Re:I have an idea for that... (Score 1)

My great-great-great-great- ... (1 * 10^4000) ... great-grandfather (on my mother's side) invented a method for the manual generation and propagation of combustion by friction using the dessicated secondary xylem of minor branches of a perennial woody plant, plus tinder and oxygen. I'd like to see his estate receive such royalties as might be due it. I made an exhaustive search for a similar patent (I googled 'patent for the manual generation ...') and didn't find any, so I'm thinking this could be my, er, his estate's meal ticket. Do I need some sort of, you know, legal representation? Maybe an attorney that has a background in patent law and experience litigating with Cub Scouts. Hmmm.