Tips For First-Time Inventors - Successful Inventions and PatentsTips For First-Time Inventors - Successful Inventions and Patents
The road to inventive success is never smooth, and the history of invention is landmarked with failures. For every successful invention that is patented and finally ends up as a viable product that someone would actually buy or use, there are numerous failures. Inventors sometimes face financial disaster as a result of having spent their last penny on the services of a patent attorney, only to discover that no-one is interested in buying their ideas. Hopefully, the following tips will help you on your way to a successful invention.
What Is Patent Law?
This Law protects the novel idea of an inventor by providing him the exclusive property rights on his invention. The absolute rights given to the inventor are called patent rights. It thereby prevents theft and abuse of the patented idea and helps the inventor face the competition. In case anyone disobeys the rules, the inventor holds the right to sue the offender.
At this stage, doubt may enter your mind. When this happens, take a break. Set a reminder on your mobile phone to review your idea two or three days later, then try to forget about it while doing other things. When you confront your idea again a day or two later, are you still as enthusiastic about it as before? If so, the time has come for some serious, hard work; if not, then it is probably better to shelve the idea. There is no point in continuing with something if your heart is not in it.
Should you make your idea public? This is a ‘catch-22′ technical point worth considering. On one hand, if you broadcast your idea, then someone may steal it before you have a chance to patent it; on the other hand, if you don’t publish information about your invention, then you run the risk of losing your opportunity to be the first to patent it. It is important to know which rule is followed in your country, “first-to-file” or “first-to-invent”, and what these rules entail.
Let’s assume that you have reached the point where you are ready to file a patent application. Before doing so, it is necessary to do a novelty search to determine whether your idea is really unique. In other words, does prior art already exist for your idea?. A seasoned inventor may prefer to do his or her own novelty search, but for the novice, this is the time to visit a patent attorney. Whichever way you do it, this is a crucial step. But there is another important step that you may want to consider before filing a patent application, and that is to evaluate and prove your concept. The advantage of doing this before you file the application, is that it could save you a lot of money. If you decide to go ahead and file your patent application without proving your concept, it is nevertheless a good idea to do so before you start looking for a manufacturer for your patented invention.
There is a way to evaluate your concept without overtaxing your resources, known as “modeling and simulation”. This entails developing a realistic computer model of your concept and running several simulations in order to test your idea. Some of the advantages of this approach are:.
- Once you approach an expert, he will conduct a thorough enquiry regarding the uniqueness of your invention. If he finds it satisfactory, he will take up the case and proceed to acquire the rights as soon as possible. Hence, a patent lawyer is considered an inventor’s best friend.
Resource Author Francisco Rodriguez H.
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