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If you’ve got that great once-in-a-lifetime idea, take some steps to protect it. In the U.S. it’s the first one to think of an idea, not the first to patent. So protect it today, someone else could think of it tomorrow…

This is a story about my experiences with creating a simple invention. A children's toy in this case, prototyping it, patenting it, getting it manufactured, and attempting to market it. We never actually sold enough product to turn a profit.