Can it work + Prototype of small electronic circuit

I have about a dozen of these million-dollar ideas a week, and haven't found a sucker^H^H^H^H^H^Hventure capitalist yet.

Good Luck! Rich

Too late, I already thought of that idea. I will sue !

Uh-Oh!! You know you can only legally claim ("Patent Pending") if you have filed either a regular or provisional patent application. If you merely intend to make such a filing in the future, you cannot legally claim patent pending status.

Also, I am reasonably sure this prohibition extends to the USPTO Document Disclosure program, but I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong....

As for the "Uh-Oh!!" part... if you got to the filing stage, then you should already have an excellent idea about the very questions you ask, and probably even have the idea reduced to practice (??)

I suspect you have simply used the term improperly. So, let me give you a few bytes of advice:

1 - NEVER build or design anything unless you have customers lined up, or at the very least, have talked with several prospective purchasers. 2 - It always costs a lot more and takes a lot longer than you expect

- no matter what aspect of the project/venture you are contemplating.

3 - The easy part is coming up with the idea. If you sit quitely for 10 minutes or so, you can probably come up with a dozen good ones. The hard part is turning those ideas into success stories. 4 - (I assume you are in the USA?) The "system" is designed to make the process APPEAR mysterious and unapproachable by the untrained. Once you recognize and accept this fact, you will realize it is all an illusion. Except for complex "ideas" like DNA sequences or gelatinous food products, (Ha!!), you can most almost certainly do the patent app on your own. For first timers, the PatentEase application is actually pretty good, IMO. (~$80)? 5 - Read #1 again, and again, and again until it really sinks in. Then, if you feel like making a go of it, you only live once! Best of luck.

-mpm

True.

The Document Disclosure program has been discontinued.

True. You cannot get a patent on an idea. You can only patent a way of doing it.

Very true.

Except for complex "ideas" like DNA sequences or gelatinous

In order to get a good patent, you need to expect to do a lot of work and study. I have filed some of my own patents. However, I have run into a number of people who should probably let someone else do it for them.

Here is a link for people who want to get started with inventing:

Filing your own patent is a ludicrous waste of time, energy, and sanity.

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So.... what prevents this idea from being massively copied in China and sold on Ebay? Are you going to hop on a plane to China and sue Mr. Wang? D from BC

Instead of shooting your mouth off here you should have been spending your time searching

to make sure you do not infringe an existing, still in force patent.

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 JosephKK
 Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens.  
  --Schiller

You have the horse and the cart mixed up.

The idea evaluation should take place LONG BEFORE you decide not to patent.

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Don Lancaster                          voice phone: (928)428-4073
Synergetics   3860 West First Street   Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552
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