Re: [DIYbio] Re: Transgenic CCD resistant honeybee - need help

I know a guy who writes his own patents, but he's also been working in
the biotech industry for 20 years. He makes the provisional patent
seem not that difficult to write in the sense that it acts as a
"placeholder" which gives you 1 year from the date of filing to do
extra research, amend the patent, have a lawyer write up a serious
one, then resubmit for a final application. Nevertheless I can't
imagine it's cheap in the long haul, or even that easy. If you're
still at a University you could probably make use of their technology
transfer office, maybe there is a nice person there that could answer
some questions. Or do what a lot of startups at the incubator I work
at do, find a law firm / patent lawyer that believes in the company
or patent idea enough to write it up pro-bono (for now), with a signed
agreement that they'll get payed for their time + some in the future.

On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 5:20 PM, Mega [Andreas Stuermer]
<masterstorm123@gmail.com> wrote:
> Perhaps I should patent my mechanisms before Monsanto does.
>
> Does anyone know how to file biotech patents?
>
>
> What I imagine:
>
> Selling Transgenic bee version 1.0 in 2015 (after approval from EPA)
> the bees outcross with other farmers' bees, and after 3 years no one will
> buy the transgenic bee 1.0 any more. Then version 1.0 will be made open
> source.
> 2018: Transgenic bee 2.0
> If farmers want better bees, they *want* to buy transgenic bee version 2.0.
> In case they are happy with less, they are free to use and breed version 1.0
>
>
> Does that sound like a fair buisness model?
>
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