So what happens after you get your first patent? Well for some very avid inventors they decide to go for more. So how can obtaining more patents on ideas and inventions be a good thing? Some people get patents to protect inventions that they have to make sure that nobody else can take the brilliant idea that they have had. Many people obviously do it with the intention of making money. Certain ideas if they are good and big enough can really end up making money depending on of course how the entire situation is handled. Just because you end up with patent does not mean you just start making money. Usually it means you have to manufacture the goods then market them.

But when is enough, enough? That really all depends on each person. One factor may be that your patents just sit there once they are obtained. Remember for most the reason they want the patent is to eventually make money off their idea. It can also be daunting to end up with several patents, then having to market them all at the same time. This can really end up a high cost venture in the end.