So you have the completed design of a product you have been working on with your Engineer. There is nothing else like what you have created and it solves a very annoying problem. Due to the Engineer's talent, your product not only works, but is cheap and easy to make. What more do you want?
So you decide it's time to get a patent before you send off the design and get it made.
But then the patent attorney tells you that it's gonna cost $5090 just for a provisional patent, not including the actual filing costs or all the rest of the jazz involved. Then if you want to get your product manufactured overseas, you will be paying even more to protect it there.
If you pay for the provisional patent, you run out of money and only have 12 months to get the money back so you can manufacture and distribute before your patent expires.
If you don't pay for the provisional patent, you can go ahead and manufacture, but you can almost guarantee someone else with more money taking ownership of your product along with the money made from it..
Has anyone faced a similar problem before? Any input would be greatly appreciated..
So you decide it's time to get a patent before you send off the design and get it made.
But then the patent attorney tells you that it's gonna cost $5090 just for a provisional patent, not including the actual filing costs or all the rest of the jazz involved. Then if you want to get your product manufactured overseas, you will be paying even more to protect it there.
If you pay for the provisional patent, you run out of money and only have 12 months to get the money back so you can manufacture and distribute before your patent expires.
If you don't pay for the provisional patent, you can go ahead and manufacture, but you can almost guarantee someone else with more money taking ownership of your product along with the money made from it..
Has anyone faced a similar problem before? Any input would be greatly appreciated..
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