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Wonderfully creative Leigh
A happy health fun 2016 to you all xxx

Happy New Year Leigh and Best Wishes for 2016 to you you and all your lovely four-legged friends.xx
You have been busy, you'll be running out of space if you keep that up, lol, they are as usual very good and nice to see a smiling one amongst the faces, I like the toadstools.... .....

A very happy New Year to you Leigh. You really have something to show for the holiday season!
Is there a story behind the last one?
Mind you look after those toadstools - you don't want them going the way of the other one....

Happy new year Leigh, you had me wondering for a while there, then all became clear. lol, Derek.

Happy New Year,Leigh..I also look forward to seeing more sculptures and paintings..hope it's a good 2016 for you and your lovely dogs :o) x

Happy New Year and looking forward to your creativity in 2016!

Great as always, Leigh. Merry Christmas! ???

They are fab Np. I love the grin on the red one!

Merry Christmas Leigh, and a happy new year, Derek.

Great symbols of "joy"(red) and "sorrow" (green). As you have said, the sorrow is gone now and the joy remains. May it remain so with you and yours Noseypotter and everyone else forever. Merry Xmas!

Leugh, I have a (purchased) Green Man in the garden and I swear the plants nearby thrive better than in other sections of the garden

Your Lion is coming along nicely. I tried drawing a tiger once and was quite pleased with it, though no one else shared my enthusiasm.

Leigh I have been waiting for this day for ages - you've made a smiling man! I love it...The other one's nice as well, with all his facial hair...
That's a very wistful tiger!

Hope you and your splendid dogs have a very happy Christmas in spite of the humbugs...

Diane, I think you are imagining Dad did a private development of his own in works time? He would never ever have done that. It was a task he was asked to undertake for the firm. He didn't need to do any research, he used his own knowledge and expertise, which was considerable. It was just frustrating that having had the idea and done the work (which solved a huge problem in the steel industry)he got no reward at all, though frustratingly but understandably it is standard practice that credit and profit all go to the company.

Sorry, rant over.

Patents and business plans are for businessmen. Some work. And some don't. If that's your bag, go for it! If not - life's too short... ?

What a clever man you are, Nosey - even if you did see the idea elsewhere!

There arises a problem developing an idea in the works time. Presumably with the works tools and materials. I dont know enough about the law on that subject.
Best to do the research at the library before starting.

You could suggest the bird feeder one to the RSPB though - (with a drawing) It might benefit people even if you didn't make any money out of it.

I believe that happens quite often, Stera - my f-i-l, who worked on the Tyne, told me of several instances he knew of.

Do you mean my Dad Diane? It wasn't a case of doing his homework, he developed the design at the request of his employer in works time. It was since used all over the steel industry, so at least he had that satisfaction!

I think the patent is only the beginning. You then need the capital to get your invention into production, which usually means finding reliable partners. I guess it depends whether you want to run with it or not. It takes a lot of work and motivation, I should imagine.

Seems he didnt do his homework properly.

I think the frustrating thing about patents is if someone invents a useful new method or gadget at work and its patented and highly successful the inventor gets nothing. (I know as it happened to my Dad...)

Well Stera you are right but you won't know if you don't try and there are just as many people languishing unfulfilled of their potential just by talking themselves out of making any moves or taking any chances in their lives. Personally I was never one to have my life move in a crab like fashion......sideways.

I think there is more pleasure in your own creations.
The garden is the ideal place to do these, and enjoy them.

You only notice the successful ones - thousands of others are languishing unused,many of them of little potential interest to investment groups...I think this solution sounds a lot easier than it is...

It's all a matter of marketing. Example, you just bought for next to nothing a warehouse full of junk jewelry or clothing. If you contract with a currently popular rock band to wear this stuff at a few of their concerts or a music video then contract with some stores to sell it or market it on tv, you will find that warehouse will be empty in two weeks. Those who failed to make their ideas sell are those who failed to market it properly. Prime examples of great marketing.... remember Pet Rocks or those little Trolls with the colored fiber hair? No money for a patent or to do the rest? Well that's what investment groups are for.

3d, the Patent Office is crammed with patents that lost money - not worth it for something that's not going to be a big commercial success.

Don't feel to bad your profitable venture would have been short lived. Taking selfies with the deceased is becoming a popular thing to do now.

as for patent it may well be worth investing because once you have it you can sell it on and just think about the recycling alone and the saving on landfill, companies make a fortune riding on the back of other peoples ideas. When my uncle died many years ago I laminated a large photo took it to the florist who placed it on an oblong oasis and made a frame of flowers around the picture, it was leant against his coffin at the bottom so those following could see his smiling face. A few weeks later that same florist phoned to ask if they minded if I they did another for a customer, I didnt think, said ok and guess what, I should have invested!

Has it aged yet, if not find some moss and rub it over it I see you have lots of crevacies so it should hold in very well give it a light watering and mother nature will do the rest and boy have got wonderful ideas. Ps I have private messaged you