Some Feedback Here: How Can One Patent An Idea?

LOL Should of known you would be coming here to make this into a discussion, pye. I hope someone here can help ya out.

The best idea is to trademark your product. Set up good name first and do trademark. Why? because herbs are known already, all you do is the right combination to work as remedy. Because it is just "home remedy" or "herbal remedy" doesn't need medical approval. Example: "Airborne" created by school teacher. She just trademarked her combination as herbal formula. Check LegalZoom for trademark. It may cost about $100 or so, but you can have free consultation. Legal Zoom is worth trust and it cost just small fraction of legal fees. http://www.legalzoom.com/trademarks/trademarks-overview.html Once you have your trademark I will tell you what to do. Do not give you formula to anyone. You have to write down your formula with exact proportions. My advice is to mix it few times using pharmacy scale or small measuring tools. You can also use tea spoon. Think about good name, but do not check the name with anyone. Write down all ideas. Think about, but don't let it go. Just remember, many people would like to invest money and they will if they see potential for return. Don't underestimate yourself, just because you are on the budget. Investors are just next door... HUGS

Hi Pye! I sure wish I knew so I could tell ya but I don't but nonetheless, if it worked for you then why wouldn't it work for others, right? How in the world did you figure this out?! lol You must have a brilliant mind to think and actually make the concoction to begin with!! I wish I had a mind to do things - even remotely like that. lol I'd like to see you get a patent for it because it would help so many others! Good luck gal!!

Hi! If you are in my country Philippines i can help you patented your invention in our Philippine Inventors Society since my father was one of them. Keep up the good work. Cheers!

hey pyewacket! well im not sure how you would go about this, but if i were you i would definitely look into it further.. if it helps you, it could help thousands of others!! well done you .. and good luck xx

Hi Pye, I just wanna say don't give up on your idea, and don't let no one else discourage you. Everything has a price, nothing is free. Another thing, taking a pill isn't always the answer. There are pills today on the market that has some really bad side-effects and can kill you. Some of them already has killed some people. People are more health conscious these days. More and more people are going to the health food stores and even ordering from health food stores. Do your homework, go to the library and do some research on "How to Patent your idea". Whatever it takes don't give up. At least try as hard as you can, go as far as you can go. If you stop now, maybe one day soon you'll look up and they will have what you wanted on the shelves. Think positive you will go far. That saying "If theres a Will theres a Way". It's true you know. I'm pullin for ya. You go get them Pye! Oh i almost forgot i don't know if you watch Ronnie Deutch he hosts a show called "The Big Idea", Watch it sometimes you will be amazed at the people that has brought their ideas to life, people from all walks of life and now they are set for life and some are on the road to getting there. It really is inspiring.

If your herbal compress is your own concoction, then you can certainly patent it. It does not have to be medical or FDA approved. I had great luck with an herbal or topical remedy made with emu oil when my doctor was saying I had carpal tunnel. I do not necessarily buy that diagnosis, and I do not intend to have the surgery either. I think stretching and dietary changes and non invasive things like your herbal compress. I got great results from a paraffin spa with tea tree oil and lavender oil.

ask for free information from the us patents office, and go from there. I am sure they should be able to point you out in the right direction. Anyway you have to because they have to check to see if there is already a patent on that idea.

A plus for your discussion pyewacket and a totally disappointing story to give you. Many years ago McDonald's came out with really cute stir-sticks for their coffee. They had a square McDonald logo on the top, about 4 inches or so of thin plastic, and a little tiny spoon on the end. A few months after they began to use these they were made to quit using them because those "wicked hippies" were using them as coke spoons! They then redesigned the stirrers and put a tiny paddle at the end. I absolutely loved them! I'm sure you have a bunch of jars of creams, ointments, and such that you have to dip your fingers into if you want to get the product out (petroleum jelly is the worst!). If you have long fingernails the creams get up under your nails. Not only do you then have to groom your nails, you waste a lot of the product. I contacted a Patent place (it's been quite awhile ago) and was told that I would not only have to do a drawing of it; but also have to work up a prototype. Then, after spending quite a large sum of money on Patent Attorneys, production, and such, I would get to conduct marketing research to see if anyone would be interested in this product. All of the above just totally overwhelmed me. Two years ago I was in Walmart and noticed on a Sun Tan Product that they had a much larger plastic paddle-like device to be used to apply their product to the skin evenly. It was not the same, but pretty darned close. Just this year while in a Bath and Body Works store, I found almost the exact product at the cream tester station and is just a short version - which is much better for a small jar. I wanted to cry. I wish you much better luck than I had. The only advice is to research, research, research. I am still trying to find out how to get a grant for a project I want to do and can find nothing but rip off sites. I am also very happy that your compress is working, especially for carpal tunnel. I have been wearing hand braces off and on for years because I totally refuse that surgery. Congratulations ~D

Pye, I think what you would have to do is create a "PACKAGE"..Design the herbal medication and the bandage into one altogether contraption and sell it as such, similar to a nicotine type patch. There are invention companies that can get you started but, the first thing you should do is draw out the concoction and a description and then be sure to date it. Then all you need do is contact U.S.Patent office for an application

I'm not sure - would love to know myself as I'm an idea person. However, I think the first step is the research to make sure no one else has gone there first. I think an idea like yours, a method of healing an ailment that I think is plagueing more and more people, would be welcome - except maybe my pharmeceutical (spelling!) companies who won't be able to profit off of the painkillers they give to those suffering, or the expensive physcial therapy that is also an alternative. I hope you follow through and share it with the world - and make money in the process - you certainly deserve it!

I don't think that it's possible. There are lots of things to consider and the end product may not be the same as the original one. However, there is no harm trying and asking a pro whether it works or not. But for herbal remedy, I think there are people that have tried. You just need to ask around those in this business. I think they should know more.

Hi Pye-hopefully someone will be able to tell you cos I was going to ask you for the recipe incase I need it!! if you have other herbal recipes like that you want to make a littlebook up of them if you have-your friend littleowl

why not try googling it and asking what you have said here. seems to me like there could be someplace that would tell you how to patent an idea like that and I think it well worth looking into. so many of us are looking for herbalways to help various ills and that should appeal to someone surely. any time you can avoid surgery is so great if it works and you are proof that it does. try it and see.

I'm not sure how or if you could patent it, although there sure should be a way you could but how about you write a book? There are tons of how-to books and self-help and healing books and somebody is making a few bucks from them, why not you? If it works for other things and I know you've written about remedies you've used for your kitties that you've concocted yourself, I think we just may have the makings of a best seller here! Annie

Why don't you contact the patent office and asked the procedure on how to patent your invention? I think you only need a lawyer to verify the date when you conceived of the idea. There might be other people who also conceived of the idea first. First you need a good invention name. What's the invention for? What's different about it? When the it was concieved? etc. You need these minimum information to start with. My friend had some patent to her name but she submitted to our company and the company legal office handles the procedure. She just fill up some forms and submit it. If it's too hard for you to patent, look for a buyer of your patent and sell it. This way you'll avoid the headache of patenting your idea. This is a herbal medicine, try contacting company who are in these business and try to sell it to them. You must have like non disclosure agreement to them. so they don't own it as their own idea and patent it. Good luck. Anything is possible.