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Would you build your house then hire a carpenter to come out to "review it" and make sure it won`t fall down before moving in? I would hire a carpenter to build the house. I am not competent to build my own house. I admit that and do what I do best and hire others to do what I can`t. I regularly look at patent application prepared by inventors. The applications suck. They all suck. They always all suck all the time with no exceptions. They never don`t suck. They suck because the people that write them do not know how to write them - how could they not suck?
I was going to recommend that SUN have her on the show but I guess I`m a bit late. Guess I missed that show. I`ll catch it tomorrow.
As they have said on here already, stay away from invention companies. You pay them,... you get nothing in return but how great your invention is. This you know already.
Did you try to see if those certain search words bring anything up on google or yahoo? I have talked to several people who tell me there is nothing like it, but when I enter a few words on google, something usually comes up.
HIRE a patent attorney to do the search. Mine usually charges between $500 and $1000 depending on the complexity of the invention. And he usually does a quick search for free for me first. He does it better than I, so if he doesn`t find anything, I usually go for the patent search.
Have ALL manufacturers and anybody else sign a non-compete/non-disclosure agreement before you disclose. If they refuse to sign because they "don`t do that", then don`t use them. Most respectable companies do this all the time.
Check out the forum on www.intelproplaw.com</A> and ask your questions there in their forum.
Hope this helps.
Best of success
Make sure you use a patent attorney to prepare the application. Do not do it yourself or pay $300 to legal zoom or whoever it was you mentioned. It`ll cost probably at a minimum of $5000 for the app by a good attorney. BUT, if your idea is a winner, you`ll be glad you hired a professional and spent the money down the road when someone knocks you off.
Does your patent attorney service out of state clients? The ones I`m finding around here are much more expensive than $5000.
Steve,
I`ll check out the book...thanks.
But that`s just my preference. For what it`s worth.
If you want his name, let me know. I`m in Cincinnati area. I`d be happy to share it.
Take care
I don`t think I want to put my dog in that fight.
Just curious, how many of your 50 patents have you invested large sums of money, possibly your life savings, to see it go to market, do extremely well, and suddenly a competitor starts eating your lunch. Are you confident that you crossed all the Ts and dotted all the I`s AND by the correct dates required?
What about international protection? Are you well trained there also?
I stand by my earlier advice. Hire a "real" patent attorney! drvag2007-5-25 8:22:58
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