So i got a patent today on an idea!

[1996 318ti NY]

Deleted LOL! if you really wanna know pm me!

[b.u.ti-ful]

If you are serious about getting a patent, you should delete this thread.

[tiFreak]

too late, I already stole it

sounds like a cool idea though

[1996 318ti NY]

i already got the patent and i have mailed myself multiple copies of this and used emails also.

[530chris]

I think with enough though and engineering this could be very usefull, my only question is how are u going to over ride the intercooler

[b.u.ti-ful]

Originally Posted by 1996 318ti NY

i already got the patent and i have mailed myself multiple copies of this and used emails also.

But, in your original post you said you just got the idea.

Takes 1.5-2 years to get a patent.

[1996 318ti NY]

well then its filed is what i meant lol.

[b.u.ti-ful]

Gotcha.

Keep it quite for a couple years.

I filed for one a year and a half ago and I'm still waiting.

The problem is, just because you filed doesn't mean somebody can't run with it while you are still getting legally protected and organized.

I hope you make a billion $.

[1996 318ti NY]

lol thanks haha it would just be a cool thing to see work

[aceyx]

Originally Posted by b.u.ti-ful

Gotcha.

Keep it quite for a couple years.

I filed for one a year and a half ago and I'm still waiting.

The problem is, just because you filed doesn't mean somebody can't run with it while you are still getting legally protected and organized.

I hope you make a billion $.

I am not a patent attorney and this is not legal advice.

However, from what I do know, a patent (once issued) is protected back to its original filing date.

Infringement during that time is also protected, entitling you to damages (money + injunction).


That doesn't mean that some enterprising individual can't obtain a patent on a similar invention that would obscure your own. But, there are a billion factors to take into account.

[b.u.ti-ful]

That sounds right, but somebody with a patent attorney ready to go can file quickly - the original thread poster may not be that far into it yet.

[1996 318ti NY]

Its completely filed my dad has a patent attorney which he called for me and so on went to the office and bing done. lol

[b.u.ti-ful]

Nice - that saved you a few grand!

[spidertri]

Did you do any searches to see if a patent for this idea already exists?

[roadrash]

Originally Posted by spidertri

Did you do any searches to see if a patent for this idea already exists?

+1

Or at least some serious googling?