Klarinet Archive - Posting 000118.txt from 2000/08

From: "Scott Morrow" <scottdmorrow@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] patents
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 16:37:09 -0400

Doug,
I've just been going through this process myself (but not for
clarinet-related products!)

First: DO NOT POST OR DIVULGE ANY INFO about your invention!
Search the following website for prior art (patents for inventions that are
similar to yours):

http://www.patents.ibm.com/

You will have to be able to explain why your invention is better than these
(find about three prior patents for examples). Ultimately, it is up to the
Patent Office to decide if your invention is "obvious" or not.

It does cost lots of money to get a patent. (I'm doing mine through Johns
Hopkins, which will pay for the cost in exchange for having the rights -
though they do give a percentage to the inventor!). You might check to see
if your place of employment has similar programs. If not, you might want to
contact a clarinet manufacturer (again, without divulging details of your
design at first!) to see if they might be interested in pursuing it with
you.

Good luck!
-Scott

>Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 13:13:08 -0700
>To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>From: "Doug Sears" <dsears@-----.net>
>Subject: patents
>Message-ID: <009801bfffe2$bd626fe0$420424d8=bigd>
>
>I'm coming up with ideas for improved keywork that I think might be
>patentable, but my intention is for them to be available for anyone to use.
>What would it take to make them public and keep anyone else from patenting
>them? Would putting some drawings up on a web site and mentioning the URL
>on
>Klarinet be enough?
>
> --Doug

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