How do I choose the best company for an invention/idea submission?
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Be very leery of the companies on TV that say they will bring your idea to market.  Most of those are scams.  They will steal your idea and give you little to nothing for it.  Have you considered who you would sell the product or service to?  Depending on the product, you can have your product manufactured by a company that does that kind of stuff, then sell the finished product to a retailer.  You would be the "middle-man" but your only work is finding a good manufacturer with the right price and selling the finished product to the retailer once.  (Think of selling it to a Wal-mart.)  You'd take a nice profit off the top.  Have you considered licensing your product to a distributor thus receiving a royalty.  That reduces a lot of headache and minimizes your liability.  It would be their responsibility to manufacture it and sell it.  Those little battery testers on packages were done that way.  Don't put all your hope in a "company" that will magically make you rich.  You are creative, so think of creative ways to get the product to market.
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I recommanded you to go www.wikipedia.org for basic knowlwdge and then start reseach by defining about your interest either in a new product developement from it or in available one.
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how much time do you have?\nfirst, today, mail yourself 5 copies of your ideas in seperate envelopes. you wnat the postage cancellation date. if you go to the post office and get a hand cancellation, they are always bold and obvious. \nthe extras are for contingencies. do not tell anyone you have 5 envelopes, if anything let them know you have only1, and keep the others in seperate "hidy holes"\nwhen you/if you go to an attorney, he gets an unopened letter.\nthis proves the date of your idea.\nwrite the patent office, ask for requirements for a patent and how to access their records for a search.\ni do not know what the records look like, but gvt records have a shorthand notation of content. if you have amechanical device then agricultural, medical, hydraulic..... items are not going to compete with your ideas.\nyou have to prove to the p o that your idea is not a logical extension of an existing idea.\nexample is the release button on ratchet wrenches. great idea, but it was ruled an idea whose time had come.\nhow extensive do you go? if you are smart enough to figure out several great ideas, you probably will get an inkling of how much you will have to do.\nwhat industries would likely use your ideas?\nwrite to the leaders, conceptually give them an idea of what you have, explain (if you can) what is in if for them to buy your idea(s)\nat some point you will have to establ;ish your idea date. that is 1 reason for multiple letters.\nif you have to sue, you better have a letter to open in court.\nhaving one for discovery won't hurt.
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get an industrial patent first thing.  It doesn't cost as much and will protect you from taking your idea somewhere and having it stolen.   My husband has patented many items but learned after his first one was stolen from a company in Toronto
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I wouldn't use any of those companies.  I also wouldn't advise trying to write a patent application yourself.  A patent that isn't written well isn't going to be worth anything. The specification and claims in the non-provisional application are critical. A badly written patent may not cover any products, may be too easy to design around, or may be too easy to invalidate.\n\nThe best thing you can do is get the advice of a qualified patent professional. He or she will help you learn whether your idea or invention is novel (new), whether it will be worthwhile to patent, and about how much it will cost to draft, file, and prosecute (expect to pay at least $5,000-$10,000 in United States to obtain a patent that will have any value).\n\nIf you can't afford to hire a patent attorney or agent, then for only $100 you can file a complete description of the invention as a provisional application for patent with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.  Your description must explain exactly and completely how to make, perform, enable, and practice your invention. Then you will have a year before you have to file a nonprovisional patent (which should be prepared only by a patent professional). In the meantime you can call your invention "patent pending" and you can show your idea to companies who might want to buy it.  See the link below to obtain the forms and complete instructions for filing a provisional patent application.\n\nIf you do find a major company who wants to buy your invention, then aside from paying you for it they will probably be happy to prepare, file, and prosecute the nonprovisional patent application (which saves you the cost of doing it) in return for your assigning the patent rights to them.\n\nAnd if it turns out that you are unable to interest anyone in buying your invention, and you don't want to try to make and market it yourself, then you will be out only $100 instead of having paid several thousand dollars to obtain a patent that you can't market.
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Go to www.inventconnect.com.au and join the website... Register or list your idea on there and ask them through their FAQ section... There is heaps of info regarding patents and other stuff in the inventors resources area...\n\nThere are lists and contact details for patent attorneys as well...
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You will get info about US patents on www.uspto.gov.\n\nHowever, the process of patenting is fairly costly and time consuming. Not every invention---even though they are good---is worth patenting. The main criteria generally used to  determine whether it is worth going through the hassle of patenting are: \n\n1) Is your invention important? In other words, do people care about the problem your invention solves? If not, then no one will pay to license the invention.\n\n2) Is your invention sufficiently different from the "prior art"? Here prior art implies both things that are generally known and things that have previously been patented. You cannot patent and invention that is already known in prior art. Moreover, if there is a prior patent that is very close to your invention, you might be a target of costly patent infringement law-suits (where only lawyers makes money). However, note that the legal standard of "sufficiently different" is sometimes ridiculously low (it seems that Microsoft owns a patent on "double click"!)..\n\nThe above two were more obvious items. The less obvious points to consider are:\n\n3) How easy it is to bypass the invention and obtain the same result? If a competitor can do a small change and get the same result, your patent would not worth much.\n\n4) How easy it is to detect patent infringement? I.e., can you detect if someone else is using methods that violate your patent rights? This is important because you cannot expect your competitors to come to you and give you money just because you hold the patent! They will try to bypass and possibly infringe. So it will be your responsibility to detect infringement and bring law-suits.\n\nIn many cases, it is actually simpler to "protect" your invention by publicly disclosing it (and hence preventing anyone else from patenting). You also get an advantage of being an "early bird" and hopefully produce the outcome before your competition and get the market.\n\nFor India, I do not know how effective patent laws are in preventing patent-infringements---my guess is that it is not much. In that case, you might perhaps consider keeping your invention as a trade-secret; i.e., not disclose at all. This makes sense if no one else can copy the concept by buying your product: i.e., if reverse-engineering is difficult/impossible. The formula for Coca-Cola is a good example of a trade-secret.
