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Dear Jim,
Please forgive the late reply to your query to Nevada Inventors Association. Mostly my computer has been down and I've been very busy. But I never ignore letters from inventors. They're too important not to be a high priority. I don't understand the part about Edison, but I do think you're looking for some sort of patent application. Well, there is such a thing as a patent application Jim, but it is not a form to be filled out -- as such. It is an application to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) that is a request to obtain a patent on what you describe as your invention. It is in written form, like an essay, only it follows certain exact guidelines required by the PTO. Please visit my website at http://www.doncostar.com There you will see a help letter I wrote to another inventor with an idea and it does have some good advice in it. I'm not selling anything -- just helping inventors. You will learn about a book to buy that will help you figure out how to write an application for a patent. Also, look up the links I have there. Especially the http://www.uiausa.org and the http://www.inventorsdigest.com They are two important links for great information. You should become a subscriber to Inventors' Digest right away. It has back articles in their archives that may be right on target for how to market your idea, OK?
You didn't say whether or not you had any ideas protected in any way. If not, my help letter will get you started on that -- and it's free. The whole idea is to not spend any money you don't have to, but somewhere down the road you will have to spend some. Inventing is not cheap -- it's expensive, but the rewards can be worth it. Bottom line is: Be very cautious of those who ask you for money until you know exactly what it's for, and there is no other way. If they say they will sell your idea for you -- split!

You don't own an idea, and so you can't sell it, nor can anyone else sell it for you. If you don't have a patent, or at least an application on file, you don't have any commodity to sell -- got that? There's lots of good advice on my website so read it, plus the ones I link for you. They all help.
Very best of luck my friend,
Don Costar,
founder,
Nevada Inventors Association

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