I want to put a cologne on the market and have a patent . Help me get started?

Answer 1

You cannot patent a fragrance. you can patent the method of producing the fragrance if it is new and not anticipated by the pre-existing techonology, but even that is open to some challenge by others in the market who may become aware of the process, and patent litigation is very expensive and very technical. If your fragrance uses a previously unknown element, you might want to trademark the recipe, but that will not stop others from deconstructing the fragrance or reverse engineering it to figure out what you did.

Answer 2

To protect an original invention OR a significant improvement to an existing product, a patent would be filed, so this is not what you're looking for. Here's the USPTO's definition: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/index.html#patent

Trademarks can be names of products or services, logos, slogans, packaging and even sounds and smells. In essence, a trademark can be almost anything that is used to identify a particular product or service. Registering a trademark grants the owner exclusive rights to the mark within the specified industry.

Since you're talking about a smell, it's a more unusual trademark filing so I'd recommend speaking to a trademark attorney, rather than going through a private company.

Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!

Answer 3

you in addition to mght have a pulse element on the interior of you elbow thats the place you ought to spay for the optimal smell exposure. As for spraying enormous ben? dont you think of the girls could like to flavor some thing different than cologne?? i understand i could! ;)