Dreaming of a Patent Right
patent right, invention, royalties · mixed
Patenting your own invention brings you nothing; doing it for someone else brings luck.
What happens in the dream
- You patent your own invention: you'll never profit from it; someone else will
- You get a patent for someone else: luck in a speculation
How you felt
- Frustration: the dream may reflect a fear that others will reap what you sow
- Generosity: the pleasure of helping someone else's project
Ask yourself
- Do I protect what I create well enough?
- Who benefits from my ideas?
See also Patent · Inventor · Gambling · Profit · Luck (Good)
Source: F. Fontaine, The Golden Wheel Dream-Book and Fortune-Teller (1862). Also searched as: invention, royalties.