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Who do I call about my ingenius idea that will change computing FOREVER???
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LOL.
We all like SJ.
I thought of wireless about 5-6 years ago.. May have already been patented but it is for sure now as Belkin has made them... To bad..
I would have bought shots and Ferraris for EVERYONE on that check. dah well right?
Seriously though I did, I even told my mom. She thought it was good. But I didn't have the mind to make a "model" of it to show the patent office, which we thought we'd need. COme to find all we need is the idea in legible writing.
I once heard a very rich entrepreneur say, "Successful people do the things that unsuccessful people don't want to do."
Like filing patents.
Like filing patents.
You cant patent an idea.
You can patent an invention of a process, method or device. Invention means something that as new and potentially useful in some way. You submit the specifications for your invention with a clearly written recipe that includes potential use-case scenarios, a diagram, etc. IF you invention has not already invented, and is deemed useful by patent officers, you get a patent.
Before you submit a patent, you have to identify what practice this fits into, then you search international or US databases in this category to see if there is anything similar. Researching this, and writing up a patent in such a way that it specific enough to be a direct blueprint to build such a device, but general enough so that its design and use can be determined by you later on takes a lot of time and skill. I found it fun, but stopped short of submitting it because I wasn't ready to follow through.
You should also know that getting a patent makes your formula public. It's yours to claim. YOUR CLAIM THAT THE INVENTION IS YOURS IS ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR LEGAL MEANS TO THWART OTHERS TO BACK OFF.
Quickies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claim_(patent)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_application
Serious:
http://www.uspto.gov/main/patents.htm
You can patent an invention of a process, method or device. Invention means something that as new and potentially useful in some way. You submit the specifications for your invention with a clearly written recipe that includes potential use-case scenarios, a diagram, etc. IF you invention has not already invented, and is deemed useful by patent officers, you get a patent.
Before you submit a patent, you have to identify what practice this fits into, then you search international or US databases in this category to see if there is anything similar. Researching this, and writing up a patent in such a way that it specific enough to be a direct blueprint to build such a device, but general enough so that its design and use can be determined by you later on takes a lot of time and skill. I found it fun, but stopped short of submitting it because I wasn't ready to follow through.
You should also know that getting a patent makes your formula public. It's yours to claim. YOUR CLAIM THAT THE INVENTION IS YOURS IS ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR LEGAL MEANS TO THWART OTHERS TO BACK OFF.
Quickies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claim_(patent)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_application
Serious:
http://www.uspto.gov/main/patents.htm
All good advice. Perhaps his "idea" has more substance than he has expressed so far and he could work with someone to develop it into a patentable invention.
I thought of wireless about 5-6 years ago.. May have already been patented but it is for sure now as Belkin has made them... To bad..
I would have bought shots and Ferraris for EVERYONE on that check. dah well right?
Seriously though I did, I even told my mom. She thought it was good. But I didn't have the mind to make a "model" of it to show the patent office, which we thought we'd need. COme to find all we need is the idea in legible writing.
yet i remember there being wifi before 5-6 years ago haha
Very true. The first 802.11 protocol was released in 1997. WaveLAN, the precursor to Wi-Fi , was introduced some years earlier, in 1990.
I thought of wireless about 5-6 years ago.. May have already been patented but it is for sure now as Belkin has made them... To bad..
Seriously though I did, I even told my mom. She thought it was good. But I didn't have the mind to make a "model" of it to show the patent office, which we thought we'd need. COme to find all we need is the idea in legible writing.
I hear ya, most of us were just using wireless 5-6 years ago, but without much tought...
i have a patent. an iPhone-like device (or maybe the future iPhone?) that is so small that it is permanently attached in your ear. it sends information to your eyes where only you can interact with the UI and only you can hear it (invisible iPod?). it is controlled by your mind using neuro sensors and can also be controlled by voice.
You will be assimilated.
Does this invention involve a "collective", "drones", and "implants"? If so, I'm interested.
I beg to differ I am listed as an inventor on two patents that were never prototyped or made out of anything other than ink on paper. It's pretty common practice for companies to think of ways that competitors could circumvent their actual inventions and then patent those ideas as well. Maybe someday my patents will be made into something real, but for now they are very much just ideas.
I meant a wireless USB hub. not wifi. My bad. Typo.
I thought of that awhile ago and just thought, man that could be sooo useful in school with the teacher being able to observe from the back of the room yet control a peripheral plugged in a computer in the front or WHATEVER. Possibility is endless.