What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? AZ
Have an idea for a product but myself or anyone in my direct network has the expertise to construct/blueprint the product. The plan would be to work out the manufacturing kinks, build prototypes, test it, and then submit the patent request. To have these pre-patent conversations with a third party would getting them to sign off on a non-disclosure agreement suffice at this stage to protect my idea or is there another step that needs to be taken? is this the same if the company/engineer resides outside of the US?
Have an idea for a product but myself or anyone in my direct network has the expertise to construct/blueprint the product. The plan would be to work out the manufacturing kinks, build prototypes, test it, and then submit the patent request. To have these pre-patent conversations with a third party would getting them to sign off on a non-disclosure agreement suffice at this stage to protect my idea or is there another step that needs to be taken? is this the same if the company/engineer resides outside of the US?