Tring to patent a forensic technique? Rots of Ruck. One company DID get a patent on a forensic technique - how to examine an arc bead and determine whether it caused a fire. They got the patent. But. In their secrecy, they never had it peer reviewed. The patent was a waste of time and money - it did nor work.

Read Fed Rules of Evidence 702. You need to have something (your process) readily accepted. There is also the Alice criterion.(Alice Corp vs CLS)

I served on the BoD for the patent office for 6 years, known as the PPAC. My best advice - file for a provisional patent. TODAY. Then you can disclose the matter and let others try the technique without using your place in line.

Mark Goodson PE
Principal, Goodson Engineering
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Denton, Texas 76205
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