Basic patent question

[patentnewb]

What is the name of your state? GA

Here's a question on a pretty basic scenario which still confuses me:

Let's say a system is patented, and the 1st claim in the patent states that the system is comprised of:

1. component A
2. component B
3. component C which uses A to do action Y
4. component C also uses A to generate a particular effect Z by doing action X.

If I created a system (for a different goal) which has 1, 2 and 3, but not 4, am I still infringing? Thanks.

 

[divgradcurl]

What is the name of your state? GA

Here's a question on a pretty basic scenario which still confuses me:

Let's say a system is patented, and the 1st claim in the patent states that the system is comprised of:

1. component A
2. component B
3. component C which uses A to do action Y
4. component C also uses A to generate a particular effect Z by doing action X.

If I created a system (for a different goal) which has 1, 2 and 3, but not 4, am I still infringing? Thanks.

You have to be practicing all of the claim elements of a claim (or their equivalents) in order to be found to be infringing. Also, you would need to ensure that there is not a separate patent that claims 1, 2, and 3 without 4 -- you could be infringing on that patent.

 

[DESTUDENT]

My Ideal!!!!!!!!!!

I have an ideal that I would like to patent, should I mail the ideal back to myself 1st before I have the funds to get it patented and what type of patent would I need to file for if my ideal uses components already invented (example: motion detector, voice activation, etc.)?
Thanks very much, all replies are greatly appreciated.