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Let us now comment on the value obtained for ?. Note that the broker who gets the information (e.g. a buy order from a liquidity trader) knows that it does not come from an insider. If this order were fully transferred to the market, the price would rise, since unlike broker-dealers the other agents do not know that it comes from a liquidity trader and thus revise their price estimates upwards. The broker-dealer takes advantage of this discrepancy between the market price and his own best estimate, filling the client’s order in part out of his own portfolio. He is aware that the sale will lower the price, which is why he does not fill the whole order, for if he did so, this would perfectly offset the client’s demand and the final price would be unchanged.

Thus the broker-dealer behaves like a monopolist facing a linear demand curve, and offers half the quantity demanded, so that the price is driven below the marginal cost.

If you have a special talent, hobby or skill that could create a little nest egg that could be allocated for your invention, this is a great way to come up with the needed cash. Do you have a service you can offer to make extra cash or a product that you can create and sell? Lots of people have taken the time to learn specialized crafting and they can make and sell products or offer a class to teach others the skill. We know of a man whose “regular” job is an airline pilot, but in his spare time, he designs and creates special t-shirts for charity events, sporting events, school groups and so on.

Think about what you like to do in your spare time. Do you play an instrument so that you could provide music for social occasions? Perhaps you know how to bake beautiful pastries or can sew like a professional. Can you groom pets or teach a craft? Get your creative juices flowing about what you could do in your spare time that would bring in the extra income to pay your invention costs.

Using the patents that are most similar to your invention, click on the link for each patent that is listed under “References Cited.” This is the prior art that has been listed as being the most similar to that patent. This is where you will find the patents that are similar, regardless of when they were issued. Often you will find patents dating back many years in this section. Examine each of those carefully, looking at the images if you need to, in order to understand how they are similar or dissimilar to your idea. If you continue to pursue your invention and a patent application is filed, some of these same patents may be cited as prior art on your application. Look at the classification numbers on these patents to make sure that you have not missed one that should be checked.