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C H A P T E R<br />

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What Should I Do Next?<br />

A. Drop <strong>It</strong> If You Don’t See Commercial Potential (Chart Route 10-12-14-X) ..........170<br />

B. Try to Sell Invention to Manufacturer Without “Regular” <strong>Patent</strong><br />

Application (Chart Route 10-12-14-16-18-B)...........................................................................170<br />

C. File an Application and Sell <strong>It</strong> to or License a Manufacturer<br />

If You See Commercial Potential and <strong>Patent</strong>ability<br />

(Chart Route 14-16-18-20-22-A) ......................................................................................................172<br />

1. Offensive Rights for Your Invention .........................................................................................172<br />

2. Respect for Your Invention ...........................................................................................................172<br />

3. You Have Rights Even If You Sign a Manufacturer’s Waiver .......................................172<br />

4. You’ll Be Offering More So You’ll Get More ........................................................................172<br />

D. If You Have Commercial Potential Without <strong>Patent</strong>ability,<br />

License or Sell Your Invention to a Manufacturer Without Filing<br />

(Chart Route 16-24-26-28-30-B) .....................................................................................................173<br />

1. Record Conception Properly .......................................................................................................173<br />

2. Provide a Clever Trademark .........................................................................................................173<br />

3. Provide a Unique <strong>Patent</strong>able Design ....................................................................................... 174<br />

4. Provide Distinctive “Trade Dress” .............................................................................................. 174<br />

5. Provide Copyrightable Labeling ................................................................................................. 174<br />

6. Consider Trade Secret ..................................................................................................................... 174<br />

7. Submit Your Idea to Quirky.com ...............................................................................................175<br />

E. Make and Sell Your Invention <strong>Yourself</strong> Without a Utility<br />

<strong>Patent</strong> Application (Chart Route 16-30-C) .............................................................................175<br />

F. Manufacture and Distribute Your Invention <strong>Yourself</strong>, Keeping<br />

<strong>It</strong> as a Trade Secret (Chart Route 20-32-34-D).......................................................................175<br />

G. File <strong>Patent</strong> Application and Manufacture and Distribute<br />

Your Invention <strong>Yourself</strong> (Trade-Secretable Invention)<br />

(Chart Route 20-32-34-36-E) ............................................................................................................176<br />

H. File <strong>Patent</strong> Application and Manufacture and Distribute<br />

Invention <strong>Yourself</strong> (Non-Trade-Secretable Invention)<br />

(Chart Route 20-32-38-36-E) ............................................................................................................176<br />

I. Test Market Before Filing (Chart Route 20-32-38-40-F) ..................................................177<br />

J. Summary ......................................................................................................................................................178

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