Anyone have experience with patent attorneys, and/or the university patent office?

3/27/2006 3:29:13 PM

my brother's one

but i don't really know exactly what he does

all i know is that he travels to D.C. alot and hates his job with a passion

3/27/2006 3:35:02 PM

You're gonna need many thousands of dollars to get this through if it is an independent (ie, non school affiliated, in which case they'd foot the bill if they felt it worthy, and they'd own it) patent.

Send Noen a PM but I'm sure he'll find the thread anyway.

3/27/2006 3:35:02 PM

bttt, i have an idea that could really work, whats the best way to get it rolling?

5/2/2006 6:43:26 PM

establish a business plan

ideas are like assholes, everyone has one

if you show initiative and put together a business plan, do market research and are informed, who knows

[Edited on May 2, 2006 at 6:47 PM. Reason : .]

5/2/2006 6:46:49 PM

You have several options, all of which require a patent attorney:

1. Do some research on grant writing and apply for university, state and federal grants related to your idea.

2. Save up a lot of money and convince others to loan/invest in the R&D of your idea. This will require a business plan and good credit.

3. Get all cozy with a professor or graduate student in a field related to your idea, and go back to step 1 or 2.

5/2/2006 6:56:48 PM

get a job somewhere that will pay for the application, sell licenses, and share the profit.

5/2/2006 8:36:57 PM

1) search patents http://www.uspto.gov/
2) talk to local SCORE people http://www.score.org/template_gallery.html
3) write a business plan
4) raise 20% equity for startup costs
5) apply for a SBA loan
6) turn a profit before you go broke

5/2/2006 9:19:55 PM

If you think you NEED a patent to get an idea off the ground, you have no business trying to do it in the first place.

Patents for individuals is a complete waste of time and money.

5/2/2006 9:21:22 PM

^ what he said, somebody will have already done it if you sit around and wait for a patent to come through

5/2/2006 9:24:55 PM

Doesn't matter anyway. You have a year to file from the invention date, and if you file intent documentation (which is basically free) you have two years.

And even then, if someone else files for one in the mean time, you have two years to show you did it first and have said patent invalidated.

5/2/2006 10:25:58 PM

what if im not the one that would market it, it would be used for other companies and such

say like I would do what u did Noen with the visor and market it to companies instead of me mass producing it...just to sell the idea, not the actual invention.

5/3/2006 12:18:25 AM