Reply To: Patents and licensing

Homeowner, thanks. However, my idea is not a high tech or biotech concept. It is a simple idea for an everyday household device for which I have an improvement.

An analogy would be the Swingaway can opener, which is much more reliable than previous can openers, but I think has just one extra gear, and is made in a better shape and out of much stronger metal. (My idea is not for a can opener.)

As far as going to an attorney, I will of course have to, but I also asked here about the going rate. I was hoping either some patent attorney reads this site who could advise what the normal procedure and rates are, or someone who has gone through this.

As far as reading or understanding the legalese, I can’t make heads or tails out of it.