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Chunky
23-April-2009, 01:36 AM
HEy every one. i was thinking, as always 0.o and i came up with an idea, but, i dont want to post it in here. i told my friends my idea, as always. and this time i got a reaction! mwhaha.

anyways. could someone reply that would know if inventors help (little kit) they send you. is legit!

bc i have one thats really old.. i never sent it off. but i may now

or if some people(not all people) can message me and ask what the idea is?

ill probably only tell mods though 0.o bc.. idk?

safer i guess 0.o

or people whom i may trust...

Blah. i just dont wanna get robbed!
sorry to sound.. how ever?

okay thank you.
Chunky
23-April-2009, 02:38 AM
More enthusiasm people!

please.
sarongsong
23-April-2009, 03:37 AM
Maybe you could provide a bit more detail than "an idea" without giving anything away?
redshifter
23-April-2009, 04:04 AM
Is this something you might want to patent? Have you looked into that yet?
Moose
23-April-2009, 09:55 AM
Chunky, those kits are basically scams. You pay them a lot of money, they spend ten minutes "shopping it around" on your behalf, and if the idea is good, they swipe it.

Just go to the US patent office's website and look up their FAQ on patenting procedures. That's your best bet.
geonuc
23-April-2009, 10:00 AM
I'm with Moose. Go to the USPTO FAQ page. (http://www.uspto.gov/main/faq/index.html)
Spock Jenkins
23-April-2009, 03:49 PM
Or contact a patent attorney. They can help you through the process.
Argos
23-April-2009, 03:55 PM
And you should really refrain from disclosing it until the proper procedures are carried out.
pantaz
23-April-2009, 04:56 PM
Here are a few legitimate inventor resources:
InventNET (http://www.inventnet.com/index.html)
United Inventors Association (http://www.uiausa.com)
Inventors Forum (http://www.inventorsforum.org/)
East London Inventors Club (http://www.eastlondoninventorsclub.com/inventor/index.php)
tlbs101
23-April-2009, 06:22 PM
I've spent many many hours in the UNM Centennial (science and engineering) Library doing patent searches for myself.

Much of that can be done on-line, now, except for the most recent patents and applications.

That's where you start: doing patent searches for similar things to what you want to invent. If you find something close to what you are inventing you site that as "prior art". If you find something 'exactly' like your invention, then you are either out-of-luck, or you could find a way to differentiate what you have in mind, with what the patent says (that's the subject of a whole other discussion).

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