Sorry for the long post, please bear with me. I interned at a utility company, Clean Energy, which buys electronic thermometers from the a vendor for $2000 each.
During this time, I was also taking an Electronics course in college, where one project was to come up with a cheap lasersensor. So I did and bought the parts with my own money, for $300. At the same time, my supervisor asked if I could find a cheaper solution for a thermometer. I brought in my lasersensor to work to demo (and it counted for credit for my class, where I got an A! Yay me!)
Immediately, he and his higher up manager said Clean Energy could pay to patent this. The prototype did its function, but it had not been field tested, though all it needed was to be put in a weatherproof box. At this point I believe a lot of companies can benefit from my idea and I want to own and sell this as my own.
Please bear with me. I was then converted a fulltime employee to a different department, where I had to drop this project and did other tasks, such as filing paperwork. I met an engineer who created and gave 3 patents to Clean Energy, and for each patent, he recieved a certificate, $100, and 0 royalties.
I see other utility companies putting my lasersensor to good use, there is demand, and it would be advantageous for me to sell this since I have a lot of student loans.
I then had to undergo surgery for legimate health reasons, I found it difficult to get sicks days to recover since I had only been 1 month in as a fulltime, so I resigned.
Okay, thanks for making it this far so let me address NDA concerns, I dont mind having a litigious conversation in court, if it even comes to that. I can make copies of my lasersensor and sell it back to Clean Energy at 50% of what theyre paying and still profit. All parts Ive used were paid for with my own money, and all the time i took to develop this was an in the classroom or at home, and not during the time I was scheduled. I feel that other entrepreneurs have left their company to pursue ideas much closer to what their company actually makes, and have been successful in keeping their design. This is a utility company that fixes huge power lines, and does not design small electronics but uses them.
Right now I have three of these lasersensors is sitting on top of my desk. I believe its a good idea and the only way I would go about it is to produce my own and sell it. There are few like it in the market, they sell at $1500-$2000. Given a weekend, I can crank out 100 at $300 per unit cost. I dont mind selling them for $1000 each. Clean Energy needs 1,800 of these and other utility companies, not as advanced as Clean Energy I believe demands this too.
Im thinking of filing provisional patent, making 10 of these, coldcall utility companies, maybe call Clean Energy, and see if I can get any orders.
If you were in my situation what are your next steps?
TL;DR: Creating thing for a class, demoed to company I was interning at, they usually dont make this thing but wanted to patent it, I want to keep my idea instead, I left company amicably for unrelated health reasons. What do I do next?
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