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Originally Posted by Lauxa  Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.
But I did consider going into patent law and even studied some materials for the patent bar. My understanding is that you cannot get a patent without a working prototype. Also, a clock starts ticking either when you file for a patent or get the patent. If you do not introduce your product to market before the time runs out, you could lose your patent. I also had a friend who was very creative and was working with a patent lawyer on an invention, and his advice was to be very careful about who you tell your idea to or it may not be patentable. Finally, I have heard that there are large companies who hire people to search for new patents in their markets, and then they will steal the ideas. If you do not have the funding to defend your patent you are SOL. |
Lauxa? he can do his own patent research and save a LOT of money, also you DO NOT need a working model....... that was way back in the 1800.s
Also ANYONE can make copys of his product and pay him nothing and they can do this till such a time that he gets the actual patent, remember that a Chinese company can steal and put out a product in three months..... and even if the patent is for the US they can still sell it world wide.
I started selling my product at the swap meets in CA in 1992 which I started with $58.00 and retired six years later with a few mills.