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<blockquote data-quote="groper" data-source="post: 391466" data-attributes="member: 12550"><p>i filed a provisional patent once. It cost me about $3k for a patent attorney to edit what i had written, do all the searches and file the provisional. Most patent attorneys will read into your initial 'idea' and within a few weeks, tell you whether the idea is patentable or not.</p><p></p><p>A provisional patent lasts for one year and allows the inventor for a small cost to develop the idea and test things, make changes etc. It can be renewed after one year if needed. Once youve tested and further developed the idea and are happy to proceed with it, you can then file a full patent on it. If the idea doesnt fly, then the provisional patent lapses and you move on with your life only wasting a small anount of money, as opposed to a full patent.</p><p></p><p>Call a patent attorney for more details, most should talk to you free of charge for an initial consulatation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="groper, post: 391466, member: 12550"] i filed a provisional patent once. It cost me about $3k for a patent attorney to edit what i had written, do all the searches and file the provisional. Most patent attorneys will read into your initial 'idea' and within a few weeks, tell you whether the idea is patentable or not. A provisional patent lasts for one year and allows the inventor for a small cost to develop the idea and test things, make changes etc. It can be renewed after one year if needed. Once youve tested and further developed the idea and are happy to proceed with it, you can then file a full patent on it. If the idea doesnt fly, then the provisional patent lapses and you move on with your life only wasting a small anount of money, as opposed to a full patent. Call a patent attorney for more details, most should talk to you free of charge for an initial consulatation. [/QUOTE]
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