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Widget - Patent, Design and Manufacture

  • 19-05-2009 10:24pm
    #1
    JJJJNR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭


    Is there a company in Ireland i can go to who will design my idea.

    Would it be best to register the product as a patent first.. then go about the design process. I'm very confused about what the next steps are..

    How would I find out if this idea has already been registered.

    Thanks !


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  • #2
    515
    Closed Accounts Posts: 150 ✭✭515


    There are plenty of companies who would take your money... but do you need them to?

    First step is to search online and patent databases (see this thread.

    If you can't find anything similar then talk to a patent agent to see if a patent is needed... maybe a design registration would be better?

    The basic rule of patenting is to try not to file a patent until you are about to make the idea public and start selling. Patenting gets expensive quickly after you file. Before then, deal in simple non-disclosure agreements.

    Assuming the idea is new, a patent would be needed eventually and you want to move the idea forward, consider just getting the idea designed up in a 3D software package. I recently did that for one of my own ideas and was able to take a little animation and images to multinational and discuss a deal... no need for a physical prototype at that stage, once they could understand the idea.

    Once they decide they like the idea you can go to the expense of a prototype... and they ARE usually expensive.


  • #3
    Arddon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 135 ✭✭Arddon


    i've worked in product design for a number of years...

    as 515 says check patent on the idea to insure you are not infringing on existing patent and wasting your time...thats assuming it is patentable, as not all ideas are...

    then get some drawings/3d modelling - if you get to this stage PM me and I will put you in contact with a couple of good guys who free lance...

    it really depends on what the product is but drawings and 3D models should allow you get some cost analysis done...

    then its prototype, test, revise etc...it gets expensive here!

    PM me if you wanna ask any questions...the free lance design area is an area I'm thinking about entering...and as i said i'll put you in touch with couple of guys if it suits you


  • #4
    515
    Closed Accounts Posts: 150 ✭✭515


    You should also look at market research... there is no point in spending time and money on something that won't sell... at a profit.

    So look at similar/competing products and get a feel for what people are willing to spend to solve the problem at the moment... also why they buy different products, is it based on price or style or some other factor? If they buy for style and you're offering is cheaper but less stylish then it wont' sell.

    Also, people sometimes think that there is no competition for their idea... but even if nothing on the market does what their product does there is competition... the choice to NOT have their product. Often, people just don't want a solution...

    Step 1 - check that it hasn't been done already
    Step 2 - check that the market will want it
    Step 3 - start to look at what is involved in patenting and designing it

    The market research will not only tell you whether it's worth the expense of developing your idea, but it will also help to shape your idea to the market and make it more saleable.


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