I have an idea for an invention but need some engineering help?

Before you get help be sure to file a provisional! You DO NOT need to make a prototype to get a patent! You do not need engineering to file a patent either. The engineering would, in a way, describe your "Preferred Embodiment" but you MUST describe many other variants... So my friend.. Read all the stuff below before you move on engineering... And if you REALLY need help Private Message me but NEVER give ANYONE money to do stuff till you TOTALLY know what you want done! Do you know about the Provisional Patent Application? It only costs $125 and was designed by Congress to give individual inventors a chance at bringing their inventive ideas to market easily. It is SUPER EASY to do.. To see the top 10 reasons to file a Provisional Patent Application please watch the second video in this blog. http://www.filepatentapplications.com/blog/ If a provisional patent application looks like the right thing for you to do then take a look at another website that shows EXACTLY how to file one using a video format. http://provisionalpatentvideo.com/ If you need to know how to get your product sold on TV or to Costco, or Home Depot, or Target and the like then you might also enjoy reading this information by the Ginsu Knife guy! It is pretty cool. He gives you all his contacts and personal email! http://bit.ly/GinsuKnifeGuy1 Of course you could ALSO just go to the US Patent Office and figure out how to file a patent yourself. Here is the link.. http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/index.jsp The flow chart there is pretty nice to give you an idea how to do what you want to do! Their patent search is hard to use and you need special programs to look at the patents… Instead, consider using Google Patent Search! Here is how you can use Google Patent Search to search for an "Oscillating inertial microbalance" http://www.google.com/patents?id=M5GRAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA6&dq=Oscillating+inertial+microbalance&hl=en&ei=vrbGTvGeDoXhiAKWpfXxDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Just type the term you want to search for in the search box. Play with MANY variants of your inventive idea. Also, for a more global patent search look here: http://worldwide.espacenet.com/advancedSearch?locale=en_EP Remember... Patents are MOSTLY "Improvements" on other inventions.. So, while you may see something SIMILAR to your inventive idea it does not mean that you cannot patent your IMPROVEMENT.. Example... A tire is an IMPROVEMENT on a wagon wheel. A radial biased ply tire is an IMPROVEMENT on a non radial biased tire. There are over 10,000 patents on tires... Nearly every single one is an improvement! And… a special gift for you is a sample Non Disclosure (also called an NDA) that you would have folks sign when you show them your inventive idea. You can change it up and use others but if you have NOTHING now it is a very good start written by my lawyer who charged me a TON for it! http://www.4lowprice.info/images/NDA_GeneralMutual.doc For EXTRA credit take a look at getting a free website widget here. DO NOT BUY ANYTHING. Just use the FREE widget thing.. http://CBproAds.com/refer.asp?id=50245 It will allow you to put adverts to eBooks on nearly ANY subject. If you had a store that sells horse blankets then you would include a widget that featured an eBook on how to stop horses from biting! You get 50% of whatever book folks buy. Pretty nice! If you like my answer can you vote on it? Thanks, Dave

Get a patent on it. This is an expensive process that takes up to 1.5 years just to get the patent. Once your idea is approved, you will have rights to that product for the next 6 years. That means in the next 6 years, no one will be allowed to copy your product or steel your design. 6 years is not a lot of time. It takes years to find suppliers and make a business plan and come out with prototypes and test them and put them to market. You need to try to finish everything and sell the product within that time frame, which is not an easy thing to do. Once you have the rights over your invention, take it to a supplier for electronics and softwares. Talk to consulting companies. This is a long process since many suppliers ignore emails and phone calls and take forever to give you a quote.

Before you get help be sure to file a provisional! You DO NOT need to make a prototype to get a patent! You do not need engineering to file a patent either. The engineering would, in a way, describe your "Preferred Embodiment" but you MUST describe many other variants... So my friend.. Read all the stuff below before you move on engineering... And if you REALLY need help Private Message me but NEVER give ANYONE money to do stuff till you TOTALLY know what you want done! Do you know about the Provisional Patent Application? It only costs $125 and was designed by Congress to give individual inventors a chance at bringing their inventive ideas to market easily. It is SUPER EASY to do.. To see the top 10 reasons to file a Provisional Patent Application please watch the second video in this blog. http://www.filepatentapplications.com/blog/ If a provisional patent application looks like the right thing for you to do then take a look at another website that shows EXACTLY how to file one using a video format. http://provisionalpatentvideo.com/ If you need to know how to get your product sold on TV or to Costco, or Home Depot, or Target and the like then you might also enjoy reading this information by the Ginsu Knife guy! It is pretty cool. He gives you all his contacts and personal email! http://bit.ly/GinsuKnifeGuy1 Of course you could ALSO just go to the US Patent Office and figure out how to file a patent yourself. Here is the link.. http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/index.jsp The flow chart there is pretty nice to give you an idea how to do what you want to do! Their patent search is hard to use and you need special programs to look at the patents… Instead, consider using Google Patent Search! Here is how you can use Google Patent Search to search for an "Oscillating inertial microbalance" http://www.google.com/patents?id=M5GRAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA6&dq=Oscillating+inertial+microbalance&hl=en&ei=vrbGTvGeDoXhiAKWpfXxDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Just type the term you want to search for in the search box. Play with MANY variants of your inventive idea. Also, for a more global patent search look here: http://worldwide.espacenet.com/advancedSearch?locale=en_EP Remember... Patents are MOSTLY "Improvements" on other inventions.. So, while you may see something SIMILAR to your inventive idea it does not mean that you cannot patent your IMPROVEMENT.. Example... A tire is an IMPROVEMENT on a wagon wheel. A radial biased ply tire is an IMPROVEMENT on a non radial biased tire. There are over 10,000 patents on tires... Nearly every single one is an improvement! And… a special gift for you is a sample Non Disclosure (also called an NDA) that you would have folks sign when you show them your inventive idea. You can change it up and use others but if you have NOTHING now it is a very good start written by my lawyer who charged me a TON for it! http://www.4lowprice.info/images/NDA_GeneralMutual.doc For EXTRA credit take a look at getting a free website widget here. DO NOT BUY ANYTHING. Just use the FREE widget thing.. http://CBproAds.com/refer.asp?id=50245 It will allow you to put adverts to eBooks on nearly ANY subject. If you had a store that sells horse blankets then you would include a widget that featured an eBook on how to stop horses from biting! You get 50% of whatever book folks buy. Pretty nice! If you like my answer can you vote on it? Thanks, Dave