Legal Question in Intellectual Property in California

patents /ownership of an idea

my question is can you patent an idea/concept or do you

have to have an actual physical working model of your invention?

I have a concepts for a several things. can i patent the concepts?


Asked on 12/30/04, 1:04 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Amy Ghosh Law Offices of Amy Ghosh

Re: patents /ownership of an idea

First you need to do patentability analysis. Then if you see these ideas are patentable. Then a provisional application can be filed...and within one year of that need to come up with a prototype in order to file a full application which must be filed within one year of filing the provisional application.

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Answered on 1/04/05, 11:56 am


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