2006-08-31 06:38:53 · 13 answers · asked by brian 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Well, yes! All patents are for original ideas! And you describe in detail wit supporting documents: blueprints, drawings and sketched, music sheets, whatever. It all starts with an idea that noone thought of before. This is the point of a patent!
2006-08-31 06:45:19 · answer #1 · answered by answers999 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, ideas themselves can not be patented. Only inventions or invented methodologies, etc., can receive patents. That means that an idea would have to be "reduced to practicability" (either by building a prototype or drawing up very specific schematics that would allow a person to duplicate the invention) before it could be considered for protection, and then it would still need to demonstrate some degree of real novelty, what the courts have called "a creative leap forward" in the current technology. If both parts of that standard are not met, there will be no patent.
2006-08-31 15:34:49 · answer #2 · answered by BoredBookworm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I patented the idea of patenting only an idea. When's a good time for my lawyer to call?
2006-08-31 13:43:31 · answer #3 · answered by Tekguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. I think to get a patent you have to a mock up of the invention and an explanation of how it works. That's why so many have to turn to patent lawyers because the process is so difficult. It can also take years to get a patent.
2006-08-31 13:44:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but you have to draw out your idea on paper though. Essentially everything is an "idea". Books, movies, the internal combustion engine. You have to patent the physical idea, not just the mental idea you have in your head.
2006-08-31 13:46:19 · answer #5 · answered by jaike 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No!! you have to show something to the patent company which is good ole Uncle Sam!
2006-08-31 13:44:49 · answer #6 · answered by alfonso 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can't put a patent on an idea, but you can legaly protect it from being used by someone else.
2006-08-31 13:45:45 · answer #7 · answered by Borna F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you can also patent a process, invention or leather shoes!
2006-08-31 13:45:51 · answer #8 · answered by Mork the Stork 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they can also patent nouns.
ie person, place or thing
2006-08-31 13:40:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've heard and I don't know how accurate it is but you can if not patent then copyright.
2006-08-31 13:42:29 · answer #10 · answered by region50 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