OT: Anyone have experience submitting for a patent

[jpinpb]

Great info, everyone. Thanks.

[njtosd]

[quote=BullBull]…. If you just want to get started, then you can file a provisional patent application. It doesn’t have all the formal requirements of a real application, but will last a year (after which you’ll have to abandon it or file a real application). You can write a provisional patent application yourself. The patent office has a how-to write-up. Within a year you should know if your idea has any commercial value. Make sure you do the search for prior art before spending too much time on an application.[/quote]

I wasn’t trying to respond to this comment in my earlier post (BullBull’s comment was posted while I was writing mine). The provisional patent system was put in place to put U.S. filers and foreign filers on equal footing for timing purposes. It was part of GATT.

For a good summary of the pros and cons of provisional applications, take a look at this article “Be Careful with Provisional Patent Applications” http://www.inc.com/resources/startup/articles/20070701/mlechter.html

[njtosd]

[quote=BullBull]…. If you just want to get started, then you can file a provisional patent application. It doesn’t have all the formal requirements of a real application, but will last a year (after which you’ll have to abandon it or file a real application). You can write a provisional patent application yourself. The patent office has a how-to write-up. Within a year you should know if your idea has any commercial value. Make sure you do the search for prior art before spending too much time on an application.[/quote]

I wasn’t trying to respond to this comment in my earlier post (BullBull’s comment was posted while I was writing mine). The provisional patent system was put in place to put U.S. filers and foreign filers on equal footing for timing purposes. It was part of GATT.

For a good summary of the pros and cons of provisional applications, take a look at this article “Be Careful with Provisional Patent Applications” http://www.inc.com/resources/startup/articles/20070701/mlechter.html

[njtosd]

[quote=BullBull]…. If you just want to get started, then you can file a provisional patent application. It doesn’t have all the formal requirements of a real application, but will last a year (after which you’ll have to abandon it or file a real application). You can write a provisional patent application yourself. The patent office has a how-to write-up. Within a year you should know if your idea has any commercial value. Make sure you do the search for prior art before spending too much time on an application.[/quote]

I wasn’t trying to respond to this comment in my earlier post (BullBull’s comment was posted while I was writing mine). The provisional patent system was put in place to put U.S. filers and foreign filers on equal footing for timing purposes. It was part of GATT.

For a good summary of the pros and cons of provisional applications, take a look at this article “Be Careful with Provisional Patent Applications” http://www.inc.com/resources/startup/articles/20070701/mlechter.html

[njtosd]

[quote=BullBull]…. If you just want to get started, then you can file a provisional patent application. It doesn’t have all the formal requirements of a real application, but will last a year (after which you’ll have to abandon it or file a real application). You can write a provisional patent application yourself. The patent office has a how-to write-up. Within a year you should know if your idea has any commercial value. Make sure you do the search for prior art before spending too much time on an application.[/quote]

I wasn’t trying to respond to this comment in my earlier post (BullBull’s comment was posted while I was writing mine). The provisional patent system was put in place to put U.S. filers and foreign filers on equal footing for timing purposes. It was part of GATT.

For a good summary of the pros and cons of provisional applications, take a look at this article “Be Careful with Provisional Patent Applications” http://www.inc.com/resources/startup/articles/20070701/mlechter.html

[njtosd]

[quote=BullBull]…. If you just want to get started, then you can file a provisional patent application. It doesn’t have all the formal requirements of a real application, but will last a year (after which you’ll have to abandon it or file a real application). You can write a provisional patent application yourself. The patent office has a how-to write-up. Within a year you should know if your idea has any commercial value. Make sure you do the search for prior art before spending too much time on an application.[/quote]

I wasn’t trying to respond to this comment in my earlier post (BullBull’s comment was posted while I was writing mine). The provisional patent system was put in place to put U.S. filers and foreign filers on equal footing for timing purposes. It was part of GATT.

For a good summary of the pros and cons of provisional applications, take a look at this article “Be Careful with Provisional Patent Applications” http://www.inc.com/resources/startup/articles/20070701/mlechter.html

[UCGal]

[quote=njtosd]I am a registered patent attorney – although I am not currently working (well, I’m a stay at home mom – people differ on whether that counts as work). [/quote]

For the record – as a mom who chooses to work outside the home because being a SAHM is too hard for me – you work!!!! I don’t have the temperament or skill set to be a successful SAHM. I have total admiration for those that do it well.

[UCGal]

[quote=njtosd]I am a registered patent attorney – although I am not currently working (well, I’m a stay at home mom – people differ on whether that counts as work). [/quote]

For the record – as a mom who chooses to work outside the home because being a SAHM is too hard for me – you work!!!! I don’t have the temperament or skill set to be a successful SAHM. I have total admiration for those that do it well.

