This thread got me curious about "centrotec" again to look up what it is. Thanks to Peters video. I see many things referring to it as "Centrotec Standard" so is this something Festool submitted to ISO/DIN/ANSI/SAE/ILRI for standardization. Or are they just falsely using the world "standard" in there.
It looks like a nice refinement to bit attachments. But I can see it not going anyplace without becoming an actual standard.
Based on the timelines here, it will have its patents if it has any expire shortly. Which would generally mean most companies would A) make a design change to the protect, re-patent, repeat. B) accept it will expire soon, and formally submit to a standards org for consideration while they have control over the design instead of letting it get standardized after the fact with everyone throwing in their ideas/changes to it.