How to patent your invention
When
Mark first came up with his automatic chicken waterer idea, we tossed
around the idea of getting a patent to protect his invention.
However, after running the idea by a retired patent lawyer, we thought
again.
Did you know that it
costs between $5,000 and $10,000 to get an invention patented?
After that, you still have to be willing to cough up the funds to hire
an attorney if someone steals your idea.
Our microbusiness path
to marketing Mark's invention involves keeping our startup
costs extremely low so that we can make a living from the profit.
So we decided to look at each invention as a limited time opportunity
--- we'll make some cash off the idea until someone steals it.
Meanwhile, Mark keeps inventing, mostly because he loves to tinker but
also so that we'll have another invention ready to go down the pipeline
in case his chicken waterers get stolen. Unless you have a wad of
cash and no need to make money from your invention anytime soon, I
recommend taking the road less traveled and ignoring the patent route.
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