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  • From: P3D Bill Stratemeyer <wwstrat@xxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Patents
  • Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 19:38:44 -0400

In Digest 1621
sam wrote:
> Is there any advice anyone can give me on the proper way to seek a patent?
> > Is this a major expense of both time and money?
> > Any help would be appreciated.


Alexa replied:
> Sam,
> Go to any decent sized library and they should have a book on Copyright, 
> Trademark and Patent Law.  There are some good ones out there for people who 
> aren't lawyers (like me!) which will get you started.  I do know that the one 
> thing any lawyer will recommend you do if you have an idea that could lead to 
> patents is the following:
> 
> Put all your ideas on paper with diagrams, etc. or whatever is needed to show 
> the idea and then put it in an envelope and mail it to yourself (normal mail or 
> registered etc.-whatever you prefer). DO NOT OPEN IT when it arrives and save it
> to show date proof of your idea.
> 
> Good luck!
> Alexa

 Sam contact The office of the commissioner of patents & Trade Marks
in Washington DC. Ask them to send you information for a disclosure document. 
  A disclosure document is a registered set of your drawing, nothing fancy
simple hand drawings and a brief description.  The patent office will keep a copy archived for two years and send back the original drawings along with a letter of disclosure. You are suppose to apply for a patent with in the 2 years.

  Then talk to a Patent lawyer inquire as to the cost of a full patent.
Not a--- design--- Patent.

 What will a Patent get you only the right to sue at a cost somewhere between
$ 30,000 to $ 70,000.
 
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