OT: Has anyone here applied for a Design Patent?, I need to know how to go about it. Options

[Dr. Roger]

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Step by step.


I have this idea and now have access to the required technology. This process may make it possible that particular 914 replacement parts could be created. But I need to get my design idea patented before I do anything else.

Your shared experience is greatly appreciated.

I can be contacted directly at
roger@grubb.net

Thanks,
Roger

[lotus_65]

I'm in the process of writing a business method patent. That and all the work going into my start up is really hard, and I wish you good luck with your product. I wouldn't worry too much about the cost of a patent. As I understand it, the expensive ones are medical devices and such.

It might help to write a dedicated business plan that encapsulates your idea if the product has long-term merit (I assume it does or you wouldn't be chasing it), if you haven't yet.
I have been working with S.C.O.R.E. here in Minneapolis. You can and assess the viability of your product and solicit financing to support it.

Neither of us will likely get rich off our ideas, but if we have the fortitude to go with the imagination, I think it's a way out of the hand-to-mouth existence of a working class life.

Good Luck!
Paul