Patent's

[Minhoca]

If you have an idea for an invention how do you find out if its been patented without giving the idea away?

 

[Ethan]

If you have an idea for an invention how do you find out if its been patented without giving the idea away?

You get specialist advice, which you are unlikely to get here. You can check public records from patent offices, but there may be other patents in consideration, so you need to secure the IP on your invention/idea as fast as you can.

If it is a V shaped thing to help putting, I am sorry to say that one has gone already!

Also be aware that a good idea is not a good product and there may be a lot of money, time and hair pulling in between the two.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Why don't you bounce the idea off the forum, we won't tell a soul.
Patent is a nightmare read John Dyson's book.

 

[bobmac]

This will be a good starting point.

http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/patent/p-applying/p-apply/p-cda.htm

 

[Scouser]

Top tip.....Email a copy of your idea to yourself.That way u have a date stamp to show u had the idea first

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Mrs Fragger is a chartered Patent Agent and is a partner in a firm of patent and trademark agents inHammersmith

Feel free to pm any questions with an return email address
And I'm sure she will be happy to help

Fragger

 

[Minhoca]

Thanks for the replies. It is only an idea at the moment, hardest consideration is how much time and effort do you invest in producing something that maybe already exists. The thing is all the logical names you could have for this idea don't reveal anything with web searching.

According to Bobs link if I tell anyone I have to kill them!

Is it an expensive process?

 

[Yerman]

I had an idea for the unshankable club, then realised I'd reinvented the hoe.

 

[6inchcup]

:ears:i invented the bio degradable wellie.

 

[bobmac]

My V-Easy patent took over 4 years and approx. £4,000 which included £2,500 just for the patent writer

 

[Scouser]

My V-Easy patent took over 4 years and approx. £4,000 which included £2,500 just for the patent writer

But you make that back each week in sales on here alone!

 

[bobmac]

But you make that back each week in sales on here alone!

I wish.

 

[CMAC]

My V-Easy patent took over 4 years and approx. £4,000 which included £2,500 just for the patent writer

that will be a UK patent? worldwide is a tad more expensive I believe

 

[CMAC]

well just checked for a friend who has an idea and its prob about £6000 for international so not huge if you have a beezer of an idea. His is just brilliant and simple, then we did a search and found a small USA company who have a similar idea but havent brought it to market after 4 years of research.

 

[6inchcup]

very few ideas are new,some are just a modern approach to a problem that had a solution but was never patented (or stolen ideas like the phone)

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Very true.
Most folk think James Watt invented the steam engine when in fact he invented a valve that allowed a steam engine to work relatively safely.