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
Patents are for big outfits that can afford the time and money to defend them. I suggest just go ahead and make the thing and get a little revenue going. Then keep the momentum going with improvements

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