The patent office has a pretty good outline of the process here: http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/index.jsp , and there's a list of registered patent agents and patent attorneys here: https://oedci.uspto.gov/OEDCI/query.jsp

You may want to contact a patent agent or attorney in your area. In my ...

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I went the same road as MMallard and co-opped with the Corps during undergrad and graduated with a biologist job working in wetlands. I enjoyed the work but after a few years was ready for something different so I left and went to lawschool and just started working as an attorney.

My advice would ...