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By Darrell Zahorsky, About.com Guide to Small Business Info since 2002

Get Start Now on Your Patent Information Plan

Monday June 27, 2005
A patent idea can strike at anytime and anyplace. Alexander Fleming, discovered a mold on some Petri dishes he was throwing away which lead to the discovery of penicillin. Frederick Kekule, found the chemical structure of benzene when he had a dream of a snake coiled and biting its own tail. Eleven year old Frank Epperson, left a stirring stick in a soda on the porch overnight and woke up to a frozen "Popsicle" that he patented and developed 18 years later. What does it take to successfully turn a patent idea into a marketable product? There are 6 key pieces of patent information you will need to succeed. Get start now on "Your Patent Information Plan."

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