Hi, I was doing some useful youtube-watching about patents and stuff, when this one guy mentions that you loose eligibility for a patent if you make a public disclosure of your idea. Well shit... I had a great idea of making a prototype, having a photographer take pictures of it for me, code up a website with a "buy" button and a price, and run some google ads with the pictures. Then I could see how many people click the buy button to gauge how much I could sell and if it was worth pushing ahead or dumping the idea for another one. Then if I get enough interested customers I could file a patent and start selling... Or so I thought. As soon as those google ads are out, there won't be a chance to patent it. My question is are there any workarounds, should i dump the idea of trying to get a patent (not 100% chance I would get it), or try something else?
The real tricky issue for me is that I don't really know who would buy my stuff. When thinking of ideas I thought of problems that almost all people have (at least in north america) so I could target a massive variety of people. With this came the issue of not knowing who would be the prevalent buyer. I was hoping to solve that with the ads, and with feedback from them as to what demographic clicks on them the most I could tailor future ads and the product itself. Both the patent and the ad-based research have their strengths, but it seems like I have to dump one. Curios what the thoughts are regarding to which way you would go and why.
thanks!
The real tricky issue for me is that I don't really know who would buy my stuff. When thinking of ideas I thought of problems that almost all people have (at least in north america) so I could target a massive variety of people. With this came the issue of not knowing who would be the prevalent buyer. I was hoping to solve that with the ads, and with feedback from them as to what demographic clicks on them the most I could tailor future ads and the product itself. Both the patent and the ad-based research have their strengths, but it seems like I have to dump one. Curios what the thoughts are regarding to which way you would go and why.
thanks!
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