Many patent attorneys will have you rush into a patent before creating a prototype. While patenting your invention is one of the most important aspects of the invention process, you need to slow things down a little bit.
If you jump straight into a patent, you may soon realize that the design or specifications of your patent do not actually work in real life (after prototyping) and you have to file a new patent or change an existing patent for thousands of dollars more. You have to ask yourself: Are some of these patent attorneys really looking out for your best interests?
My advice is to find a reputable product design firm to help you develop a prototype and then go patent something that actually works. This is why prototypes are also called proof of concepts. They prove that the concept actually works in real life.
Half of the clients at the product design and development firm that I work for have come to us with an invention that they have already patented only to find out in the design phases that either 1) It just will not work or 2) The design is not cost effective for mass production. In either case we need to design and develop a more innovative way to do the same thing and once we do that, guess what? Our clients have to pay to revise or file a whole new patent.
Is patenting important? Absolutely. Just make sure to do it AFTER you have proven a concept.
Sebastian Valemont Synthesis Labs, Inc. | Product Design and Development 8941 Atlanta Ave. #259 Huntington Beach, CA 92646 theteam@synthesislabs.com http://www.synthesislabs.com |  |
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