Nolo press publishes books on numerous areas of law including patent law, probably they have some at your public library. These are oriented towards people who would want to make the decision about filing a patent and file for the patent themselves.
A small business that applies for its first few patents can get a discount of 75% for their filing fees, I paid just $65 to file a provisional patent application and I think it wouldn't be much more than $1000 for a complete patent application if you did it yourself.
Your idea may or may not be patentable but you should read up on the subject and make up your mind if you want to try it.
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Nolo press publishes books on numerous areas of law including patent law, probably they have some at your public library. These are oriented towards people who would want to make the decision about filing a patent and file for the patent themselves.
A small business that applies for its first few patents can get a discount of 75% for their filing fees, I paid just $65 to file a provisional patent application and I think it wouldn't be much more than $1000 for a complete patent application if you did it yourself.
Your idea may or may not be patentable but you should read up on the subject and make up your mind if you want to try it.