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You don't need a web site.\n\nMake a long list of ideas that you want your company to carry out.  For example, maybe excellence, cars, automobiles, service, etc.\n\nPick the one syllable from one word and another syllable from another word.  For example, maybe excellecars or excelleserv.  (you can do better with a little thought)
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good idea but you need to find out if you can find customers for them.\n\nI guess the easiest way is to plan a few things first - what designs are likely to be popular, how much you are going to charge, which areas are you going to sell (locally, nationally or world-wide), how you are going to distribute your products, what about after sales service, etc.\n\nOnce you are through with the above, take a few good photographs, create a site on Yahoo Shopping, and go for it.\n\nBest of luck.
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If your idea is truly unique you should look to get a patent before showing to anyone.  You should also make sure nobody else patented it.  Find a good patent lawyer.\n\nOnce you have this you can approach companies. There are many ways to profit on your idea and it may not be just one way and often depends on the needs of the specific company.
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Be very suspicious of individual recommendations. For sure the person providing the recommendation has an agenda. Here are a few guidelines to make your own picks: -\n* Make sure the company has a strong balance sheet for its size.\n* Check to see how the owners (insiders) are behaving. If they're all selling that may be a bad sign.\n* Are the shares liquid? Is there plenty of trading? If not, why not?\n* Understand their business. If you know nothing about biotechnology, it's probably not a great idea to invest in a company in that sector.\n* Check the news on the company for the last year. Make sure you're not missing a lawsuit, or something similar.\n* Ideally, the company will be profitable with strongly rising sales & profits. High margins & strong positive cash flows are very desirable.\n\nGODD LUCK!
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If you tell someone, they may steal your idea.  You should register your idea with a patent attorney or look up how to protect your ideas/inventions with some kind of legal protection.\n\nLook at the Eureka Ranch website for some information as they're a company that helps small business.  http://www.doughall.com.\n\nDon't tell one of those invention companies because they WILL most likely steal your idea.\n\nGood luck!
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First, file a complaint against the company with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. see http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/2048.pdf\n\nNext, collect all of your materials, including copies of the materials you sent to/received from the invention company, and find a registered patent attorney to advise you.\n\nI wouldn't worry much about the company stealing your idea. They make their money by extracting $700 - $21,000 from solo inventors and aren't geared up to do more than push paper. However, they can compromise your ability to obtain patent protection in other ways, so do consult with a registered patent attorney. You can find one near you with this link: http://des.uspto.gov/OEDCI/GeoRegion.jsp\n\nGood luck.
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I think you are very wise in having gotten the Patent Rights for your invention in the first place - congratulations!!!\n\nIn order for one to get Patent Rights, am sure your invention must have been put thru some rigorous tests so that means that there must be a company out there that can use your invention! Am sure that once you try out some companies that could benefit from the invention then the sale of the same can be worked out!\n\nAlternatively, why note exhibit your invention! Am sure there must be fairs going on in and around your city!
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Most manufacturers will not even be interested in learning about your invention unless you have first applied for some type of patent application.  In the United States you can file a provisional application for $100 (that is the fee due at filing at the US Patent Office assuming you are an individual inventor or a company with 500 or fewer employees), but in order to ultimately obtain a patent you would need to subsequently file a non-provisional application, or just start by filing a non-provisional application and skip the provisional application process.  In either case, whatever your disclosure contains in the first filing will define the scope of your invention, so you want to make sure it is complete.  You will not be able to update your disclosure later, so the first filing is all important.  This is one of the reasons many inventors hire patent attorneys.\n\nIPWatchdog.com has a a unique process for creating patent applications, a process for which it has its own patent pending. Because this process is more of a team effort the cost is in line with what you would expect to pay an invention submission company, but you get real help and meaningful guidance. This model works because it leverages the energy of the inventor/entrepreneur together with the legal expertise of a patent attorney. Minimizing the involvement of professionals is the way to keep costs down, but you don't want to go it alone without some help, otherwise you risk jeopardizing adequate protection, which would lead to vast amounts of time and energy, not to mention money, being wasted. \n\nThe IPWatchdog process, in a nutshell, requires the inventor to submit answers to a detailed invention questionnaire, with the submitted information being used to create a first draft of the application. A patent attorney then reviews the draft and sends it back to you together with questions, suggestions, explanations and additional information. The inventor then modifies the draft as appropriate and then returns it for a second review. A patent attorney again reviews your application and again returns it to the inventor with comments and suggestions, assuming any additional modifications are warranted. At the time your second review is returned the inventor is provided you with the completed forms necessary for filing at the United States Patent Office.
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The fastest and easiest way is to search using www.google.com and using precise statements on what your wanting. The next best thing is to call a business that maybe similar to the one your starting and find out which local manufactures they get their materials from.
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You first need someone to proofread for you.\n\nSecondarily, I would go to someone you know that has a small business / a MBA grad / friend of family to go over the feasibleness of your idea.  There are a lot of great ideas out there, but not all are practical to take to market.\n\nOnce you've been able to find out the practicality of your product/service, write out a business plan.  There are numerous templates on the web.  Do full research, and pull in any partners you may want to help you take this venture.  After that, then you start talking to people about funding your company....\n\nBut don't put the cart in front of the horse.  No one goes up to a bank/angel investor and says "I have this idea.  Give me money now."  It takes a lot of hard work to get to that point.  Take it from someone who knows ;)\n\nBest of luck!