (which is listed in the Created Pieces wiki).

Still numerous syntax problems.  For example, laborer/worker; unclarity of when patent rights exist; “the Worker may request Patent Rights” (when must the request take place, what form must the request take, calling it a “request” suggests that it is not automatic, etc.); “when the machine is run” (this concept is not in the rules—the machine becoming “Running” is not necessarily the same thing); “A Worker may gain the $5 for every part e has Patent Rights too ” (is this intended to be conditioned on the Part actually being initiated when the machine becomes Running”?

One conceptual suggestion:
“Patent rights” are automatically awarded to the Creator when the Machine is added to the Workbench, rather than being something that the Creator has to separately request.

Sorry… But it’d pass otherwise