KDickson
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Hello Fastlane,
Been lurking for a few months and I finally have a need to branch out and fish for ideas on how to move forward. I have a product idea that will be canned and applied to articles of clothing. The idea itself still needs to be tested as I'm not entirely sure if what I want it to do is even possible. I reached out to the only connection I could think of, an old acquaintance who's a Pharmaceutical Chemist. I pitched the idea to him and asked if he'd be willing to help me come up with a few prototypes. A few Shark Tank jokes later and he said he was all on board. We talked about a few things and he even shared a product idea that he had with me that was unrelated, but related to Biochemical engineering I suppose. And now he's been radio silent for about a week and hasn't responded to me.
I'm trying to be patient with him but I'm hitting wall after wall trying to come up with ingredient ideas myself. So it might be time for me to branch out and actually hire a professional, contract and all.
Two questions I have in regards to that. First being, roughly how much would seem reasonable to invest in an idea when I'm not sure if it's even plausible yet.
Second being if anyone had any ideas on what type of companies/freelancers should I be looking for in regards to validating this type of product. Should I be looking into a provisional patent to protect the idea temporarily? Is a provisional patent possible for a hypothetical product that doesn't have a finalized ingredient list?
Been lurking for a few months and I finally have a need to branch out and fish for ideas on how to move forward. I have a product idea that will be canned and applied to articles of clothing. The idea itself still needs to be tested as I'm not entirely sure if what I want it to do is even possible. I reached out to the only connection I could think of, an old acquaintance who's a Pharmaceutical Chemist. I pitched the idea to him and asked if he'd be willing to help me come up with a few prototypes. A few Shark Tank jokes later and he said he was all on board. We talked about a few things and he even shared a product idea that he had with me that was unrelated, but related to Biochemical engineering I suppose. And now he's been radio silent for about a week and hasn't responded to me.
I'm trying to be patient with him but I'm hitting wall after wall trying to come up with ingredient ideas myself. So it might be time for me to branch out and actually hire a professional, contract and all.
Two questions I have in regards to that. First being, roughly how much would seem reasonable to invest in an idea when I'm not sure if it's even plausible yet.
Second being if anyone had any ideas on what type of companies/freelancers should I be looking for in regards to validating this type of product. Should I be looking into a provisional patent to protect the idea temporarily? Is a provisional patent possible for a hypothetical product that doesn't have a finalized ingredient list?
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