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It is amazing how a synthetic product can have vast applications from musical instruments to bomb-proof materials.

The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) is an American organization which recognizes individual investors who hold a U.S. patent of highly significant technology. I was going through their list some time ago and have read about her. It’s a great achievement for her and obviously a great invention of utility for human beings.

I was going to create this topic here as well but you beat me to it. Glad to have someone giving their due light to female inventors.

For safe side, you can side an agreement for not disclosing any detail and declaring that you don’t own this product after creating. Good luck!

Hi, Lucy. It is a really crucial thing and steps must be taken cautiously. First I need to know what kind of invention you want to produce. If it is something physical you may contact industrial engineers for this purpose. Or if it is related to computer software (which I am guessing it is from how to design and create), you can use freelancer…[Read more]

It depends on what your invention is and how much research you did on your own to make sure you will sell the invention in the end. The help of a patent agent or patent attorney is almost always required at some point.

Yes, as explained by Maia, it is best to first search the invention promoter on the USPTO website for complaints to not get scammed ahead.

First, you can contact the company or invention promoter to get the money back. Second, you can register the complaint against this invention promoter according to the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 to USTPO. For complain you must have to give address and name of you as well as invention promoter. USPTO doesn’t take any legal action a…[Read more]

Thank you, Theresa, for guiding us through these stages of creating innovative ideas. I was stuck in my thinking capacity. Creative ideas may sometimes overflow and make a mess. Same is happening to me. Now I have a way to get out of this mess. Thanks for giving me a way out.

Excellent Theresa. Your last line “double check that your solution is beneficial, desirable and marketable” makes me think of a famous quote by Edison

anything that won’t sell, I don’t want to invent. Its sale is proof utility, and utility is success.

But the new invention of digital photography changed the dynamics of instant photography industry.