Ford New Ideas - Protect Your Ideas

P2000 Vehicle: The groundbreaking P2000 vehicle was developed at the Ford Research Laboratory. It is known to be the world's lightest-weight midsize family sedan, utilizes a total systems approach and features an advanced hybrid propulsion system that reconfirms Ford's deeply rooted concern for both environmental protection and customer satisfaction.

The P2000 LSR Hybrid has a remarkable fuel efficiency of more than 60 miles to the gallon and promises to exceed customer expectations by using a total systems approach toward development. Weight, propulsion, rolling resistance, and aerodynamics are all optimized within one total system. Ford's P2000 was made possible through more than 20,000 hours of computer modeling.

Your ideas may be valuable. We are concerned that you take measures to protect your idea before you submit it for our evaluation.

We will only review submitted ideas on a non-confidential basis. Under the laws of the United States and most foreign countries, you may be able to protect your ideas by obtaining patents, trademarks and copyrights. Further, you may be able to maintain your ideas as “trade secrets” by protecting them from non-confidential disclosure. However, our policy does not allow a confidential review, so if you would like to keep your ideas confidential, do not submit them to us.

Non-confidential disclosure of any inventive part of your idea to others (such as Ford) prior to obtaining a patent may result in loss of potential patent rights in most countries of the world. So, we strongly recommend that, before you present your idea to us, you consult a patent attorney for professional advice. The costs involved in obtaining such advice are your sole responsibility.

Some resources for obtaining additional information about intellectual property are listed below.

United States:

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
The Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Office of Independent Inventor Programs
Box 24
Washington, DC 20231
Tel: 703 306-5568
Fax: 703 306-5570
Email: independentinventor@uspto.gov

General information about patents and trademarks is available by calling 1-800 PTO 9199 or visiting: Http://www.uspto.gov

Information about obtaining patents is also provided by the National Inventors Hall of Fame: Http://www.invent.org/workshop/3_1_0_how_to_patent.asp

Other Patent Offices:

European Patent Office Erhardtstrasse 27 D-80331 Munich Http://www.european-patent-office.org Tel: (+49 89) 23 99 - 0 Telex: 523 656 epmu d Fax: (+49 89) 23 99 - 44 65	Berlin sub-office D-10969 Berlin Tel: (+49 30) 2 59 01 - 0 Fax: (+49 30) 2 59 01 - 8 40
Branch at The Hague Patentlaan 2 Postbus 58 18 NL-2280 HV Rijswijk Tel: (+31 70) 3 40 - 20 40 Telex: 31 651 epo nl Fax: (+31 70) 3 40 - 30 16 E-mail: infohague@epo.e-mail.com	Vienna sub-office Rennweg 12 Postfach 90 A-1031 Vienna Tel: (+43 1) 5 21 26 - 0 Telex: 13 63 37 inpa a Fax: (+43 1) 5 21 26 - 54 91
German Patent and Trademark Office Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt 80297 Muenchen Http://www.dpma.de/	French Patent Office Institut National de la Propriete Industrielle Http://www.inpi.fr/
World Intellectual Property Organization 34, Path of Colombettes P.O. Box 18, Ch-1211 Geneva 20 Http://www.wipo.int/ Tel: +41-22 338 9111 Telecopier: +41-22 733 54 28
United Kingdom Patent Office Main Office Concept House Cardiff Road Newport South Wales NP10 8QQ United Kingdom Http://www.ukpats.org.uk/	London Office The Patent Office Harmsworth House A-1031 Vienna 13-15 Bouverie Street London EC4Y 8DP United Kingdom
Swedish Patent and Registration Office Executive Management Patent department PRV InterPat Box 5055 Http://www.prv.se/ Tel: +46 8-782 25 00 Fax: +46 8-666 02 86 E-mail: prv.patent@prv.se Visitors: Valhallavägen 136	Companies Department SE-851 81 Sundsvall Tel: +46 60-18 40 00 Fax: +46 60-12 98 40 E-mail: prv.bolag@prv.se




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