Ilkka,
Congratulations for having your (first?) patentable idea taken!
So, as the inventor, can you please explain the operating logic. Is it:
a) a quick movement of the wheel from close focus to a farther focus engages the faster gear ratio, after which adjusting back from the "overshoot" is with the slower gear, as are subsequent small adjustments, if necessary, whichever focus direction they are needed in, until the next quick movement towards infinity again engages the faster ratio.
b) all movements, quick or slow, from near focus towards infinity focus are with the faster ratio, and all movements from infinity towards near focus are with the slower ratio.
If it is a), I'm sure I will like it and get used to it (although it rather often happens that I have the scope focused far and suddenly notice something fleeting and fast at a close range). If it is b), however, I'm not so sure.
But even in that case, the focus is likely to work well enough not to prevent me from enjoying the scope if it offers stellar images.
Kimmo