Can somebody tell me- How to protect yourself for inventing a new way of using an existing product?

Question

An appliance used in for a particular utility, well past its patent expiry date if placed elsewhere with minor modifications becomes extremely useful for fulfilling another nascent need & its sale can shoot up like never before. Kindly inform whether the new application of an existing product can be protected? If yes, How?

Answer 1

The only way to obtain gain legally, is to sell the design to the Company making the product. (They will put your name on the design.) But Patten the design before
marketing it to them, as a design with the patten ofice in Washington D.C.

Answer 2

You'd better protect yourself. One more nascent need object is just what this world needs. You'll really be doing us all a big giant favor by inventing one more of those. Geez, I hope it's something as demoralizing and obnoxious as ---let's say a cell phone that plays your own personal theme song so we can all admire how cool you are. I reccomend you wear a Trojan, triple ply under your turned backwards ball cap 24/7. I hope you get so rich Paris Hilton wants to adopt you. Hyuck it up then. No offense, I'm just sick of keeping up with technology and the whole value system of consumerism in general.

Answer 3

I looked into that for something I invented and it was very confusing, I t appears to me to really be protected you have to have a lawer. good luck.

Answer 4

no I do not believe so