Question: how do you obtain a patent for your customized designs? 

Answer: Find a Patent Attorney who can substanciate your inventive ideas. They do a Patent Search, and then submit the information the the Office of Patent and Trademarks in Gaithersburg MD.\n\nMy mother invented the "Laundry Drier Divider" US. Patent #4,467,535.  Good Luck!
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