Posts tagged Invention Submission

Do not apply for a patent on your invention until you have carefully weighed your motivations for doing so. Whereas most patent attorneys will tell you why you should get a patent, this patent attorney will tell you what to do from the start.They say that necessity is the Mother of invention. But from an inventor’s perspective, the market should be considered to be the mother of a patent. All too often, inventors profligately pour tens of thousands of dollars into patent attorneys, molds in China, etc. without first determining if there is even a market for their invention. Sure, you may have a state of the art mousetrap, but will people buy it?Before an inventor outlays a huge chunk of change for patent searches, molds, and such, it is imperative that a market research study is performed. (Note: Invention submission corporations do NOT count!) This market research should bear in mind the overarching question: Will people actually buy my widget? And it is not enough to merely ask them through a product survey if they would. You must actually ask them to purchase it.There are various