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[xpert787]

Has anyone ever tried to patent anything? Just from initial reading it looks complicated, but if this works out I could be a rich mofo. If anyone cares I came up with what I think is a novel way to tie knots laparoscopically that uses essentially the same tools with a few modifications to make the process less awkward and easier to accomplish.

[Robb]

I came up with what I think is a novel way to tie knots laparoscopically

Er, your joking right?

[highroller54]

smoke crack much?

[jagojon3]

It's not cheap or easy. You need to get a patent lawyer, you can't do it yourself without assistance.

[Whitey]

It's not cheap or easy. You need to get a patent lawyer, you can't do it yourself without assistance.

Its around $10,000.  Stuff gets patented all the time at my work

[jeffsciv23]

when i was helping clean out my grandmas house after she died i found a patent that my grandpa had, not sure what it was for but it was probly useless now lol

[xpert787]

not a joke, I want to provisionally patent it so I can discuss it with a surgeon I worked with to get an expert opinion about the utility. But from what I have personally seen even fully trained board certified surgeons struggle with the traditional approach to knot tying. When I was on one of the laparoscopic simulators the guy showing me how to make the knot was struggling, and I started thinking then there had to be a better way.

[highroller54]

Underware gnomes have a better money making plan then you.

[ghettoturbo]

step 3: profit

[hatchboy]

not a joke, I want to provisionally patent it so I can discuss it with a surgeon I worked with to get an expert opinion about the utility. But from what I have personally seen even fully trained board certified surgeons struggle with the traditional approach to knot tying. When I was on one of the laparoscopic simulators the guy showing me how to make the knot was struggling, and I started thinking then there had to be a better way.

Don't listen to the haters, make it happen. Then share the wealth with those who pushed you to do it.

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Or just lose a lot of money?

[DRQPQUT]

not a joke, I want to provisionally patent it so I can discuss it with a surgeon I worked with to get an expert opinion about the utility. But from what I have personally seen even fully trained board certified surgeons struggle with the traditional approach to knot tying. When I was on one of the laparoscopic simulators the guy showing me how to make the knot was struggling, and I started thinking then there had to be a better way.

Don't listen to the haters, make it happen. Then share the wealth with those who pushed you to do it.

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Or just lose a lot of money?

yeah great work keep it up push push ;D

[hatchboy]

not a joke, I want to provisionally patent it so I can discuss it with a surgeon I worked with to get an expert opinion about the utility. But from what I have personally seen even fully trained board certified surgeons struggle with the traditional approach to knot tying. When I was on one of the laparoscopic simulators the guy showing me how to make the knot was struggling, and I started thinking then there had to be a better way.

Don't listen to the haters, make it happen. Then share the wealth with those who pushed you to do it.

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Or just lose a lot of money?

yeah great work keep it up push push ;D

lol

[chris]

It's not cheap or easy. You need to get a patent lawyer, you can't do it yourself without assistance.

Yup a buddy of mine did it and it wasnt cheap. Each one is different and yes you need to go see the MAN to set it up.


If your on rhmt asking Im assuming you dont have enough money to make it happen. If you do get off the site and go see MR. lawyer and get the paperwork started.

[Teg2boo]

Do it dude! I'll paypal you 5$ if you give me 50% of your gain for the next 10 years.  Jew

[chris]

Gain of 50 percent of 0 isnt much.

[dvst8r]

Here is the great thing about a patent, you have to have the money to defend it or it isn't worth anything.  We went through this a couple years ago, paid the ~$10K to patent a product. Only to have a competitor copy it, but the time the legal dust had settled it had cost us nearly $100k over 3 years to fight it, only to have the technology become obsolete.  Patents really are designed to protect big companies.

[hatchboy]

Il donate money for a percentage of the profit. let's say 1 cent per 1000 dollars?

[Passenger]

Here is the great thing about a patent, you have to have the money to defend it or it isn't worth anything.  We went through this a couple years ago, paid the ~$10K to patent a product. Only to have a competitor copy it, but the time the legal dust had settled it had cost us nearly $100k over 3 years to fight it, only to have the technology become obsolete.  Patents really are designed to protect big companies.

This, plus even if you successfully sue someone violating your patent they can still legally sell their inventory, which is what some companies do when they are copying parts, if they know they have more capital to invest in inventory they build a ton of inventory, which they can use to help push the often smaller companies out of business(or at least out of that product).

I've been advised by several people that have had patents at one point, but no longer get them, to simply perfect your design, and flood the market, ride it out for as many years as you can and when it slows down and/or dies just accept it and have your other ideas in progress already. Too many people look at patents as a guaranteed way to make bank.

[ifly87]

Yeah what the fuck is up with the CDM turbo's anyway, if you copied a garrett design and manufactured in in the states you'd get shut down. China copy's EVERYTHING, they even bought a fucking huge Manitowoc craine and copied it, now sell them on the cheap. I would just expect to have any profitable product to be copied/stolen by the chineese and mass produced and sold for 1/10'th the cost of you're product.