Patent question.................?

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Patent question.................?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Ford's patents, like most, were extremely specific to certain parts of the car (suspension, transmission, piston rings, etc), which would not prevent anyone from putting together a similar "car" with a completely different (or at least, non-infringing) mechanism that did exactly the same thing in a slightly different way.



Under the 1861 patent laws in effect at the time of Ford's inventions (about 100 of them), the maximum term for a patent was 17 years from the date of issue.



So, for example, a patent issued to Henry Ford (or anyone else) in 1911 would have expired in 1928.



That was the US law until 1994, when the law was changed to "twenty years from date of first application cited for priority" unless adjusted or extended under certain rules.



Then there was, "The term of a patent that is in force on or that results from an application

filed before the date that is 6 months after the date of the enactment of the Uruguay Round Agreements

Act shall be the greater of the 20-year term as provided in subsection (a), or 17 years from grant, subject to any terminal disclaimers."

Answer 3

No, it is because Henry Ford did not invent the first car.



He adapted ideas from other industries to make an assembly line for cars.



If you invent a completely new idea, you can corner the market. Usually others follow and create a competing product once your idea is made public.





Henry Ford realized he'd need a more efficient way to mass produce cars in order to lower the price. He looked at other industries and found four principles that would further their goal: interchangeable parts, continuous flow, division of labor, and reducing wasted effort. Ford put these principles into play gradually over five years, fine-tuning and testing as he went along. In 1913, they came together in the first moving assembly line ever used for large-scale manufacturing. Ford produced cars at a record-breaking rate.

Answer 4

What you have to consider is, how does 1 differ from the other an example may be General Motors had a different type of gear box and say Chrysler had a different style of steering. The different styles and concepts that are developed rather than the basic idea is the patentable idea. Another idea could be the wind screen wiper - the variation of that concept could be the variable speed of the wiping operation. Yet another the rear window that is heated.



In effect the basics are there but its the variations / development that make the difference.

Answer 5

First of all, Ford wasn't even close to the first car builder. He wasn't even close to the first American builder.



But in general, you patent a specific invention, not a general idea. You can patent a specific way of building a car, but others can find other ways to do the same thing. In any event, patents only last 20 yrs, and even then only if you have the money to defend them in court.

Answer 6

Hey Bulldog:



Let me assume you actually have an inventive idea and you want to patent it. At issue is WHAT you can and can not patent. I will give you some links so that you can search for something like you ACTUALLY WANT.. Then, you can see what can be patented..



I will also show you the Provisional Patent Application.. Do you know about the Provisional Patent Application? It only costs $125 and was designed by Congress to give individual inventors a chance at bringing their inventive ideas to market easily. It is SUPER EASY to do..



To see the top 10 reasons to file a Provisional Patent Application please watch the second video in this blog.

http://www.filepatentapplications.com/blog/



If a provisional patent application looks like the right thing for you to do then take a look at another website that shows EXACTLY how to file one using a video format.

http://provisionalpatentvideo.com/



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Of course you could ALSO just go to the US Patent Office and figure out how to file a patent yourself. Here is the link..

http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/index.jsp

The flow chart there is pretty nice to give you an idea how to do what you want to do!



Their patent search is hard to use and you need special programs to look at the patents… Instead, consider using Google Patent Search!



Here is how you can use Google Patent Search to search for an "Oscillating inertial microbalance"

http://www.google.com/patents?id=M5GRAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA6&dq=Oscillating+inertial+microbalance&hl=en&ei=vrbGTvGeDoXhiAKWpfXxDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false



Just type the term you want to search for in the search box. Play with MANY variants of your inventive idea.



Also, for a more global patent search look here:

http://worldwide.espacenet.com/advancedSearch?locale=en_EP



Remember... Patents are MOSTLY "Improvements" on other inventions.. So, while you may see something SIMILAR to your inventive idea it does not mean that you cannot patent your IMPROVEMENT.. Example... A tire is an IMPROVEMENT on a wagon wheel. A radial biased ply tire is an IMPROVEMENT on a non radial biased tire. There are over 10,000 patents on tires... Nearly every single one is an improvement!



And… a special gift for you is a sample Non Disclosure (also called an NDA) that you would have folks sign when you show them your inventive idea. You can change it up and use others but if you have NOTHING now it is a very good start written by my lawyer who charged me a TON for it!

http://www.4lowprice.info/images/NDA_GeneralMutual.doc



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If you like my answer can you vote on it? I ask you this because there are lawyers who read my posts and HATE them because my telling you how to do this WITHOUT their help... HOWEVER... many of them realize what I have to teach actually HELPS them do their job a bit easier because YOU are more educated if you choose to hire an attorney! Therefore it is important to LIKE the answer if it is helpful to YOU.



Thanks,



Dave