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NYC_SKP

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4. I have two patents and years in industrial design.

Wed Sep 11, 2013, 12:45 AM

Sep 2013

I'm not sure what category fits your invention but my very first bit of advice is to write it down in the greatest detail you possibly can, and soon.

After that it's hard to give advice without knowing what you've got.

You can consult an attorney, join online inventors groups, or learn how to do basic patent searches online.

My two patents are for consumer products but I have another invention, my favorite, that I keep as a trade secret-- no patent, just a useful invention that I've used to make money in the past.

So there are a lot of options for you, and many don't cost money.

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I just had an invention. WTF do I do now? [View all] TheMadMonk Sep 2013 OP

Get a patent or a copyright on it....? MADem Sep 2013 #1

It definitely falls in patent territory. And that's most of the problem. TheMadMonk Sep 2013 #6

then you need to sell it to some member of the industry hfojvt Sep 2013 #14

You say thaif there is a patent on one compnent of your newly invented item. truedelphi Sep 2013 #20

Call a patent attorney. Chan790 Sep 2013 #21

Crowd-sourcing funds? bhikkhu Sep 2013 #2

Some info. pnwmom Sep 2013 #3

I have two patents and years in industrial design. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #4

You know the jingle about Ford. TheMadMonk Sep 2013 #11

Write it down and mail a copy to yourself as soon as possible William Seger Sep 2013 #16

Now that is sound advice. Will do. Thankyou. /nt TheMadMonk Sep 2013 #18

This is a common practice, recommended often. It serves a couple purposes. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #19

I am by no means an expert, but I think first you need a working prototype A HERETIC I AM Sep 2013 #5

No, a working prototype is not necessary to file for a patent William Seger Sep 2013 #10

Fair enough. n/t A HERETIC I AM Sep 2013 #13

I thought you wrote, "I just had an intervention." OnyxCollie Sep 2013 #7

I saw the same thing! TroglodyteScholar Sep 2013 #15

Go for it, dude. xfundy Sep 2013 #8

I wish you luck in your effort! morningfog Sep 2013 #9

Nolo Press Wilms Sep 2013 #12

Yikes! $139 to file a provisional patent, and that doesn't even include the USPTO fee? William Seger Sep 2013 #22

I should have been a bit more specific. Wilms Sep 2013 #23

I used to subscribe to magazine called Midnight Engineering, largely about inventing Fumesucker Sep 2013 #17