Soldato
It's to prove you came up with it first if someone else comes up with the same idea (or steals it off you). It's not related to getting the patent itself.
How to get my invention idea started ?!
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My mate at work invented the "idea" of the Ipod when we were teenagers..
Always a sore point when you mention it.
Hehe, given that the idea of a portable mp3 player isn't actually patented. Unless he invented the VERY same design we've come to know of Apple's Ipods then I don't think he has much to regret.
Bringing a decent MP3 player to market cost A LOT of money for Apple.
That will only be of use in the States where there is a first to invent system and then only if you are actually trying to make the concieved invention work.
Almost everywhere else including the UK, there is a first to file regime where in order to get the patent you have to actually file the application first.
I got £500.
The cost and investment needed to bring the project to market was pretty large. So I'm sure its sat on a shelf waiting for components to get cheaper...
Soldato
Oh right. Maybe whoever told me that was talking about the States.
are they??? where?
i had this great idea for a toy, with a piece of string and you throw it up and down and it it spins.... its still at the early stages but i think i've got something.
Yep, it's like the dyson hoovers. You can't patent cyclone hoovers, so what you do is patent as many unique parts of the machine as you can.
If you mean the "fast pump" types that you see on forecourts or in some supermarkets, then I saw those on the continent in the late 90's so I don't think you'd have been able to retire and live off your earnings anyway. I've got a photo of me stood by my car near one that dates back to when I was working in the south of France in '99.
Hope that's some consolation for you
Soldato
...As in urine?
not quite... lol!
From scotland... basically all the wee's i say should be ignored as i do it all the ****** time!
