Firearms Patent on Sale !

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I designed fantastic rotary feeding weapon and looking to sell my patent to firearms manufacturers.

Does anyone knows who to contact and where ??? :confused:

Thanks
 
when you say "my patent", do you mean you actually own a patent, or do you just have a good idea that you think is patentable?

If the former, get your working model, your literature, and start knocking on doors of gun companies.
If the latter, save up some cash then talk to a patent agent.
 
If you don't have your patent yet be very careful not to publically disclose your idea. If you describe the idea on a forum such as this, it can no longer be patented because it is now public information. And if you did patent it after, it would be worthless because any competitor could/will find the public disclosure and then your patent is worthless.

If the patent is done, then start calling companies and asking for meetings.

Does anybody else watch "dragons den" on cbc? I love that show. It really shows what to do and what not to do for a successful pitch.
 
Also be very careful of whoever you deal with, many patent companies are less than ethical, get referances, check them, do lots of homework and be prepared to spend $10,000 to get it.
 
dh79 said:
If you don't have your patent yet be very careful not to publically disclose your idea. If you describe the idea on a forum such as this, it can no longer be patented because it is now public information.
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Not technically true... you have one year from disclosure to get the patent.
 
shazam* said:
Not technically true... you have one year from disclosure to get the patent.
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You sure about that? I'm not a patent lawyer, but did take the intellectual property course, and I was not aware of any grace period after public disclosure. That was always considered fatal to a patent in Canada. If that has some truth to it, please spell out the circumstances under which one may make public disclosure and still be eligible for a patent.

Ok, edit, found out that this is true in Canada and the US, but not elsewhere in the world. I wouldn't want to risk worlwide patentability by disclosing it. The law must have changed in the last 17 years.
 
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shazam* said:
Not technically true... you have one year from disclosure to get the patent.
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Hmm, I am surprised to hear this. I recently had some intellectual property that I had to go through great pains to delay publication of for patentability reasons. The experts who advised me told me I could not patent after publication.
 
If you are confident you have secured your patent rights then I suggest you contact the various firearms manufacturers. The following is a link to the exhibitor list for the 2008 Shot Show in Las Vegas. There are over 1,800 firearms and hunting equipment manufacturers listed here. Locate a firearms manufacturer on this list and click on the companies name. This will give you the contact information you need for that company.

Let us know what interest you receive. If your patent is secure please show us a photo/drawing and describe how it works.

Good Luck

http://www.shotshow.com/app/homepag...&campaignid=61346978&iUserCampaignID=33968901
 
dh79 said:
Hmm, I am surprised to hear this. I recently had some intellectual property that I had to go through great pains to delay publication of for patentability reasons. The experts who advised me told me I could not patent after publication.
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I work in an IP law firm
linky:
http://www.ipic.ca/english/general/patents.cfm

Filing the application

It is important that an invention be maintained confidential at least until a patent application has been filed. Disclosure of an invention in a public manner before filing can be a bar to obtaining patent protection. Canadian law allows a one year "grace period" during which an invention may be disclosed prior to filing a patent application without jeopardizing the validity of the eventual patent, so long as someone unrelated to the inventor does not make the same invention (independently developed) available to the public prior to the filing. However, most other countries do not allow such disclosures, and foreign patent rights may be lost if any public disclosure takes place prior to filing.
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Its peculiar that Canada and US would allow a patent in this country that wasn't enforceable elsewhere in the world. I'm picturing some foreign academic publishes a paper on a medical discovery such as a new drug, its patentable nowhere else, but Canada and the US where we pay royalties, and everywhere else a generic drug is available at a lower cost. Hmmmm.
 
The company I work with deals with a few patents that we currently own. However we have borrowed a few as well. When it comes to the gun market money is everything. Most countrys cant even hold a candle to the US for sales and hence why Norinco doesnt copy every rifle under the sun. If a patent exist in the US most arms makers wont infringe on it unless it has extreme potential, wich to be honest I cant see a roto mag having.
 
Grizzlypeg said:
Its peculiar that Canada and US would allow a patent in this country that wasn't enforceable elsewhere in the world. I'm picturing some foreign academic publishes a paper on a medical discovery such as a new drug, its patentable nowhere else, but Canada and the US where we pay royalties, and everywhere else a generic drug is available at a lower cost. Hmmmm.
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well... it would be a bit of an understatement to say "its not that simple", but patents are national only, so you have to have a patent in every country you want IP protection in. Some of the cheap generics you see are illegal, some of them are under license. There is the whole issue of compulsory licensing of pharma in certain cases. In any case, it seems to be the current trend to move towards the "grace period" model... have to see whether the rest of the world follows.
 
CGNutzers all comments are welcomed, the system is designed to work best for 410 and 12 g shells, it is virtually indestructible and 100% functional.

v.
 
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