If you have a great Idea but dont want to build it but would like to patent it. Can you patent it without building it? Or Is building the idea required for patenting?
2007-02-01 14:17:38 · 6 answers · asked by rhkenji 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
People and corporations do this all the time; they do it even when they do not plan to create and use the item or process, just to keep others from using whatever it is they created (the thing, the process, the design) without their say-so or a payment to them.
It is helpful to build a model or have a working prototype if you plan to demonstrate your plan/design to others, but you don't need one to prove you had the process/design first and you don't need one to get the patent.
2007-02-01 14:39:49 · answer #1 · answered by bookratt 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You aren't required to build a working model anymore (that used to be the case). All you need is a set of mechanical drawings or something similar. BTW, 'ideas' are not patentable, only inventions.
There are thousands of inventions that have patents that have never been built, sold, or used. The first guy is wrong.
2007-02-01 22:21:22 · answer #2 · answered by normobrian 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, you can still patent it, and if all goes well, you can even sell or rent the patent to a company that wants to build it.
Good luck.
2007-02-01 22:21:38 · answer #3 · answered by Voice_Of_Reason 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to have some pretty detailed drawings for the patent office.
2007-02-01 22:20:51 · answer #4 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You have to submit with your application a working scale model. You can, however, submit that and not intend to build another. You don't patent ideas.
2007-02-01 22:20:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont know. but doesnt hurt to try
2007-02-01 22:22:38 · answer #6 · answered by tlw773 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