Vick now that's a full tent 
just stunning vick, absolutely amazing!
thats just such a mind blowing canopy of tips..
Wow!!!!!!
Wow, what a nice grow. Just getting back into growing and things have changed a bit in 30 years.
Those are looking AWESOME!
I will take more time tomorrow and read though your journal but wanted to stop on thru and show some luv! good vibes and kudos your way !
Just got my newest journal up, and i dont mean to clog your journal with my somewhat rude request, but if youve got the time id love to have ur opinion on my clones root development, im not sure when is best to transplant. Ive never really handled these kind of clones before always in rockwool before..
any way a thousand apologies for my request, know its only done in my mad respect for you
cant wait to see more of this grow, lovin every page!
Wow, what a nice grow. Just getting back into growing and things have changed a bit in 30 years.
Hey Vick! Just wanted to stop by and say hey, I like your scrog setup and very nice healthy plants you have
dude! your gonna blow your last grow right out of the water! looks awesome in there
Awesome grow Vick. I love the porta scrog! Subbed to see how you manage these things. It looks a little crowded in there.
It doesn't have to be expensive. You should start by doing some patent searches. The patent office's search engine is pretty good and Google has another that lets you search differently. Both are useful. Your goal is to make sure your idea is "novel". If you're convinced it meets the criteria of being "novel", you can start your application.
There are 2 kinds of patents, a 'real' patent (the kind most of us think of) and a provisional patent. A provisional patent differs from the regular patent in a couple ways. It is only good for one year, but it's a much less complex and expensive process to obtain. Provisional patents are useful when you're developing a product and want to either test the market, or perhaps you don't have the capital to invest in a 'real' patent, so you can get a provisional patent, market your product, and use the proceeds from the initial sales to fund the 'real' patent application. That's the theory at least.
BTW, the expense is usually related to lawyer fees. You may be able to do it all yourself if you're good at interpreting legalese. I don't know if I would risk writing the application entirely on my own. You might still want to consult a patent expert along the way. Think of them like an editor for a book or something. They will be able to provide feedback about how to write your patent so others are less likely to be able to infringe.
Also keep in mind that a patent only lets you sue someone if they try to market a product using your idea. If a really large corporation decides to use your idea, they may have more legal resources than you can fight. Your best bet might be to get the provisional protection, and then try to license your idea to someone like SunLeaves or C.A.P.
I'm not an expert, but I know a couple engineers that are on several patents and I have a patent application I've been working on for a couple years now (my idea has little risk of anyone stealing it).
Good luck! I love the idea of individual scrogs for each plant. I'm using an Ebb & Gro, so after seeing your idea I'm trying to think of a way to do this in my setup.
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30 years!
I thought my 15 year hiatus was a long one!
Wow thanks hiker!!
That was a lot of info that I really didn't know about..
I'm going to have to do some thinking about first weather its actually worth it to go through with.
I like the sounds of the provisional patent, and would appeal much more to selling the idea to a major company that would have thew capital to do it right.
I'd be a happy with a little cheque!
As I think this is an idea that would work well with other growing sytems, ie GH, Sunleaves, or Cap like you mentioned.
I really appreciate your insight hiker!
Now I just have to get off my ass and talk to some people that can help make it happen.
I'm going to look around a bit on that patent search engine website a bit later tonight when I get home!
