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- From: "Gary A. Woodward" <p00140@psilink.com>
- Subject: Re: Need info on a patent company
- In-Reply-To: <C0EKIu.4vA@encore.com>
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- Organization: Performance Systems Int'l
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 00:34:01 GMT
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- >DATE: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 22:44:44 GMT
- >FROM: Chet Sehgal <csehgal@encore.com>
- >
- >There was a discussion on patents on the newsgroup recently. Does anyone
- >have any first hand experience with "Advanced Patent Services"? One of my
- >friends feels he has a good idea and has already had the above company
- >do the initial patent search and market survey for him for a fee of $200.
- >I think they have done a good job. Now they are asking for a fee (I don't
- >remember the exact numbers, but they are close) in the range $4900-$7900 for
- >filing the patent. The fee my friend is willing to pay determines the
- >commission they will get when the product sells in the market. The commission
- >starts at 1.5% (if my friend pays $7900 now) and rises to 12% (if he pays
- >$4900) with 4 other options in between. I personally find it strange that
- >there is such a large difference in commission with a difference of just
- >$3000 towards the patent filing fee the company is charging.
- >
- >Chet
- >--
- >Chetan Sehgal
- >Encore Computer Corporation
- >--
- >
- >Chet
- >--
- >Chetan Sehgal +----------------+
-
- Beware! Why do people continue to pay others a dear price to do 25% of
- the job that they could do with a little effort for themselves. I would
- like to begin a mailing list discussion for inventors who have and can
- patent and market their ideas themselves. You will hear from people who
- have done it themselves. If they are so hot on the product let them pay
- him a license fee and pay for the patent in his name to be taken from
- the royalties later. You will watch the patent vermin run for darkness.
-
- Regards.
-
- Gary.
-