Have you ever had an idea patented?

[DelGirl]

or know anyone who has? How easy or difficult is it and is it a very lengthy process? tia

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No experience but found this on the BBC website. It has a link to the Patent website on it

thanks for that NAAM, i've been into the patent site i'm just too lazy to read it all . Probably too lazy to get this idea off the ground too but you never know.

Whatever it is I'd say go for it. I once read about the person who invented the drinks can ring-pull that bends back (remember the old one that you had to pull off and throw away? If not then you're younger than me ) They get royalties every time anyone makes a can - imagine that!

dh has. it was a very lengthy process (3 years I think) and cost £20,000 in total.
found out right at the end that someone else had come up with the idea a couple of months before dh.
(and it's an obsolete idea now - it was an instant compression code for web pages - in the broadband age it's not needed)

it'll take a little research then. I'd be surprised if someone hasn't had the same idea as me but it's not out there as far as I can tell so maybe not. Need to set aside a few hours me thinks. How gutting for your dh GG all that time, effort and money.

oh and yes NAAM, I do remember the old ring pulls. Adorned our fingers like rings

OOOh Del.
Dying to know what it is!

Any vague clues??

well, it's to do with babies but that's all you're getting

An on/off switch??

awww NAAM, you guessed