Most inventors do not need to build a physical invention prototype at all to get to a license deal. They think they do, because every YouTube video and every Reddit thread tells them to start cutting foam and printing parts. But the path that actually moves a product...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issues around 350,000 patents a year. It rejects more than that on first review. The difference between the two stacks usually comes down to decisions made in the first six weeks, before a single form gets filed. If you have an...
