Getting A Manufacturer To Produce Your Patent?

send me a pic of it and all the notes for it and what not and i think i could help you out

Is your alias supposed to be a present progressive verb or a poorly spaced name?

i cant answer your question but i am super curious about what you came up with. is there any way you can share it without completely disclosing the details (not like anyone would actually steal your idea, but you seem cautious)

I REALLY hope you understand the process of getting a patent. When all is said and done you're looking at a MINIMUM $10k generally. Maybe parents are helping you out but realize it is pretty difficult to get companies to license your technology unless it is a really exceptional idea. If you're in college and having your school help you with it thats a different story, because they generally have the connections to make there be a better chance of getting it funded, but its still tough. It's definitely not as easy as "hey burton, I made a cool new zipper for you guys, you should give me 5% of your profits"! Not trying to be a downer or say you can't do it, its just really difficult.

^ yeah patents are expensive as fuck. If your idea is worthy enough, you could talk to a larger manufacturer about it and see if they are in on it. Otherwise, I'm not sure what you would do. Any info you could give on this idea because there is not much that I can think of as a breakthrough in apparel right now, so I'm interested.

You could get a provisional patent, they only cost around $65, and it will protect you until you can make enough money/get a contract from a company to pay for the real thing. The only catch is in order for you to get full protection, you must file for a real patent within 12 months of the provisional patent or its open season again

Also I just thought about what this guy said, you're gonna have to fork over a bunch of money for advertising and making your new patent to be able to get enough popularity to go big as said above.

Patents are fairly expensive to maintain. If you get a provisional patent (only good for 1 year, you have to file a real patent in 1 year or forfeit your patent) you can sign a secrecy agreement with a company and have them test your design. If they like it you can license it to them and take either a flat fee or a percentage of the profit, the latter being the smarter option in most cases.

You just need to know the right people in the right industries. Licensing your product is alot easier than selling it. you don't have to worry about the sales as much