id start here scotty... http://www.uspto.gov/patft/
check out the competition, see if anyone has anything close... tw On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As my first patent agent described to me, "You can patent a chocolate cake, > but if you don't specify the recipe correctly as per a proper patent > description, your expensive patent is worth nothing." > > Here's the deal: you don't have to have ever baked a chocolate cake before, > but you can conjure one up in your mind with a list of ingredients and a > fabrication method. But who would want to eat it if it wasn't any good, > anyway? So you should have a really, really great chocolate cake recipe you > can consistently reproduce before you try to patent it. > > And when you patent it, the language of the description and the diagram that > describes it (more applicable to machines and circuits, of course) form the > legal boundaries of your intellectual property claim. If it is granted, > that's exactly what you "own." > > So if your chocolate cake recipe describes "1-1/4 cup all-purpose flour, > ...." and someone decides to use a different amount of flour, they have just > stepped around your patent that was made worthless because of the incorrect > language used to describe it. Read a patent for something with a chemical > compound sometime and you'll most likely see a range of ingredients rather > than a single amount. > > And that's where the experience of your patent agent or patent attorney > comes in, so get a damned good one. > > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > President > Productivity Enhancement > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 9:50 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: patent question > > > > > > That seems weird. > > > > I think a flying carpet would be a good idea....can I just patent > > "Flying > > carpet" and if/when one ever actually gets built, I can rake in the > > dough? > > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:39 AM, J.J. Merrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > From what I remember you just submit paperwork on the idea and that > > > the actual fabrication can come later. Trust me... if you ever look > > at > > > the patent archive most of them are hairbrain ideas that couldn't > > ever > > > possibly work but the inventor thinks it can on paper and makes sure > > > that it is his legal right to own it before anyone else does it. > > > > > > > > > J.J. > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Scott Stewart > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I don't know if anyone has an answer.. but.. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is it possible to patent an idea for a product? I have an idea, > > but I > > > don't > > > > have the electronic or fabrication skills to implement it. > > > > > > > > So I'm wondering if I can patent the concept, without a prototype. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Scott Stewart > > > > > > > > ColdFusion Developer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > SSTWebworks > > > > > > > > 4405 Oakshyre Way > > > > > > > > Raleigh, NC. 27616 > > > > > > > > (919) 874-6229 (home) > > > > > > > > (703) 220-2835 (cell) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > > > Checked by AVG. > > > > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.5/1401 - Release Date: > > > 4/28/2008 > > > > 7:18 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259215 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
