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Where do you go if you have an idea for an invention?
Posted on 5/17/12 at 2:39 pm
Posted on 5/17/12 at 2:39 pm
I've had this idea for a while but never really gave it much thought.
Do you go somewhere like you see advertised on TV, inventtech I think it's called? Then what, do they have a database to see if it already exists? Then if it doesn't, how do you go about getting things off the ground with a prototype, assuming it's something technical you can't build yourself?
I'm assuming it takes a lot of money, which is another reason I haven't thought seriously about it before.
Do you go somewhere like you see advertised on TV, inventtech I think it's called? Then what, do they have a database to see if it already exists? Then if it doesn't, how do you go about getting things off the ground with a prototype, assuming it's something technical you can't build yourself?
I'm assuming it takes a lot of money, which is another reason I haven't thought seriously about it before.
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Posted on 5/17/12 at 2:46 pm to WG_Dawg
IMO there are two routes: you either keep it secret and try to develop a product (expensive and time-consuming), or you patent it (not so expensive or time consuming) and later try to license the idea to a third-party company who can develop and sell a product.
Posted on 5/17/12 at 2:49 pm to Thomas Hudson
If I went the latter route and just sold the patent, would there be any real money to be made doing that?
Also, can you patent just a general idea? Like I said the actual product would involve a bit of technology that I simply can't do.
Also, can you patent just a general idea? Like I said the actual product would involve a bit of technology that I simply can't do.
Posted on 5/17/12 at 2:58 pm to WG_Dawg
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If I went the latter route and just sold the patent, would there be any real money to be made doing that?
I encourage you to do a little recent research on patent licenses and patent litigation. There is very little more valuable in America right now.
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Also, can you patent just a general idea? Like I said the actual product would involve a bit of technology that I simply can't do
Now we're getting into the realm of legal advice, which I am not allowed to give you at this stage. I encourage you to talk to a patent prosecution lawyer to answer these questions.
Posted on 5/17/12 at 3:14 pm to WG_Dawg
I can give you really good information if you tell me what the idea is.
Posted on 5/17/12 at 3:45 pm to bagNdrag
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I can give you really good information if you tell me what the idea is.
No thanks. I think it has serious potential, it could be the best thing to hit the market in its industry in a long time, in my opinion. It just requires a lot to go into it that I can't do, and I don't have much money to throw at it anyway. Posted on 5/17/12 at 4:08 pm to WG_Dawg
Well goodluck 
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