Patenting good ideas...

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  1. Bogomip

    Bogomip ... Yo Momma

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    does anyone knoiw how much it costs to patent a reallly good idea ?

    thnaks
     
    Bogomip, 17 Jun 2002
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  2. Jaz

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    nothing, absolutely diddly squat, just your documentation has to be good
     
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  4. GiGo

    GiGo was once a nerd.....

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    Think its £10. My bro's mate was thinknig bout patienting an projust he did at school. They inquired he sasid it was £10.
     
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  5. brutal

    brutal What's a Dremel?

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    doesnt it take a long time to get something patented because they have to do a patent search first?
     
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  6. Bogomip

    Bogomip ... Yo Momma

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    sweet, i can afford that :D:D:D Thanks
     
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  7. K

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    What is it you're patenting?

    *does a Mr. Burns impression*
     
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  8. felix the cat

    felix the cat Spaceman Spiff

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    doesnt cost anything, but takes a long time, and you need to have a laywer to do all the legal booolocks....
     
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  9. Bogomip

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    awwww, but i would be really ****ed off if i got no money, or credit for my idea :(
     
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  10. Meblin

    Meblin Supposed IR God!

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    Getting stuff patented does cost money, it takes a long long time, there are US/UK/EU patents and (I believe) a paitent is not forever (ie you need to keep it updated.)

    As mentioned Lawyers fees will be high as it is necessary to check all existing products.

    The LCD was patented by a chemistry student at my Uni (Hull University) because the University were too tight to stump up the cash. I believe that his perants re-mortgaged their hows to cover the cost of patenting it. He is the winner now :)

    While I was doing my PhD my research group (Medical Engineering) was in the process of getting a patent. It was deffinatly not a cheap process.

    Meblin
     
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  11. scopEDog

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    Yeah Meblin is right. If you like, while you are waiting to get your patent (and this is only a TEMPORARY thing) you can type up a very detailed description of your idea and include any pertinent information. Then print all of this out and mail it to yourself. When you receive your package, dont open it! You can do this while your in the process of getting the patent, and since it was mailed its proof that you had the idea first on that date it was mailed. This works in the US, but not sure anywhere else..
     
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  12. Meblin

    Meblin Supposed IR God!

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    I believeit's called a poor mans patant/copyright. I don't know if it works out side the US. I remember a friend who was developing a RPG system was goin to do that, but he was US based.

    Good luck with your idea. Becarful who you tell, if it's a very good idea, or they might try and get it patented first. This is what started to happen to my friend. They aproached someone to make a prototype and they said no and then suprise suprise they had a very similar design marketed (nowhere near as effective though)

    Meblin
     
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  13. banished

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    As far as mailing something to yourself, (at least in the US), you have to make sure that the materials that you mail are sent by REGISTERED mail. If not, they are inadmissable in court.
     
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  14. Jaz

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    its not really patenting if you mail yourself, thats copyright.

    when patenting youre not supposed to tell anyone before you get the patent
     
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