Posted by M. Arthur Auslander on February 15, 1999 at 12:27:58:
In Reply to: SEARCHING AN IDEA posted by R.WOODS on February 15, 1999 at 11:08:11:
: PLEASE HELP ME I WOULD LIKE ALL INFO ON BEGINNING TO SEE IF AN IDEA HAS A PATENT.IF A PATIENT IS NOT ON THE IDEA HOW DO I GO ABOUT GETTING AN IDEA.
Ideas are not patentable. New structures or methods can be patented. A search can be conducted to see whether an invention has veen patented. It can best be done in the US Patent and Trademark Office. There are over 50 libraries in the various states that have some good patent searching information.
M. Arthur Auslander
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