HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO PATENT AN IDEA?
When should I patent my invention?
Inventor, youโve probably already searched for answers to: how much does it cost to patent your idea, whatโs the process for patenting your idea and what does actual patent protection of your ideas consist of. However, at PROTOTรCNICA, instead of answering the same questions for the umpteenth time, we urge you to switch the question to: When should I patent my invention?
THE BIG IDEA never comes to you by itself. Itโs usually accompanied by a little voice in your head incessantly repeating โplease let no one copy meโ and, as of that moment, nothing else matters. Everything that has to do with tools to protect your idea โฆ sounds good!
After doing a deep search in Google and not finding anything similar to your invention, you believe, mistakenly, that youโve resolved the principal hypotheses and mitigated the main risks of the matter. Therefore, all attention, efforts and resources are directed toward the legal protection of the invention.
Here are the questions:
- What happens if after registering my invention, in the prototyping process, we discover that to get the best version of the product, the initial idea has to be changed substantially?
- Would it make more sense to patent or protect the invention when we already know, with all certainty, what the physical result of my working prototype will be like?
- Wouldnโt it suffice to sign a confidentiality agreement with the engineering team that will support me in materializing my invention, and thus protect a working invention?
- Would it be appropriate to obtain โinnovation claimโ proposals that actually add value to my invention and make a difference in the prototyping process?
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If youโve answered using common sense, Iโm sure that right now youโre regretting having sought legal protection too soon. Donโt worry, this happens much more often than you think.
Five years ago, when we asked ourselves these same questions, we arrived at the conclusion that the invention legal protection process should begin neither before nor after the prototype design and manufacturing process. They are processes that should coexist and remain active in parallel fashion.
Below, we list what we consider to be the right steps for the process of kick-starting your
- Drafting a general description of the idea, defining the inventionโs principal features and objectives.
- Defining the elements of the invention that are considered innovative.
- Conducting the prior art search, both for inventions geared toward resolving the same problems as your invention, as well as for the points that you have identified as innovative.
- Initiating the prototyping process, focusing on technical feasibility, future economic feasibility, as well as on any elements you intend to claim as innovative elements.
- Testing of functionalities on the prototype.
- Selecting the optimal method to protect the invention. (Does not need to be a patent).
- Initiating the protection process.
- Approaching the market.
- Prototype optimization.
- Business development.
- Industrialization
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Business Director - Inventors' Advisor at Letยดs Prototype
Erick Remedios has been linked to entrepreneurship and the launch of innovative projects and inventions for over a decade. His start in the entrepreneurship sector began as the Project Management Director at the network of Private Investors, Business In Fact, S.A., a club of private investors specialized in high-risk investments, which he ended up managing as General Director for at least 5 years. As the director of the Private Investors network specialized in innovative projects in the startup phase, Erick Remedios participated in more than 40 investment operations, with his main functions being: advising entrepreneurs and inventors, as well as private investors interested in investing in such projects. Erick Remedios has been one of the influential figures in the development of the ecosystem of entrepreneurs and private investors in Spain. Since 2012, he has participated in numerous private investment forums, has advised entrepreneurial projects as a member of their Boards of Directors, and has served as a lecturer in numerous Public and private Universities, specialized public centers in entrepreneurship, and internationally leading business schools, such as It Aรฉrea Business School, where he leads the management of the Business Model Design Module for entrepreneurs, mostly Aerospace Engineering graduates. Specialized Centers in Entrepreneurship and the Launch of Innovative Projects where Erick Remedios has participated: - Direction of the Program - Sanse Emprende from the City Council of San Sebastiรกn de los Reyes, Madrid. - Direction of the Espoban Program โ Diputaciรณn de Cรณrdoba and European Center for Business Innovation. Training of entrepreneurs and inventors and preparing them to attract capital through private investors. - Speaker on the subject of launching innovative projects at Universities such as: Pablo Olavide, University of Seville, University of Mรกlaga, University of Cรกdiz, University of Huelva, University of Almerรญa, University of Jaen, University of Granada. - Direction of the Entrepreneurship Module โ IT Aรฉrea Business School. - ENyD Business School: Professor and lecturer in the area of Entrepreneurship and Private Investment. - Avanza Castellรณn - Mentor of entrepreneurs and inventors in the program of the Diputaciรณn de Castellรณn. - รvila Emprende โ Program of the City Council of รvila. Mentor of entrepreneurs in sales processes and product development. - Aula UGR- Professor of entrepreneurship and management of launching innovative projects in programs aimed at training teachers from the University of Granada. - Master Up - Professor of entrepreneurship and investment management in the Official Master's for entrepreneurs from the University of Cadiz. At the same time, numerous companies have signed Erick Remedios as an advisor and member of their Board of Directors, companies in which Mr. Remedios has also acted as the representative of the private investors who have placed their trust and economic resources, including: - Tu Fabrica de Eventos - Baby Radio - Graffos - Neurobia Research - HitsBook - Bit Credit - Glelemo Currently, Mr. Remedios is leading the international expansion of Letยดs Prototype in the United States, while also advising inventors on startup processes for projects related to innovative Hardware or Software elements, both in terms of product design, a specialty of Letยดs Prototype, and in terms of designing strategies for selling inventions and patents. Interviews with Mr. Remedios and publications authored by him in Media: - School of Business and Management: [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch3nRTFvxhw) - Diputaciรณn de Cรณrdoba. Training for Investors: [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj2fvxkD-zI) - Spanish Television - Program Emprende: [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZRi98CE20M) - TV2 - Spanish Television: [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms22bxyllKc) - University of Cadiz: Article for Inventors: [Link](https://emprendedores.uca.es/lean-prototyping-el-puente-entre-el-concepto-el-prototipo-y-las-patentes/) - University of Granada: Article for Inventors: [Link](https://ugremprendedora.ugr.es/6-tips-para-convertir-tu-idea-o-concepto-en-prototipo-lean-prototyping/)
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