Anyone have experience in getting US Patents? Like is a patent lawyer needed (seeing as it costs only ~500 to file one), etc etc.
It's a shame companies prevaricate, but I'm sure that isn't going to stop. Where would you advise that I publish an invention? I know that several engineering magazines pay you for your design to be published in their magazine, but will you still be declared as the inventor?Patent is NOT the way to go. Publishing is.
If you publish you design, you dont need a patent. And If a company that steals your design, off the patent, you will pay millions to fight it. Publish it. Then if they want your idea, they can hire you.
A patent is only a "right to sue". The office will not help. If the company that steals your idea is tired of your lawyers bugging them for money, they can find a "cave drawing" that looks something like your design and bust your patent outright. If you publish it, no one else can patent it.
You can publish the finished product without laying out the details, like in a patent, that helps anyone that wants to steal it to do so with ease.
If you want to sell the idea, publish it then do so. Keeping it a secret once its built is bad. Publish it.
Yes, industry rags try to build their viability by having the latest and greatest. So, instead of paying writers to write articles, they pay you for their content. They buy your article, not your invention.It's a shame companies prevaricate, but I'm sure that isn't going to stop. Where would you advise that I publish an invention? I know that several engineering magazines pay you for your design to be published in their magazine, but will you still be declared as the inventor?
Austin
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