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- From: jhaines@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jason Haines)
- Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
- Subject: Re: Invention Development Companies Truth or Fraud
- Message-ID: <98729@netnews.upenn.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 21:50:44 GMT
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- In article <2931300721.0.p00140@psilink.com> p00140@psilink.com (Gary A. Woodward) writes:
- >Actually, if you are willing to do some of the work, you can get a
- >patent for arround $4-500. This has been my experience. First look in
- >the yellow pages under attourneys-patent. Ask them if you make up the
- >description and suppy art can you save money? Keep trying. Patent law
- >like many other things is negotiable to an extent.
- >
- >good luck.
- >
- >GW
-
- I be interested in how you managed this. I can do a preliminary
- patent search online for pretty cheap so I can save costs there.
- I could see reducing the lawyer's fees by doing much of this leg work and
- wording yourself but aren't the filing and patent fees alone more than
- $400 to $500?
-
- Jason
-