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You may be asking
yourself, why not go ahead and patent my invention
before getting into prototyping?
That way, I can be sure to get protection
on my idea as soon as possible. The reality is that you should never apply
for a patent on an invention that you have not yet
built and tested a prototype of. Even if it works flawlessly in your head
and on paper, there is no guarantee that it will
work in the real world. Although your invention may be simple, you
never know it will work for sure until you
actually build and test it. This goes double if your invention is
something that has never been tried before. The
more complex your invention is, the more that can
go wrong with it.
Remember that on paper it is virtually
impossible to anticipate all the real life
variables your invention will encounter. Therefore, you should always build a
prototype to test your concept. |
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