Originally Posted by hershie

I am not sure which patent you are refering to, but if you mean the full patent application, I would suggest you step back from using those $500 hustlers, as if the patent truly is something marketable, you want it to be full proof and as broad in scope as possible to protect yourself and the words you write down can have profound effects in getting it passed the reviewers and protecting what you have down the road. If this is a money making invention, I say invest in a good specialist attorney. To save money, you could use a professional patent search service separate from the attorney since they ususally mark it up and pass it on to these people anyway who search through lexis-nexis...for prior art...that could screw you over and poof all that money is wasted.