Legal Question in Intellectual Property in California

1. Maybe.

2. Maybe.

3. It's anybody's guess.

4. Maybe, but don't post it to LawGuru. Make an appointment with a patent lawyer.

Consult with and pay an experienced patent attorney to review your ideas. Don't disclose or talk about them to anyone else.

Yes, a new application of an existing technology is patentable, if it meets the ordinary requirements for patentability- mainly that it is new and not an obvious combination or modification of previous technology.

Whether it meets those requirements can be determined to a reasonable degree of certainty by obtaining a patentability search report and opinion from a patent attorney.

Without doing that search, I cannot say whether your particular invention would be patentable.

As a Franchise Attorney I entirely agree with the above answer. You can't expect any answer without first consulting with a patent attorney who will do a search and then render an opinion. New and non-obvious are the key requirements. Consult with a good patent attorney in your area for specific advice.

Mr. Franchise - Kevin B. Murphy, B.S., M.B.A., J.D.

Franchise Foundations, a Professional Corporation