can you patent a new idea (intellectual property) of an existing product and sale the concept  for profit?
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novelty/originality is necessary for a patent.\nt is highly unlikely that you can apply for a successful patent based of an existing product.
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Get a patent lawyer.  No other way to go.  Don't contact the "invention submission" groups, they only seek to use others ideas for their own profit.  If you belive your invention has profit value, get a patent lawyer and get your idea protected the right way.
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Let's go from the top.\n\nAny idea that you have, that has not been done before, can be made into a patent.\n\nRule 1 Do not disclose any information to any person verbally or written as this is called prior disclosure and because you may have spoken to a friend about it means that the patent may no longer valid.\n\nRule 2 Try and do some research into your claim. Has anyone else worldwide thought of the same idea. Search for it elsewhere in your country or the world.\n\nRule 3 If it has not been done before, submit an initial claim to the Indian government patent society (or whatever they are called)\n\nRule 4 Get an Intellectual Properties Lawyer to sign a non disclosure agreement or intellectual property rights agreement. Once this is done you can discuss only with him. He can then progress all the legal requirements necessary.\n\nAt this point once the patent application is registered you can get financial backing by offering a small stake to potential licencees (ensure that you sign a confidentiality agreement first).\n\nRule 5 Decide on which countries to persue your patent in, as registering a patent in lots of countries costs a great deal of money to do. (Lawyer will advise)\n\nI wish you every success.
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As a patent holder let me give you some advice here:\n(1) You may be hungry - pull your belt tight and try to wait it out\n(2) Register your patent ASAP - say ZERO to anyone else\n(3) Once your patent is registered, when you talk to companies make then sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement with Breach Guarantee where they have to register with a Bond agent that will secure a bond of say $5million, $10million or whatever you think your patent is worth and have it in the NDA that if they develop or reverse engineer or anything along those lines a product that is or mimics or competes with your product and idea, they are in Breach and have to pay you the bond money.\n\nNow, a final word of advice.  BUILD the item.  Have a unit as a demo.  Do not just write an idea down.  Once you have it built, price out the parts and the item and figure out how to replicate it cheaply over and over again.  Then make a few extra prototypes. Start up your own company and offer the product for sale.\n\nOnce you have a physical product that backs up a patent and you offer it for sale, you win in court all the time.  Now that you have it available for sale and can replicate it, now is the time to persue other companies for the product.\n\nIf you start to get SALES on your product, do press releases, make updates and upgrades, and try to get as much press as possible.  Go on Tech TV shows and promote yourself.  Once you become a NAME your idea now becomes a hot property and people will pay you for it.\n\nAt no point in time should you EVER think that you are going to make money overnight by making a patent.  I learned that lesson the hard way.
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Even if your idea has already been invented, your idea may still have value if it has a unique twist to it.  The whole product may not be able to be patented by you but any novel part of it may.\n\nDo a prior art search using the on line patent search service and compare what may be already patented with what you have.  Then determine if any refinement you may have is worth the effort of further patent protection.\n\nGood luck.
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Yes, patent right away. It has several advantages:\n\n1) you would know if your idea is truly unique or if others have already thought of it. That way, you don't waste investors time and your time in a failed idea. \n\n2) if you are granted a patent, an investor would be more likely to give you money because no one else can steal that idea/product from you and you are the rightful owner. Also, they know you are committed to this idea and won't run with their money. \n\n3) Investors actually can "see" what your idea is. They can better analyze the practicality of your idea and do a rough risk analysis of whether this might be a good investment for them. Seeing is believing for most people. Better than theory and ideas anyway. \n\nThose are the top 3 reasons. \n\nBest of luck with your idea!
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If you don't already have a copyright on the idea they can just steal the idea from you, create the product themselves and cut you out completely... If you've got a copyright then go for it.
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I have not but I know enough about it to answer your questions :)\n\nTo protect an original invention OR a significant improvement to an existing product, a patent would be filed. Here's the USPTO's definition: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/index.html#patent \n\nNOLO 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\nResearch, research, research – this cannot be stressed enough. Read as much as you can. Here are some book titles that are relevant:\n\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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You would not belive the things i come up with.If I give you the product to make would you share in the profit? Every thing would have to be legal. write me
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There's that obnoxious commercial on TV that says you can patent your ideas, but they want money for telling you how. I would just contact the US patent office directly. Google should be able to give you the address and phone number. Good luck.
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The best thing you can do is get the advice of a qualified patent professional.  If you can't afford to, 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 (see the link below), explaining exactly how to make, perform, and practice it.  Then you have a year before you have to get a nonprovisional patent (which should only be prepared 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.\n\nIf they do want to buy it, aside from paying you for it they will probably be happy to prepare, file, and prosecute the nonprovisional patent application (which is very expensive to prepare in a way that will produce a valid and valuable patent) in return for your assigning the patent rights to them.
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I would patent it, and then sell the patent.
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This isn't a joke...but I think you should sell something people want. Be original and invent something.
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A company called Davison Inventegration at davison@mail.davisongetsresults.com can help you with the promotion of your product. They will send you an inventors package in the mail. everything is confidential and your rights protected. Good Luck!
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usually u cant patent ideas unless u have the product.\nBut my friend was in the same situation as you and his idea got stolen by the person from th venture capitalist. They actually marketed his idea!
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It is not possible to protect ideas but rather the representation of that idea. \n\nTo protect an original invention OR a significant improvement to an existing product, a patent would be filed. Here's the USPTO's definition: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/index.html#patent \n\nNOLO 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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You need a good patent attorney, period.  You must understand that 95% never get off the ground. It is not just about your idea- it is about your marketing, sales and distrubution- these things take capital.  Look at the club- if I told you 20 years ago, I had a piece of metal that you slap on your steering wheel you would say to get lost but it was marketed like mad and it made millions.  You can patent something and years later have a company contact you to buy the rights- my friend of my friend put a light in a tackle box and 2 years later settled for 3 million from a company that had the same idea- he owned the rights!  Innoventions are a good way to go also...think BASF- make something good, better.