Hello there, Thanks for your email: You asked: 1. Is there any way to bring this new cosmetic to market on my own using media such as tabloid coupon ads, or the internet, or is the process
Dear Chris, You wouldn't patent it; to protect an original invention OR a significant improvement to an existing product, a patent would be filed. Here's the USPTO's definition: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/index
Hello Monica, Thanks for your email. Not knowing if you live in southern/northern Ireland I’ve included the below to help you get a patent search done sometimes for free and sometimes not since not
Dear Nancy, That sounds like it might be more of a copyright issue depending on the quote. To search copyright records, go here: http://www.copyright.gov/records/ "Under the fair use doctrine
The document disclosure program was discontinued because there was no documented cases where it helped anyone, and the invention marketing scammers had a field day using it to defraud inventors. They would

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