Need help finding a company that can refabricate metal.

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Originally Posted by vincefitzgerald

i need this so i can pay for college
im hoping to get into college

It can cost up to $10,000 to get a patent when you factor in patent lawyer fees and other related costs.

And if you are looking to use this to get into college, just use this invention when you apply for all kinds of scholarships, especially any of the ones for science/technology available through FIRST.

I won a $4k one-time scholarship for innovation and creativity when I wrote the essay about how I went about designing and programming my Vex holonomic drive robot (which at the time was one of the first holonomic drive Vex robots). And a lot of my work with robotics was most likely a contributing factor in other scholarships I've won.

It's a lot "safer" of an investment to spend hours and hours filling out all those scholarship essays that it would be to patent an omni-wheel design. Especially if the patent doesn't work out, such as if it is too much like existing patented or public domain designs. (Not that I'm discouraging you from patenting it if you believe you are on to something).