[UCGal]

[quote=njtosd]I am a registered patent attorney – although I am not currently working (well, I’m a stay at home mom – people differ on whether that counts as work). [/quote]

For the record – as a mom who chooses to work outside the home because being a SAHM is too hard for me – you work!!!! I don’t have the temperament or skill set to be a successful SAHM. I have total admiration for those that do it well.

[UCGal]

[quote=njtosd]I am a registered patent attorney – although I am not currently working (well, I’m a stay at home mom – people differ on whether that counts as work). [/quote]

For the record – as a mom who chooses to work outside the home because being a SAHM is too hard for me – you work!!!! I don’t have the temperament or skill set to be a successful SAHM. I have total admiration for those that do it well.

[UCGal]

[quote=njtosd]I am a registered patent attorney – although I am not currently working (well, I’m a stay at home mom – people differ on whether that counts as work). [/quote]

For the record – as a mom who chooses to work outside the home because being a SAHM is too hard for me – you work!!!! I don’t have the temperament or skill set to be a successful SAHM. I have total admiration for those that do it well.

[PatentGuy]

I am also a registered patent attorney. I am not giving you legal advice. You are not my client.

You should work with a quality patent attorney to do the work (not an agent, unless the agent is working for an attorney to maintain your privilege among other reasons). It will cost you, but if you don’t do it right, don’t bother to do it at all. I know a few in San Diego are, if you want some names (send me a private email).

Most important to keep in mind is that a patent is not a license to do anything. Just because you apply for a patent or have one issue does not mean your invention, if commercialized, would not infringe one or more previously applied for/granted patents.

A patent is simply a license to sue somebody.

Patent lawsuits are very expensive. there are contingent fee outfits that will take on patent cases if the $$$ at stake is adequate. (Google “patent troll” for some examples).

At least 97% of granted patents amount to nothing more than wall placks. It is a very expensive plack for an individual without $$$ and a plan.

But, every now and then, someone hits it big. (I recommend the Gary Michelson song on you tube).

Good luck.

[PatentGuy]

I am also a registered patent attorney. I am not giving you legal advice. You are not my client.

You should work with a quality patent attorney to do the work (not an agent, unless the agent is working for an attorney to maintain your privilege among other reasons). It will cost you, but if you don’t do it right, don’t bother to do it at all. I know a few in San Diego are, if you want some names (send me a private email).

Most important to keep in mind is that a patent is not a license to do anything. Just because you apply for a patent or have one issue does not mean your invention, if commercialized, would not infringe one or more previously applied for/granted patents.

A patent is simply a license to sue somebody.

Patent lawsuits are very expensive. there are contingent fee outfits that will take on patent cases if the $$$ at stake is adequate. (Google “patent troll” for some examples).

At least 97% of granted patents amount to nothing more than wall placks. It is a very expensive plack for an individual without $$$ and a plan.

But, every now and then, someone hits it big. (I recommend the Gary Michelson song on you tube).

Good luck.

[PatentGuy]

I am also a registered patent attorney. I am not giving you legal advice. You are not my client.

You should work with a quality patent attorney to do the work (not an agent, unless the agent is working for an attorney to maintain your privilege among other reasons). It will cost you, but if you don’t do it right, don’t bother to do it at all. I know a few in San Diego are, if you want some names (send me a private email).

Most important to keep in mind is that a patent is not a license to do anything. Just because you apply for a patent or have one issue does not mean your invention, if commercialized, would not infringe one or more previously applied for/granted patents.

A patent is simply a license to sue somebody.

Patent lawsuits are very expensive. there are contingent fee outfits that will take on patent cases if the $$$ at stake is adequate. (Google “patent troll” for some examples).

At least 97% of granted patents amount to nothing more than wall placks. It is a very expensive plack for an individual without $$$ and a plan.

But, every now and then, someone hits it big. (I recommend the Gary Michelson song on you tube).

Good luck.

[PatentGuy]

I am also a registered patent attorney. I am not giving you legal advice. You are not my client.

You should work with a quality patent attorney to do the work (not an agent, unless the agent is working for an attorney to maintain your privilege among other reasons). It will cost you, but if you don’t do it right, don’t bother to do it at all. I know a few in San Diego are, if you want some names (send me a private email).

Most important to keep in mind is that a patent is not a license to do anything. Just because you apply for a patent or have one issue does not mean your invention, if commercialized, would not infringe one or more previously applied for/granted patents.

A patent is simply a license to sue somebody.

Patent lawsuits are very expensive. there are contingent fee outfits that will take on patent cases if the $$$ at stake is adequate. (Google “patent troll” for some examples).

At least 97% of granted patents amount to nothing more than wall placks. It is a very expensive plack for an individual without $$$ and a plan.

But, every now and then, someone hits it big. (I recommend the Gary Michelson song on you tube).

Good luck.

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