Invention help

[Greg Needel]

well tytus, there is no easy answer to this question....but i will give you some places to start.

1)DON'T tell anyone anything!

2)get a bound notebook (not spiral) and start to document your ideas on each page should be a page number, title, and a spot at the bottom. If you Google "making an invention notebook" there are some tutorials.

3)do a preliminary patent search www.uspto.gov and www.freepatentsonline.com are great resources.

4) Contact a patent attorney in your area (most will give you a free consultation)

5)decide what you are willing to invest in your ideas. If you write your own patent just the paperwork for filing will be close to $1000. If you go through a patent attorney you are looking at about to $10,000 or more

The major thing i can tell you document everything and keep it to your self.

once you are patent pending you need to decide if you are going to produce the products yourself (like AndyMark) or if you want to try and sell it off to a bigger company (like GM).

I am going to leave you with that. There are alot of resources online and in print for people who want to patent/ produce their goods, and only a fraction of the people are ever successful. Just be aware that things might not work out the first time but if you are committed to your idea then just never give up.