molsonhart

Thanks for this, very cool.

Injection molding is really hard. I can program and I find it to be harder than computer science, by a lot.

That's fine, but you should go if you're serious.

What do you want me to say? I can't tell you how much it cost because it varies by product, but to get most physical products of the ground in China costs less than $5k.

Yes. You can register your ip in the US from outside the US.

jimmy,

believe it or not, this isn't my first rodeo.

This is wrong.

That was $6k including office action.

You're right about the design patents. Thanks for the correction.

>This is for the initial filing, and it won’t cover the cost of dealing with the rejections that almost every patent application receives. It’s also a serious underestimate—10k is more typical for the initial filing.

That's not right. That's $6,000 all in. Maybe software patents are more expensive.

>Almost every single provisional application I’ve seen filed without a lawyer’s input has been close to worthless. This is a false economy.

That's a bad sample then. A lay person can definitely file a good provisional patent application. They just need to describe the invention inside and out.

We didn't invent interlocking plastic discs, but we did improve them and have a patent pending for that improvement. You're right that it is copyright for the helicopter. There is also a trademark infringement claim for "building flakes" vs. Brain Flakes®