Get it patented and then sell it to some company with the means to develop and market it?
there's a fair chance that it might not be patentable or, even if it is, it's of little value to you (e.g. it'd be possible to tweak the idea enough so as not to infringe on the patent while still achieving the same result - so it'll come down to your execution of the product and gaining the 'first to market' advantage more so than holding a patent).
This is the part I could never get around. If someone tweaks your idea, surely then it could not be patentable. What way could you prevent someone from tweaking it. Is it possible to cover your idea with several drawings showing tweaked versions of your original idea, if you know what I mean or do you combine all in the one drawing. Could never figure this out.
Some companies do this. A company with deep pockets and an aggressive patent policy will apply for 100 patents at a time, that ring fence the whole area that they are researching. Even if they leave any loop holes, its scares off anyone else who was thinking of patenting anything in that area.
Costs a lot of money though.
It's a difficult one to discuss in 'general', as depending on the type of product/invention the ways to 'get around' the patent would be very different (that, and also the fact that I've only got a very basic knowledge of itYes, I understand that now. But is it not possible within the one patent to cover all these routes.
http://www.patentsoffice.ie/en/patents-frequently-asked-questions.aspxQ. What is patentable?
A. In order to be eligible for a patent the invention must be new, involve an inventive step and be capable of industrial application.
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