Invention Submission Is A Very Catchy Phrase.

 BEWARE!

Pardon My Texan but

“a bunch of people with their hands out wanting my money and very few wanting to do anything for it.” Does that sound familiar? 

It got so bad and cost so much that I gave up. Which was a bad idea involving a Great Idea.

My Horror Story

I had a great idea, the desire, and about 20k to try and make it happen. That would have been enough to get it all rolling very well if it were not for bad advice from a friend of a friend, (an invention submission company), who took me to the cleaners and left me with no money and prototype that was not what I had invented.

In all fairness the prototype was close enough to demonstrate what the invention did but it could not be used in any commercials or artwork up because it was to big to meet the necessary tolerances I had originally specified.

Artwork; boy did that hit a sore spot. At the advice of this company, I waited 3 months and spent several thousand dollars to get an artist rendering of my invention with his idea’s thrown in. It was very pretty but did not represent my invention any better than my original drawings and delayed the project and sucked up valuable capital.

Too quit beating a dead horse; after the money was gone and I was sitting there looking at a prototype that was very pretty and not even functional for me to use. I got busy.

It has been an up hill battle, (mainly because of the funds), but I meet some men that were willing to help and through the experience have met the right people to get it done in a cost efficient and timely manner.

It is not a complicated process to patent an idea. It starts out only costing you about $15.00 to protect you idea for a year.

If you know which Patent Attorney to use a solid ‘Utility” patent will cost you between $3,500 and $5,000.00.

Prototypes are important. It is one of the questions on your initial paperwork but they are not mandatory. If you can build a working prototype it makes the patent process it is easier to make distinctions between the rest of the guys out there and you.

First thing you need to do. Search The WEB! The US Patent Office has every patent online. www.uspto.gov You may be surprised to find that someone has already patented your idea. Then if you are like me you spend several days thinking about how yours would be better then! And only then! Is it time to call GC Group for us to help you along the right path to success with your invention.

Business Plan, Market Research, Contract Negotiations, Manufacturing, and Fulfillment are areas of expertise that we can be of help in.

Contracts are the most important thing next to being financial sound. If you choose to talk to someone get everything in writing up front. If they won’t give it to you then chances are they are trying to keep you in the dark until they find out how much money you have and how much of it they can get.

BEWARE! They are very smooth (silky) talkers who know exactly what you want to hear. And say it with style as they pick your pocket.

We do not mean to scare you off from your endeavor but we do mean to arm you with enough information to make the process a little less painful and a lot more profitable.

We wish you the best and if you find that you want to put GC Group to the test please do.

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Sincerely;

Larry W. Griffin

President GC Group LLC

 

 

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