How to Do Market Research Before Filing a Patent

Before you decide to file a patent, you need to do market research. Doing market research before you decide to invest in getting a patent is crucial, actually - otherwise, you are very likely to end up wasting your time, energy, and money on a patent application that goes nowhere. Remember: Most patents never make any money at all. So, how should you conduct this market research? What should you search for? What tools can you use to help you?
inventRight cofounder Andrew Krauss interviews Steve Hafif, CEO of Cypris, a new marketplace and search engine for patents. Because Steve has some unique and different angles on how inventors can and should approach doing market research, we had to have him on to share them with you! Steve's unique buy + sell patent website also includes research tools. Check out his company at ipcypris.com.
Links Steve shared during his interview with Andrew Krauss:
www.uspto.gov/
www.crunchbase.com/
To use Google news aggregator go to www.google.com/ then do a search and then click on the “News” button.
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[@rainflake7157]

Q: How about simply assigning/selling off your patent to a company instead of licensing its use? I'd first do the provisional, of course, and then if a company liked it, tell them that they could pay for the non-provisional and have it assigned to them right away.
I just don't wanna deal with long-term time commitments associated with licensing like lawyer appointments, renegotiations, market research, accounting, etc.
Thanks

[@sansss2027]

Sorry for not watching your videos lately. I have some catching up to do!
Thank you always,
San

[@housetourone]

No worries San. We'll always be here for you.

[@billmachner4429]

Hello Andrew, Do you have his link address.

[@cypris9131]

@@billmachner4429 Yes! ipcypris.com

[@TheKASINOINC]

this 4 days ago? wow.

[@completesolution66]

Sorry his website needs a lot pedestal needs a lot things to fix
is not what he says it's only to keep busy pressing bottoms on your cell or computer trying find something not exist
Any way for anyone have a invention protect with Patent
World pattern marketing stolen
Money from innocent inventors...

[@stephenkey3137]

I don’t quite understand your comment. Could you please help clarify?

[@josegamboa3986]

@@stephenkey3137 i got invet patent. Is anyway to contact you?