If you want to patent a method of swinging on a swing you are too late.

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6368227.html

It is not trivial, free or quick. Get a book at the local library, search the Internet or talk to an attorney.

Nolo has a decent book (Patent It Yourself) if you want to do it yourself.

If you want to patent a method of swinging on a swing you are too late.

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6368227.html

It is not trivial, free or quick. Get a book at the local library, search the Internet or talk to an attorney.

Nolo has a decent book (Patent It Yourself) if you want to do it yourself.

I know a few people who are checking into this, so I’d be interested in any feedback as well.

About the only thing I know is you have to get a patent attorney to research whether there’s a patent already existing on the idea for the product or something similar. Then if there’s not, you have to apply/submit for a patent, pay whatever the fees are and wait for it to get approved, however long that process takes.

T4L – why manufacture overseas? Help this country out. Set up shop in Detroit or something. Surely by now you can get some cheap labor w/the way the U6 numbers are.

I know a few people who are checking into this, so I’d be interested in any feedback as well.

About the only thing I know is you have to get a patent attorney to research whether there’s a patent already existing on the idea for the product or something similar. Then if there’s not, you have to apply/submit for a patent, pay whatever the fees are and wait for it to get approved, however long that process takes.

T4L – why manufacture overseas? Help this country out. Set up shop in Detroit or something. Surely by now you can get some cheap labor w/the way the U6 numbers are.

I know a few people who are checking into this, so I’d be interested in any feedback as well.

About the only thing I know is you have to get a patent attorney to research whether there’s a patent already existing on the idea for the product or something similar. Then if there’s not, you have to apply/submit for a patent, pay whatever the fees are and wait for it to get approved, however long that process takes.

T4L – why manufacture overseas? Help this country out. Set up shop in Detroit or something. Surely by now you can get some cheap labor w/the way the U6 numbers are.

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About the only thing I know is you have to get a patent attorney to research whether there’s a patent already existing on the idea for the product or something similar.[/quote]

You can do your own research at USPTO website or Google Patents page, but without an attorney you are more likely to misinterpret something. If you are dealing with business method patent an attorney will help a lot if you want to draft a defensible patent.

UCSD extension program has a few intellectual property related classes, including ‘patent drafting’, ‘patent searching’ and ‘principles of patents’.

[quote=jpinpb]
About the only thing I know is you have to get a patent attorney to research whether there’s a patent already existing on the idea for the product or something similar.[/quote]

You can do your own research at USPTO website or Google Patents page, but without an attorney you are more likely to misinterpret something. If you are dealing with business method patent an attorney will help a lot if you want to draft a defensible patent.

UCSD extension program has a few intellectual property related classes, including ‘patent drafting’, ‘patent searching’ and ‘principles of patents’.