I am Indian citizen, what should i do to get patent on my software?
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Here is an example of a site where most , if not all, your questions regarding Patents in India will be answered...\n\n\nhttp://www.indianpatent.com/index.htm
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Try calling a patent attorney in the state you live in. You might also try: 1-800-uspatent.
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You can protect your idea by filing a provisional claim with the USPTO. This is kind of like a "patent lite" and allows you to protect the product for up to a year.  The cost is US$200 and should be done straight away. Visit the PTO website for information on filing applications electronically. \n\nAfter that, prepare yourself for a tremendous uphill battle. If this is a design patent (i.e. a new form of an existing product), you will find it difficult to locate interested buyers. If this is a utility patent (a new product or process), you will need to find companies within the industry and see if they are interested. \n\nYou will want to get a hold of a standard NDA/NC (Non-Disclosure Agreement / Non-Compete). These are fairly boilerplate and should be easy to locate on the 'net. Requiring NDA's is STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE when shopping around an idea and manufacturers are generally comfortable signing them. If a manufacturer refuses to sign, WALK AWAY. There is something wrong. An NDA is no guarantee that a company won't steal your idea, but at least it provides evidence of due dilligence during any potential infringement lawsuit.\n\nSearch the various government department websites for grant applications. The government is always looking to foster the development of new ideas that can potentially benefit the nation. There are grants for both non-profit and for-profit company's available and some even include grants for "concept development and R&D". \n\nBarring that, you may want to consider some form of rapid prototyping. Depending on the invention idea, this could be a short production run of the product, some kind of stereo lithography or other RP, or a "proof of concept" 3-D model, engineering analysis, etc. Having a physical, working prototype that a potential buyer can see, touch and interact with is FAR more impressive than a napkin sketch. Be prepared to spend $1-10K on a prototype. Well worth the investment, because if a picture is worth 1,000 words, a prototype is worth 1,000,000.\n\nGood Luck!
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You can be a "pro se" applicant before the US PTO.  In other words, you can represent yourself.  By a book such as "Patents for Dummies" and write the application yourself.  You'd be better off consulting a patent attorney or agent, but if you don't have the funds needed, writing it and filing it yourself will only cost $500 at the PTO.
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Your new product should fall into one of these categories...\n\nThere are three types of patents: \n\n1) Utility patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof; \n\n2) Design patents may be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture; and \n\n3) Plant patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant. \n\nDefinitely contact an intellectual property attorney, as the other poster said. Also, read more about patents at the USPTO site & at Nolo. I listed the links.\n\nHope that helps!
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Call a patent attorney. Seriously.
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Be sure that you do not violate any intellectual property rights. See the US Customs & Border Protection web site for further details
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From the article "How to Protect Your Idea or Intellectual Property" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol81/protectidea.htm  here are some steps you need to take:\n\n1. Consult a patent lawyer and check if your idea can be patented. \n2. Keep extensive records tracking the development of your idea.\n3. Conduct an extensive research to find out if there are similar patents. \n4. Document where, how and to whom you showed your idea.\n5. Do your own market research if your idea is marketable\n6. Explore the possibility of developing the product yourself, or licensing someone else to make the product for you. \n\nTo bring your idea to market, here are some tips from the article "How to Get Your Consumer Invention to Market" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/012006/invention.htm\n\nGetting Started: \n\n- The Ideabook = Keep a bound ideabook of your invention idea. Date your entries. \n- Get it Notarized = get it officially confirmed that you conceived your invention idea on a particular date, and have your notes notarized. \n- Seek and Search = Do your own patent search to ascertain if your invention is original and prospectively patentable.\n- Create the Initial Prototype = Use simple materials to rig it up, to see if it works. \n- Get Educated = Educate yourself on the inventing process. Go to a bookstore or inventorhelp.com and review the plethora of books written on the subject. \n- The Non-Disclosure Form = Agreement signed between you and anyone you reveal your invention to. \n\nMoving Ahead \n\n- Analyze Costs to Produce = Ascertain what the costs will be. \n- The Evaluation Process = Analyze the benefits and features, strengths and weaknesses of your invention. \n- Get a Professional Prototype = Have professional prototypes made, the quality of which can be shown to potential retail buyers. \n- Protect Your Idea = Apply for a provisional patent yourself. \n- The Non-Provisional Patent = Your patent attorney files your non-provisional patent application.\n\nOptions for Marketing\n\n- Licensing = The inventor has the choice to license the invention to a manufacturer in exchange for a royalty percentage in sales. \n- Manufacturing = Manufacturing and distributing your invention entails higher financial risk but can reap greater profits.\n\nHere are some books that can help you:\n\nFrom Patent to Profit by Bob De Matteis \nProtecting Your #1 Asset : Creating Fortunes from Your Ideas : An Intellectual Property Handbook \n Patents and How to Get One : A Practical Handbook \n How to Register Your Own Trademark : With Forms \n Patent It Yourself \n Protecting Your Ideas : The Inventor's Guide to Patents
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I would recommend you first hire a pentent lawyer and patent the product or idea.  I think that your lack of a college degree is an advantage.  I don't have one either and am very glad I don't.
