[gregory]

Originally Posted by big block fiero

If something was posted about these wet flow patents then that information would become public knowledge. Even something spoken to a friend or family member without a disclosure document signed becomes public and some patents have been invalidated because during cross-examination, the friend or family member admits to there knowledge of something without a disclosure document signed.

You can file a letter of intent and just start manufacturing, selling and posting information about a product but you then have one year to file the provisional patent. Sometimes this is better, to explore the marketability of a product before you spend, in my case, $34,000.00 on the patent and $2,000.00 annual maintenance fees. You can enjoy one year of sales (with the option to patent), saturate the market, bring in revenue to pay for the patent, or never get the patent (if sales are slow) or find an investor to buy it and pay for the patent. Make sure your patent covers everything and is worded such that all your claims cannot be challenged by a simular product other wise you will have to file a continuation in part to modify and expand on this wording so now your patent will cost double. Its the bait and switch game of the patent attorneys but you should verify the accuracy of what I'm saying all-though This is ,I believe, generally correct.

Oh,okay..so i should be able to view that patent then?
Sorry i dont know about that stuff..me just an Aussie..