Help with New Ideas and Inventions

Not sure what to do next? Trevor Baylis and our experts have listed our invention advice in our  top ten tips for Inventors. So if you have ever asked yourself the question "How do I patent my idea or invention?" this is a good place to get invention advice. Read them now.

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Helping People with Great Ideas 

If you think that you might need a patent then it is important to find out if someone has already patented your idea. Although you may be convinced that your idea is unique, there are a lot of people in the world, and one of them may also have thought of the same idea as you.

So before you make a patent application to the UK Patent Office or spend money on prototypes and market research it’s a good idea to conduct a patent search. We can help you to make sure that your idea is properly protected by making a Patent Application.

If you have a design or idea that might be valuable then you should consider protecting it. In the UK the system of registration is run by the Intellectual Property Office and we can show you how to patent your idea by making an application for registration of your idea. It is free to do this in the UK.

When you have made your Patent Application you can use the term ‘Patent Pending’ to describe your idea. It is important that you get help to submit your patent because you need to make sure that the patent will stand up to the competition.

An important first step is to carry out a Patent Search to make sure that there are no patents already registered for a similar idea or design. A Patent Application cannot become a Patent if a similar idea has already been patented, even if the original patent has expired. 

Patent Search

A patent search looks through all the patents that have been published to try and find ideas that are similar to yours. By finding out early if there are any existing patents you have the opportunity to modify or improve your idea. If you don’t do this you could be wasting a lot of time and money and be disappointed later.

You can search for patents at the Intellectual Property Office (formerly the Patent Office). To search the database effectively is quite an art and we can do a patent search for you after we exchange confidentiality agreements.

Next Steps

Still not sure what to do next? Have a look at the top ten tips for Inventors written by our experts. They tell you what you should and should not do to protect and develop your idea. Read them now.

If you would like to speak to someone about what to do next you can contact us by phone or email and we will try and answer your question. You can download our Free Inventor Pack which contains our non-disclosure agreement and everything you need to get started. If your idea is valuable we may be able to arrange a licence with one of our extensive network of industrial partners.

Help with Protecting your Idea

There are four main ways of protecting ideas and inventions, apart from keeping them secret, and each has an important role in protecting ideas;

• Patents – These protect how things work and what they are made of
• Registered Designs – These protect what something looks like
• Copyright – This protects artistic works such as books and pictures
• Trade Marks – These protect a brand and the trading image of a company

About Us

Trevor Baylis is famous for inventing the Clockwork Radio. He presented one of the first radios to Nelson Mandela.

Trevor Baylis Brands provides help with ideas and inventions to other inventors. We hope that we can help anyone with a good idea or invention to protect and sell it

We can help with a patent search or technical advice. If it is appropriate we can show you how to get a patent and the best way to manage the patent process or how to protect your idea in other ways