I understand the basic process of licensing a product is this: 1) File for a provisional patent (cost $110), this will get you a year of weak to moderate legal

I understand the basic process of licensing a product is this: 1) File for a provisional patent (cost $110), this will get you a year of weak to moderate legal protection 2) design, mock-up and create a sales page for you product 3) attempt to license the product to a partner, in this case, a packaging or manufacturing company. 4) in the unlikely event anyone wants it -> profit 5) otherwise, go back to the drawing board, content in having pursued it. Net outlays, probably less than $1,000, and perhaps 40 to 200 hours of work. This guy's a wealth of information for this stuff, btw: http://www.inventright.com/ http://www.inventright.com/ Also: Provisional Patent info: http://inventors.about.com/od/provisionalpatent/a/Provisional_Pat.htm http://inventors.about.com/od/provisionalpatent/a/Provisiona...