Museum Fish Blog

I am curious about what it takes to get a patent. How far do you have to have developed your idea? Do you need a working model in order to do this? Anyways, I am hoping I can find some useful patent information on the internet that I can read in order to get my questions answered so I can figure out whether or not I might qualify for a patent for the invention I am working on right now. I think it is a great idea and it would be really useful for people once I get it working well.