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I am really interested in finding out more about the whole patent process. Is it difficult to get patents? I have never tried before because it seemed like it would probably be quite a hassle and I never thought any of my ideas were really all that great. But I have recently seen a few new products that were similar to ideas I had thought of in the past, so I was thinking it might be good for me to look into this in case I have any really good ideas in the future. Would I need to hire an attorney?