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I am not having complete etails but i can give a few...\n(1) The basic conceptes behind your hypothesis/subject\n(2)The hypothesis should be proven experimenally for about 3-5 cases\n(3) No indirects claims should be notified (no loope holes)\n(4) The usuage of the hypothesis\n(5) applications that you have in your mind based on the hypothesis\n\nYou should be able to satisfy thses conditions to get patent!\nHope this will hep u to some extent!\nGood luck!
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NOLO is a great, free informational site. Also, be sure to read what the USPTO (United States Patent & Trademark Office) has to say about patents.\n\nAssociations may be a good avenue to explore. These organizations will address many of the thoughts, questions and concerns you'll inevitably have as well as many you haven't anticipated yet. See the source box for some relevant links. \n\nResearch, research, research – this cannot be stressed enough. Read as much as you can. Here are some book titles that are relevant:\n\nGetting a Patent:\n* Patent It Yourself (11th Edition) by David Pressman\n* Patents and How to Get One : A Practical Handbook by U.S. Department of Commerce\n* How To Make Patent Drawings Yourself: A Patent It Yourself Companion by Jack Lo\n* The Inventor's Notebook: A Patent It Yourself Companion by Fred E. Grissom\n\nThere are plenty of free informational resources out there. Check the source box for links to articles.\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
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Look up the US Patent Agency online, see if someone has thought of it first. Then go from there, they have a fairly good self help center.
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a patent ofice that is the first step make sure no one steals ur invintion there might already b a patent for it if thats the case your out of luck\n\np.s. good luck
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You cannot gaurantee anything without a patent. If you have faith in your idea then you should be confident in paying for the patent.
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First, a search must be done to ensure that your idea hasn't already been patented by someone else. Then you must draft your application, it must contain a specification, claims, abstract and drawings.  A declaration and power of attorney should also be filed.  I recommend getting in touch with a patent law firm because it is so easy to get in trouble nowadays with patent infrigement and there are also many rules that not everyone is aware of.  If you get a patent law firm to assist you in drafting your app., you are looking to spend around $8-15,000 on average.  The application doesn't get examined until 1-2 years later and the USPTO almost always sends a rejection on your application and an Amendment to your app should be submitted in the given time period.  Thats when having a patent attorney becomes very important.  The amendments can cost $1-2,500 depending on the case, even more.  So you are looking at at least $20,000 and 2-4 years before obtaining a patent. Go to www.uspto.gov for more info.
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You can get a preliminary patent.  Go to the government sites on patents and it will explain it.  The best option is to get a patent lawyer to help you.  Invention places that advertise on tv are going to still cost you the same as getting a patent yourself but they help in marketing afterwards if the patent is awarded.\n\nIt can cost you from 2k to 10k to get a patent depending.  If it is an idea rather than a product, you will have to get a utility patent. \n\nI would recommend drafting your idea out and have the papers notorized for proof.  Even if you dont have a patent and someone comes out with your idea and you can prove that your idea came before theirs, you can file an interference.  They will have to address it and you might be entitled to some of what they made.\n\nSometimes the best way is not to be married to the invention but get the patent process working then go try to sell it off to a major manufacturer.  Let them own and just pay you off for it.  Just protect yourself with lots of documentation.  If you present to them, have a non-disclosure agreement for them to sign.
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From the article "How to Protect Your Idea or Intellectual Property" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol81/protectidea.htm here are some steps you need to take:\n\n1. Consult a patent lawyer and check if your idea can be patented. \n2. Keep extensive records tracking the development of your idea.\n3. Conduct an extensive research to find out if there are similar patents. \n4. Document where, how and to whom you showed your idea.\n5. Do your own market research if your idea is marketable\n6. Explore the possibility of developing the product yourself, or licensing someone else to make the product for you. \n\nTo bring your idea to market, you may want to read "How to Get Your Consumer Invention to Market" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/012006/invention.htm \n\nGood luck