Any inventors out there, or dealt with intellectual property?

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Originally Posted by Josh69

A buddy of mine is working on another mechanism for the marine industry, and they were told it'll be $20-30K before they have a working prototype. Is that a realistic picture of what I can expect?

Unfortunately Josh none of us are going to be able to answer this with detail you will find helpful. It all depends on the product and what's involved. Once you start working with someone, you can start doing estimates to determine if and how far you take it.