>That still leaves my employer with this nice sum of money coming in each >month, I am not talking about money before doing an invention like this I am >talking about some monetary reward to make it worth my while to continue to Talk to them. Tell them you have ideas. >spew good idea's (at the moment I see no reason to give them 4 more patent >able ideas I have) I'm sure their competitors would like to have these ideas as well. Since they haven't been patented, they exist only in your mind, they are obviously going to be useful to you. >This is not about patents that might make money, but about patents that have >been saving millions per year even before they are issued, there is a Talk to them. Honesty and openness will help. If they don't like it, leave. Or better yet, take the ideas and patent them yourself, then license them the rights to use it. >I'm only an integration engineer. the invention I did is not in my field. That's harder than the up-front engineering, at least for me. Andy ================================================================== Andy Kunz Life is what we do to prepare for Eternity ------------------------------------------------------------------ andy@rc-hydros.com http://www.rc-hydros.com - Race Boats andy@montanadesign.com http://www.montanadesign.com - Electronics ==================================================================