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		<title>Need to find out if my idea is original!</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Mike,
There`s a pretty good wri]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Mike,
There`s a pretty good write-up on what exactly constitutes an invention at  http://www.ctt.upenn.edu/oasis/org/U.as]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Rich,
A patent attorney usually]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Rich,
A patent attorney usually hires a search firm&nbsp;to conduct the search, which costs the attorney typically $150 to $300.&nbsp; Then the attorney reviews the search resport and formulates an opinion about what the search report means for ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Question/answer&nbsp; time...
I]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Question/answer&nbsp; time...
I`ve got the question&nbsp; and hope someone else has the answer..
&nbsp;
Oh, and just to make this all the more tempting for me to go forward with, a friend of mine just ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[kevin,
sounds like you`ve got a]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[kevin,
sounds like you`ve got a much better price for a patent search than those that patent attorneys conduct. can you explain to us how you`re able to do a patent search for so much less money and what we should expect in terms of the differen]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[A&nbsp;patent search is your nex]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[A&nbsp;patent search is your next best step.&nbsp; See www.dirtcheappatents.com/newtoinventing1.asp to learn how to do your own preliminary patent search for free.&nbsp; T]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[if you`re really serious about t]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[if you`re really serious about this, go talk to a patent attorney for a preliminary consultation. get his/her advice. if the result is a feeling that there`s the potential for a patent, and you&nbsp;can spare $600-$700, ask for a patent search to be don]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Gravitar
Do you know about the ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Gravitar
Do you know about the Thomas Register]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Do a patent search at www.uspto.]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Do a patent search at www.uspto.gov and search the web too. You might check out the book "Patent It Yourself" by David Pressman. He talks a lot about patent searching and how to file, etc. It`s a good guid]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[HiYou`ll never be 100% certain y]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[HiYou`ll never be 100% certain your idea is original. So far you`ve done all the right things. You might try patent searches, but success here really depends on the type of product.I would try and brain storm other ways this product might b]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hello!&nbsp; This is my first po]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Hello!&nbsp; This is my first post here, and indeed my first attempt at
anything entrepreneurial!&nbsp; Anyway, about a year ago, I began looking
for a particular type of industrial electric product that I saw a real
need for.&nbsp; To make a long story[...]]]></description>
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