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New Diabetes Invention

Iamgroot

Iamgroot

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Hi I know you will have heard this a few times but I have thought of something I believe will help people with Diabetes. I have had type 1 for 22 years so I am familiar with nearly all the items and equiptment but I have come up with an item I dont believe is available.

I have researched it and looked for it online and on the Patent website and nothing. I then went to my 6 monthly appointment an hour earlier to speak to people waiting and ask them, they all said they had never seen this item and thought it would be a really good idea. I even spoke to the nurse and specialist who also thought it was a good idea.

My problem is I have no idea where to start with it, I am not even slightly wealthy so I cant afford a patent lawyer or anything like that.

My question is do any of you know where I can start? Who do I ask or where would I go?

Thank you for reading my query and I appreciate any help you can give.

Thanks.
 
Sorry the biggest bit of advice I have received from websites is dont tell people until you have a prototype made and some pictures in an inventors notebook?? (never even knew that existed)
 
I understand its not much information I am just looking for advice on where to go and what to do. If it goes ahead I will be on this forum constantly getting opinions and advice from you all.
 
Iamgroot said:
Hi I know you will have heard this a few times but I have thought of something I believe will help people with Diabetes. I have had type 1 for 22 years so I am familiar with nearly all the items and equiptment but I have come up with an item I dont believe is available.

I have researched it and looked for it online and on the Patent website and nothing. I then went to my 6 monthly appointment an hour earlier to speak to people waiting and ask them, they all said they had never seen this item and thought it would be a really good idea. I even spoke to the nurse and specialist who also thought it was a good idea.

My problem is I have no idea where to start with it, I am not even slightly wealthy so I cant afford a patent lawyer or anything like that.

My question is do any of you know where I can start? Who do I ask or where would I go?

Thank you for reading my query and I appreciate any help you can give.

Thanks.
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Hi,
Though you might have a most noble idea, unless people know what it is, in the broadest sense possible, they can not identify themselves with it, and will not offer the best advice.
As with any other patent, I guess there is a procedure, might be costly, and again if you wish to apply for funding, even crowd - funding, you must expose a lot of detail, otherwise people will think it is just another scam.

Good luck!
 
As you state ...
Iamgroot said:
I understand its not much information
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and ...
Iamgroot said:
I am just looking for advice on where to go and what to do.
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because you've been told ..
Iamgroot said:
dont tell people until you have a prototype made and some pictures in an inventors notebook?? (never even knew that existed)
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Perhaps you should get a prototype made and some pictures in an inventors notebook. Not sure many here can help you do any of that without having a clue about what your plan is ... Sorry.
 
contact a patent office they will be able to help, if you have written any documentation/diagrams of this 'thing' send it in a letter to your self through the postal system so it's stamped/dated and do not open it - ever!
 
If you have something that you think is a new invention, then you need to file some form of design rights for it, to prove that you are the originator of the work.

The best place to start is by reading everything on this page and applying for the patent yourself:

https://www.gov.uk/intellectual-property-an-overview/protect-your-intellectual-property

I'd also recommend not asking a Diabetes forum about IP registration and protection. It is more likely to be interested in the product than how you go about protecting it.

The alternative approach, depending on your resources and intentions, is to open source it and publish your ideas and designs freely with some form of commons license, which maintains acceptance that it's your idea but allows anyone and everyone to contribute and reuse.

The choice is yours, but you'd need to consider whether you'd be able to recoup the costs of intellectual property protection in any product you designed and manufactured, or sold to a large company to do the same.
 
tim2000s said:
If you have something that you think is a new invention, then you need to file some form of design rights for it, to prove that you are the originator of the work.

The best place to start is by reading everything on this page and applying for the patent yourself:

https://www.gov.uk/intellectual-property-an-overview/protect-your-intellectual-property

I'd also recommend not asking a Diabetes forum about IP registration and protection. It is more likely to be interested in the product than how you go about protecting it.

The alternative approach, depending on your resources and intentions, is to open source it and publish your ideas and designs freely with some form of commons license, which maintains acceptance that it's your idea but allows anyone and everyone to contribute and reuse.

The choice is yours, but you'd need to consider whether you'd be able to recoup the costs of intellectual property protection in any product you designed and manufactured, or sold to a large company to do the same.
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Really appreciate this thank you
 
I may be able to assist,

Do you have an email?
Thanks

Iamgroot said:
Hi I know you will have heard this a few times but I have thought of something I believe will help people with Diabetes. I have had type 1 for 22 years so I am familiar with nearly all the items and equiptment but I have come up with an item I dont believe is available.

I have researched it and looked for it online and on the Patent website and nothing. I then went to my 6 monthly appointment an hour earlier to speak to people waiting and ask them, they all said they had never seen this item and thought it would be a really good idea. I even spoke to the nurse and specialist who also thought it was a good idea.

My problem is I have no idea where to start with it, I am not even slightly wealthy so I cant afford a patent lawyer or anything like that.

My question is do any of you know where I can start? Who do I ask or where would I go?

Thank you for reading my query and I appreciate any help you can give.

Thanks.
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