When I get a patent of anything in USA, how do I make it a worldwide patent?
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A patent in the US is good for the US only. This site may get you started if you want an international patent as well.\n\nhttp://www.patentlawlinks.com/patoff.htm
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excellent.i have been wondering this for years(serously)If i ever prove this plz dont compete with me for patent.i think we can share the reward.
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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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Your best bet is to sell your idea to a company that already develops new products.  You definately need to get a patent for it from the U.S. Patent office ( http://www.uspto.gov/ ).  This will protect any potentional buyers of your idea from outright stealing it.  Other than this, I think you would be hardpressed to find people who will invest in your idea.
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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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While you may have hired PTI to do the paperwork for you, the patent registration should be with the USPTO (United States Patent & Trademark Office). \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* From Patent To Profit: Secrets & Strategies For The Successful Inventor, Third Edition by Bob Dematteis\n* How to License Your Million Dollar Idea: Everything You Need To Know To Turn a Simple Idea into a Million Dollar Payday, 2nd Edition by Harvey Reese\n* The Inventor's Bible: How to Market and License Your Brilliant Ideas by Ronald Louis Docie \n* The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Cashing in On Your Inventions by Richard Levy\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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from personal experience-DO NOT I repeat DO NOT send your idea to one of those "help you patent" outfits- I did, and didn't have the money to follow through with a patent on my own- now a major company is making a knock off of my invention! if your idea is something totally new, then you need to figure out how to develop it your own- learn how to build it so you can see if it's a really valid idea. if an improvement to something that already exists you may be able to patent "improvement to prior art"- either way a good place to start is:\n\nhttp://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html\n\nlook to see if anything already exists like your idea, and if not then start development!
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A patent is just a way of registering an idea or invention that you thought of so that no one else can make money off of your idea.\n\nNo one can patent a person or idea of a person.\n\nYou can patent ideas through your countries patent office. In the U.S. its the U.S. Patent office.
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I posted the direct link to the USPTO's search engine below.\n\nThe USPTO site can be confusing at times, so I wanted to provide you with instructions to get exactly what you're looking for.\n\nTo search for the given object itself, type in the name of the object (e.g. "plant holder" -- putting it in quotation will pop up the exact phrase you're looking for) and change the field to TITLE. For owners, enter the name (e.g. "Microsoft) and change the field to INVENTOR NAME or ASSIGNEE NAME. Try both because oftentimes the inventor & the owner are not one & the same.\n\nPlease be aware this method only works for patents from 1976-present. If looking for patent information from 1790-1975, you will need the Patent Number.\n\nHope that helps!
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Type in U. S. Copyright Office.\nGet a kit from them.
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from the WIPO website: \nHow can a patent be obtained worldwide?\nAt present, no “world patents” or “international patents” exist. \n\nIn general, an application for a patent must be filed, and a patent shall be granted and enforced, in each country in which you seek patent protection for your invention, in accordance with the law of that country. In some regions, a regional patent office, for example, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), accepts regional patent applications, or grants patents, which have the same effect as applications filed, or patents granted, in the member States of that region. \n\nFurther, any resident or national of a Contracting State of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) may file an international application under the PCT. A single international patent application has the same effect as national applications filed in each designated Contracting State of the PCT. However, under the PCT system, in order to obtain patent protection in the designated States, a patent shall be granted by each designated State to the claimed invention contained in the international application. Further information concerning the PCT is available.\n\nProcedural and substantive requirements for the grant of patents as well as the amount of fees required are different from one country/region to the other. It is therefore recommend that you consult a practicing lawyer who is specialized in intellectual property or the intellectual property offices of those countries in which you are interested to get protection. A list of URLs and a directory of national and regional intellectual property offices are available.\n(http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/patents_faq.html#worldwide_patent)\n\nThere's some information to start with. To get a patent, which is neither a fast nor a cheap process, you will need a patent lawyer.
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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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For patents in the US go to:\n\nhttp://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
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You want to go here:\n\nhttp://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/howtopat.htm
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http://inventors.about.com/od/patentoffices/a/US_Patent_Offic.htm\n\nhttp://www.inventnet.com/page1.html\n\nhttp://books.google.com/books?q=every+invention+patented+in+the+US&oi=print&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title\n\nhttp://news.google.com/news?q=every+invention+in+the+US&hl=en&lr=&sa=X&oi=news&ct=title\n\nhttp://www.colitz.com/site/wacky.htm\n\nhttp://www.einsteinyear.org/facts/physicsFacts\n\nhttp://www.transfer.ethz.ch/patente/patente_/index_EN
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The simplest way to apply for a patent is to pay a lot of money for an attorney and have him do it for you.\n\nAlternatively, you could do it yourself, which most probably wouldn't be simple.
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If you are in the US, you go to the US Patent and Trademark Office to get a patent. http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/howtopat.htm UPTO has a page on the Basic Facts of Patents that you may want to read http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/index.html\n\nNote though that getting a patent is a complicated and costly process. It is best to work with a patent lawyer to help you navigate the process. The cost of filing a patent can go anywhere from $10K to $35K depending on the cost of your lawyer and what it is you are trying to patent