2 Questions about my granted patent

[Patent_Question]

What is the name of your state? FL

Hello, first to all you.

First question:

When my US patent was granted weeks ago I received some letters from some companies that want the inventor to hire them, plus receive from $9,000 to $50,000 to make studies, etc and to determine the market, etc, etc. This company sent me a beautiful brochure with a lot of successful histories, etc, but never put the amount of money they wanted. They called me by phone for 2 hours, and we talked but I never signed in any contract (they sent me one), plus nor any verbal agreement in no moment.

Later they sent me in my regular mail another beautiful brochure about the trade shows they are going to visit soon in the US's, and the last page was... a reduced photocopy of my patent without my permission!! I called them inmediately to remove my patent from their marketing brochure, and that person told me she will take it away as my request. But, man, that was without my permission, and they want $50,000 to do a simple analysis of the market, one prototype, and etc.

They are still sending me in my e-mails the same information of them as in the beginning, but I saw this company in the black list of the USPTO and in the web site of inventored.org at the /caution/extreme/ section. They are there.

My Attorney sent them a regular letter telling them if that happen again he is going to procedure to sue them cause I never signed in anything, plus they tried to filtrate in my personal life too, etc.

1- How I know that they are still working with my granted patent despite our calls?
* I don't see any description of my patent in their web site, etc

2- If they really sell my patent in my behalf (lying to some company) how I will know?
The buyer is never going to contact me to get proof I am the real & only owner?

3- If they generate over $50,000,000 a year, why the hell they are asking me $50,000?
*They should buy me the patent just for the amount we want, and end of problem.
* They told me that my patent was able to produce $10 m, so...

Thanks for the time,

Johnny

 

[divgradcurl]

Later they sent me in my regular mail another beautiful brochure about the trade shows they are going to visit soon in the US's, and the last page was... a reduced photocopy of my patent without my permission!!

They don't need your permission. A published patent is a public-domain work -- anyone can use a published patent for anything they want. You own the patent, but the published document is free for anyone to use.

1- How I know that they are still working with my granted patent despite our calls?
* I don't see any description of my patent in their web site, etc

I guess my question is, "who cares?" If they don't have a contract with you, you owe them nothing. As I noted before, they can do whatever they want with the published patent document.

2- If they really sell my patent in my behalf (lying to some company) how I will know?
The buyer is never going to contact me to get proof I am the real & only owner?

How can they sell YOUR patent? You are listed as the assignee on the patent, correct? Would YOU buy a patent from someone who couldn't prove that they had the authority to sell from the assignee?

3- If they generate over $50,000,000 a year, why the hell they are asking me $50,000?
*They should buy me the patent just for the amount we want, and end of problem.
* They told me that my patent was able to produce $10 m, so...

Because they are scammers, that's why. They will take your money, "market" your patent (and spend far, far less than what they take in on marketing), and probably after some time (and a lot of your money), concede that the patent isn't worth much, and then that's it. Or maybe they will get lucky and really sell the patent, but that's all it is, luck.

These guys basically troll the patent database on Tuesdays (when patents are issued) and then hit up on the solo inventors to try and scam them. They don't bother hitting up companies, because they know that any company of any worth will see through their scam, but many individual inventors have, to say the least, "optimistic" ideas of how valuable and important their patent is, and they are oftentimes easy prey for these scammers.

Don't fall for it. Ignore their phone calls, ignore their letters, just ignore them altogether.

 

[Patent_Question]

divgradcurl:

Thanks a lot for your reply and answers to my question.
I will ignore them!!
but if they do something my attorney will sue them without hesitating.

Bye!

 

[seniorjudge]

divgradcurl:

Thanks a lot for your reply and answers to my question.
I will ignore them!!
but if they do something my attorney will sue them without hesitating.

Bye!

div, you were supposed to pat his butt and tell him everything was okay!