should be coming from their direction to you. They hope you don't realize that. Now you do.

So you want to patent your idea. Can it be patented? No. Ideas cannot be patented, copyrighted or trademarked. However, you can draw a working model or develop a working prototype and take a picture of it (helps to have a working diagram showing how it makes it different than anything else on the market). Go to the U.S. Patent & Trademark website, click on “forms” and download a patent fo

Inventors, Predators, And Land mines

Webster describes invention as a new, useful process, machine, improvement, etc., that did not exist previously and that is recognized as the product of some unique intuition or genius, as distinguished from ordinary mechanical skill or craftsmanship.

But it describes inventor as a person who invents, esp. one who devises some new process, appliance, machine, or article; one who makes inventions.

The reason I mention both terms and meanings is that the inventor often mistakes him or herself from the actual invention. The ego gets caught up in the idea and process. That can not only be a dangerous thing, but one in which the person (and notice “person” is a key word in the definition that does not appear in the definition of invention) loses interest in the excitement of the process of bringing an idea into manifestation and into the marketplace. This invention may help improve mankind, leave the planet a better place than where the inventor found it, and, consequently, make the inventor wealthy beyond his or her wildest imagination.

For those of you who are old veterans of inventing, please disregard or ignore most of my ramblings. You already know all this and possibly have been through it. I guess by now I am an old veteran holding several patents and thousands of copyrights.

So you've got an idea and you have been mulling it around awhile. You can envision it in the marketplace yet nobody else can. You see a commercial on television from an invention representative firm and you call them. They gladly take several thousand dollars from you to “help” you with it. Hopefully by now, you have caught on and saved your hard-earned money. There are very few legitimate invention firms out there who really can help you and they don't advertise. They usually approach the inventor if they think the invention is a winner. No legitimate invention firm will charge you any fees. The fees should be coming from their direction to you. They hope you don't realize that. Now you do.

So you want to patent your idea. Can it be patented? No. Ideas cannot be patented, copyrighted or trademarked. However, you can draw a working model or develop a working prototype and take a picture of it (helps to have a working diagram showing how it makes it different than anything else on the market). Go to the U.S. Patent & Trademark website, click on “forms” and download a patent for

ngs is that the inventor often mistakes him or herself from the actual invention. The ego gets caught up in the idea and process. That can not only be a dangerous thing, but one in which the person (and notice “person” is a key word in the definition that does not appear in the definition of invention) loses interest in the excitement of the process of bringing an idea into manifestation and into the marketplace. This invention may help improve mankind, leave the planet a better place than where the inventor found it, and, consequently, make the inventor wealthy beyond his or her wildest imagination.

For those of you who are old veterans of inventing, please disregard or ignore most of my ramblings. You already know all this and possibly have been through it. I guess by now I am an old veteran holding several patents and thousands of copyrights.

So you've got an idea and you have been mulling it around awhile. You can envision it in the marketplace yet nobody else can. You see a commercial on television from an invention representative firm and you call them. They gladly take several thousand dollars from you to “help” you with it. Hopefully by now, you have caught on and saved your hard-earned money. There are very few legitimate invention firms out there who really can help you and they don't advertise. They usually approach the inventor if they think the invention is a winner. No legitimate invention firm will charge you any fees. The fees should be coming from their direction to you. They hope you don't realize that. Now you do.

So you want to patent your idea. Can it be patented? No. Ideas cannot be patented, copyrighted or trademarked. However, you can draw a working model or develop a working prototype and take a picture of it (helps to have a working diagram showing how it makes it different than anything else on the market). Go to the U.S. Patent & Trademark website, click on “forms” and download a patent fo

where the inventor found it, and, consequently, make the inventor wealthy beyond his or her wildest imagination.

For those of you who are old veterans of inventing, please disregard or ignore most of my ramblings. You already know all this and possibly have been through it. I guess by now I am an old veteran holding several patents and thousands of copyrights.

So you've got an idea and you have been mulling it around awhile. You can envision it in the marketplace yet nobody else can. You see a commercial on television from an invention representative firm and you call them. They gladly take several thousand dollars from you to “help” you with it. Hopefully by now, you have caught on and saved your hard-earned money. There are very few legitimate invention firms out there who really can help you and they don't advertise. They usually approach the inventor if they think the invention is a winner. No legitimate invention firm will charge you any fees. The fees should be coming from their direction to you. They hope you don't realize that. Now you do.

So you want to patent your idea. Can it be patented? No. Ideas cannot be patented, copyrighted or trademarked. However, you can draw a working model or develop a working prototype and take a picture of it (helps to have a working diagram showing how it makes it different than anything else on the market). Go to the U.S. Patent & Trademark website, click on “forms” and download a patent fo

e can. You see a commercial on television from an invention representative firm and you call them. They gladly take several thousand dollars from you to “help” you with it. Hopefully by now, you have caught on and saved your hard-earned money. There are very few legitimate invention firms out there who really can help you and they don't advertise. They usually approach the inventor if they think the invention is a winner. No legitimate invention firm will charge you any fees. The fees should be coming from their direction to you. They hope you don't realize that. Now you do.

So you want to patent your idea. Can it be patented? No. Ideas cannot be patented, copyrighted or trademarked. However, you can draw a working model or develop a working prototype and take a picture of it (helps to have a working diagram showing how it makes it different than anything else on the market). Go to the U.S. Patent & Trademark website, click on “forms” and download a patent fo

should be coming from their direction to you. They hope you don't realize that. Now you do.

So you want to patent your idea. Can it be patented? No. Ideas cannot be patented, copyrighted or trademarked. However, you can draw a working model or develop a working prototype and take a picture of it (helps to have a working diagram showing how it makes it different than anything else on the market). Go to the U.S. Patent & Trademark website, click on “forms” and download a patent form. Can't afford the $500 for a full patent? Download the provisionary patent form. It protects you for a year and costs $100. Fill it out, and along with your diagram and/or photo, and a brief description of the product, mail it back. Be patient. There's lots of us out there. You will hear back within a month or two and have your patent form.

Now the real work begins. If you have your own trust fund, you can ignore the rest of this article. Simply open a manufacturing plant and get started.

If you are like me, (and have had to work for it), but don't have a huge cash flow to pay every attorney, accountant, manufacturer, etc. you might want to form a corporation and barter stock for services and goods.

You can write press releases about your firm coming out with the product and stock options are open and for sell. You might attract investors and future stockholders. That is what I did with my last invention “Insert Alert”. It is the world's first and only “intelligent medical alert device”. It is worn as jewelry. It has a computer chip and is completely automated. It monitors all vital signs, has satellite gps tracking to pinpoint where you are at all times, and actually “dials” 9-11 if there is a problem (even if you are unconscious). It stores your past medical records. It text-messages your loved ones with location and problem.

I am very proud of it and had investors lined up before I even incorporated it (I incorporated it as a sub chapter “s” (for tax purposes) in Delaware. You can do that too if you wish.

I try to go on with my daily routine. If I think too much about it, my ego gets tied up and I forget all the little and big steps ahead before bringing it to market. I had to find an engineering company, an investor, I have to get FDA approval, it helps to have UL (Underwriters Laboratories) approval. Lots to do and I'm just a “person” (remember the word “person” in the definition of inventor). Being an