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hfojvt

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14. then you need to sell it to some member of the industry

Reply to TheMadMonk (Reply #6)

Wed Sep 11, 2013, 01:28 AM

Sep 2013

Write a contract that provides you with a certain percentage of the profits gained from your idea, get somebody to sign it and then pitch it to them. You may, however, not get anybody to listen to somebody off the street who says they have an idea, but will not describe it. And how do you describe it without giving it away?

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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