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I truly believe that I have a winner of an idea and I don`t want to risk getting sued because I just had to be cheap and do the patent application myself. If I have to pay the lawyer with a credit card then I will. All my credit cards have 0% interest for at least a year anyway. On the bright side, GrillCharmer (Leslie) might be able to refer me to the patent attorney she used. The price is VERY reasonable and I will be willing to spend it if it is indeed the price she told me she paid.
I do change my own oil, though. Fully synthetic oil even! JanetF2007-5-25 15:3:14
Agreed.
There`s no such thing as a "provisional patent" -- only a provisional application. The distinction is crucial -- an application gives one absolutely no rights to exclude others from making, selling, or importing an invention. A provisional application does allow you to postpone filing of a real patent application by up to 12 months -- but only if the provisional application describes your invention at least as fully as a non-provisional application would. There is absolutely no relaxed standard for provisional applications relative to real applications. So, unless your provisional application meets the legal standard for a real application, it doesn`t even buy you the 12 months. And, you won`t know it`s not good enough until it`s too late to do anything about it.
I`m no patent attorney, so if I am in-correct, I`m sure a "real" patent attorney will correct me.
drvag2007-5-25 22:33:45
Innovator7, most people do not understand anything about patent law, that if they attempted it, they could likely ruin their ONE AND ONLY shot. I know enough to be dangerous so I would never attempt it. I do what my strengths are and this ain`t it. I do however agree with you that one should educate themselves and try to understand as much as possible.
I`m glad you`re having success. Thanks for the debate!
drvag2007-5-25 21:37:56
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Best of success with yours.
Here is another awesome shoe I ran into lately. I saw it when browsing through SkyMall magazine on an airplane. http://www.earth.us/index.asp</A> Apparently these have been around since the 70`s, but I`ve never heard of them until now.
How reliable is the Better Business Bureau regarding the integrity of companies?
Is there anyone out there who has had success with these companies?