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Well, you can search the “prior art” yourself, for free, specially patents and most pending patent applications.I would first refer you to this page: Patents - detailed information - GOV.UKI would first suggest that you read the section on Introduction to patents,I really like the guidance under the section heading “Before You Apply for a Patent. Including the warning that “Not all patents have a financial value”This is very true. In the US we estimate that something like 90% of patents cost their owner more to get than the patent makes for owner. Think of that before you start trying to raise money to obtain a patent … getting a patent is an expensive process, and will cost even more (usually a HUGE AMOUNT more -if you have to file a lawsuit to enforce your rights. at least here in the US, where it can cost $100,000 or more just to prepare for and file a patent infringement lawsuit - actually taking it to trial will cost much more).This is the first time I’ve actually visited that web page at the UK patent office, and again, I am very impressed. I think it does a good job talking about patents and alternatives. I’d say “Good on ya, Mates” to the people who prepared that webpage, except that’s an Aussie expression. So, I suppose what I’m supposed to say is “Brilliant!”There is also information about the patent process in the UK here: Patenting your invention, which has a section on Applying for a Patent, which has as a first step Search for a patentAs long as you don’t have money, and don’t know if your invention had been invented before, you can also look at Espacenet - patent search. That’s the European Patent Office website. About halfway down that web page, there are 4 boxed lists of links, one of which has the heading “Learning and help”. Look at the “recorded webinars” section to learn something about searching patents online on the EPO website. Then go back and look at the first thing under the “Learning and Help” - the Pocket Guide… which is a guide to how to format searches - to string together search terms, and exclude other terms.The US Patent Office has some good stuff too…including information on Patent Basics … (General information concerning patents )and a LOT of information on patent patent searching - strategies for searching, and links to databases to search (Search for patents).Included among all that information about searching on the US Patent Office website are links to various foreign (ie., not United States) patent office searchable databases… including that of Great Britain: taking you back to where I started.And … you can search for patents and pending patent application on Google… there is a dedicated patent search function: Google Patents . Be sure to check the little box under the search field to “Include non-patent literature (Google Scholar)”. This is a very handy thing, because as you will learn, the question of whether or not you can patent your invention does not solely depend on whether someone has patented it before, but also whether it has been shown or described in a printed publication (or used in public, or disclosed in a non-confidential manner (some countries, like the US and Canada, provide a grace period to apply for a patent after an initial first public non-confidential disclosure, but most countries don’t.Anyway… If I were you, I’d:try to describe, in a single sentence what your invention is, by completing this single sentence, “This invention is the first ….” This helps firm up in your mind the exact elements, with what limitations, that describe a new, useful, and non-obvious something or other.Think about how to describe those elements… what words are most applicable… things you HAVE to use to describe what the invention is (and their synonyms). Then formulate your search terms using those descriptive words.find patents that seem the very closest to your invention. Then check the patents that were cited by that paent, and that cite that patent (in other words, are patents that a patent examiner thought were somewhat coles to the patent you found…. and see if these might be even closer to your invention. Also look at patent class and subclass for the patents you find that are closest to your invention, and perhaps look at ALL the patents in any subclasses that seem relevant to your invention.Keep a list of all the patents you are reviewing.. .be prepared to give it to your patent practitioner if you ever decide to try for a patent. At least in the US, you are under an obligation to reveal the most relevant prior art you know of….and I normally just give all the patents we find using a search. You may not be under a legal obligation to do so in other patent offices, but who knows, you might file in the US also. And certainly, any patent attorney or agent you hire will want to know about the closest prior art, so that your patent claims can best be crafted to avoid the known prior art and still be as broad as possible.Based on what you find… revise your one-sentence description of the invention… narrower or BROADER, and search some more. Search in several patent office websites, and using Google Patents.Then, if you decide that your invention is new (not shown in any of the prior art (patents/publication) you reviewed, decide how you might protect it… patent(s) are one option, but there are others, which you will know from the discussion on the UK Patent office website.‘Consult an intellectual property professional there in the UK to see what your next steps might be.

I am in the UK - so all I can say is what I see. I promise the following is all true testimony.I have only ever seen CPS mentioned by Americans, in two contexts:Men criticising it - and making allegations against it.Teens (legally children) asking if they should make unfair allegations against their parents.When I have investigated the second - they all originate from the same place as the first. They are lies, by adult men, intended to smear children who make allegations - and succeeding, often receiving over 100 answers that vilify the alleged child involved.So I would say - the most probable explanation is: you’re talking shit, and actually people are:Trying to undermine well-meaning but horribly difficult attempts to protect childrenActively smearing child testimony and trying to turn public opinion against itAnd this would all accord with what my government discovered when they investigated at great expense and effort the allegation of false allegations in cases of child abuse in the UK. They commissioned an exhaustive review in response to similar constant allegations like yours.The evidence they uncovered could not have been clearer.It turns out the allegations about false allegations were false.There were almost no cases of false allegations. And in every single case where there were false allegations, there was a vulnerable child who needed help, or abuse of a different kind to that reported. It was always a cry for help.That should hardly be a surprise. When people - children are people too - cry for help, it is usually a cry for help.And it accords with the findings of all such investigations - which show false allegations comprise under 5% of cases - and are mostly made by another guardian in divorce cases, and are covered by existing legislation.We also know most cases go unreported because of strong pressures on children not to come forward, and questions like yours contribute to this.So:Stop smearing childrenStop defending abusersStop enabling abuseBecause it is sinful. Or in your own words: extreme evil.References:Abrahams, C. (1996) Hearing the Truth: The importance of listening to children who disclose sexual abuse. AfC: London. Alaggia, R. and Kirshenbaum, S. 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