IDEA Patented where to go next.?

Question

I have an IDEA. It is patented. I have to bring it out in the market. Whom do I contact to make my IDEA into the real thing. Thank you.

Answer 1

The next steps are:

- Analyze Costs to Produce = Ascertain what the costs will be.
- The Evaluation Process = Analyze the benefits and features, strengths and weaknesses of your invention.
- Get a Professional Prototype = Have professional prototypes made, the quality of which can be shown to potential retail buyers.
- Protect Your Idea = Apply for a provisional patent yourself.
- The Non-Provisional Patent = Your patent attorney files your non-provisional patent application.

Options for Marketing

- Licensing = The inventor has the choice to license the invention to a manufacturer in exchange for a royalty percentage in sales.
- Manufacturing = Manufacturing and distributing your invention entails higher financial risk but can reap greater profits.

Here are some books that can help you:

From Patent to Profit by Bob De Matteis
Protecting Your #1 Asset : Creating Fortunes from Your Ideas : An Intellectual Property Handbook
Patents and How to Get One : A Practical Handbook
How to Register Your Own Trademark : With Forms
Patent It Yourself
Protecting Your Ideas : The Inventor's Guide to Patents

I have worked with Big Idea Group http://www.BigIdeaGroup.net Check them out if they can help you out in the licensing of your idea.

Answer 2

well, if its a 'product' you will need to develop it for manufacturing
You will need to find 'venture capital'
if its an improvement on an existing product, you MIGHT want to try the existing manufacturers , see if they want to buy or lease your patent
If you pursue this course, you are gonna lead a few lawyers or you will be ripped off
actually you will be ripped off either way, but your own lawyers makes it seem more profitable

Answer 3

many marketing firms out there.
research make sure they are good and honest first.