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10. No, a working prototype is not necessary to file for a patent

Wed Sep 11, 2013, 01:20 AM

Sep 2013

... which is why a lot of impractical ideas get patented.

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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

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

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

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

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