*** This is true. On the bike itself, what are the specific design/engineering characteristics which make it unique and advantageous in the market? What exactly is the specific design breakthrough? The fact he slapped a gearbox onto an AM frame? There is nothing that can be patented or design patented here. Anyone in this contest could have potentially just rendered an "ideal" bike. One can ideate all they want, but a winning design should at least include a specific unique tangible characteristic (i.e. material, function, etc.) which answers a problem.