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Hello Crystalmarie!

If money is not a huge factor, why not have a patent for the "warm fuzzy" AND saturate the market?  Provisional patent applications aren`t even really looked at, much less published so I`m not sure how a red flag would be given to the big companies? 

Thanks Leslie.  I could use a "warm fuzzy" after all this work.  I think his red flag response was with an actual patent.  I prefer to start with the provisional though.

And sometimes as your case may be, by keeping the formula secret and guarded. 

Then create and execute a great marketing plan, build the brand and blow it out there.  Take market share.

I checked into the trade secret act/ laws for my project & I think I have that option also.  Based on my experience with this venture, I know you can do anything if you want it bad enough (at least that`s what I keep telling myself).  Meaning if they want to replicate it, they`ll find a way.  That in mind, I`m going to have to pull the trigger and take a chance either way.  If I file for a provisional, I get a year until the formula is out there.  If I use trade secret, I`ll have until they see me as a threat?