Theresa

Yes, I believe there are plenty of eager people out there that want to buy things that don’t “solve” problems. Like the 8 Ball and Twister… Silly Putty, Superballs, Slinky, Pacman, Pez dispensers, Bazooka Joe bubble gum …

Why I’m developing one right now… based on adopting an old product popular 70 years ago and adding a completely new ‘twist’ t…[Read more]

Yes, Danny. You can license your innovation more than one seller. There is no problem in it.

Contact a patent attorney for a frank and realistic analysis.

Hi. I completely agree with Danny. Your question entails many options. What I understood from your question is you want to know more about trade show devoted to industrial design, prototyping, and manufacturing of different kinds of products. AmCon shows arrange many events for the help of the manufacturers. From prototypes to production parts.…[Read more]

I am sure this is confusing but I guess this would be a helpful read. This article explains how each one contributed to the invention of the light bulb that we are using today.

https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/who-really-invented-the-light-bulb/

It is best to apply PPA and then license your innovation. PPA doesn’t take much time and it gives you one year time period to find a licensee for your innovation and persuade him to pay for your patent as he will be the beneficiary of this invention too. I hope that helps. Good luck!

Hi, Veronica. In United States patent law, those applying for a patent, i.e. applicants, and patentees may claim a particular status depending on the number of their employees. The fees to be paid to the patent office depend on the applicant’s status. The statuses include the “large entity” status and the “small entity” status. The “micro entity”…[Read more]

Aspiring inventors and entrepreneurs need to focus on these tips to turn an idea into a product quickly:
—-Don’t do every step of your product yourself e.g. manufacturing, marketing, funding etc. it can be overwhelming to try to take care of everything yourself.

—-Inventing a product requires a lot of initial investigation, patience, and r…[Read more]

Yes, Lucy, you can patent your packaging idea and can sell it further. Many companies have used packaging patent and their success mostly depends on it. You can Google all these companies. Good Luck!

Yes, this is a long debate. There is no possible answer to this dilemma. All these arguments have been made to researchers and they are finding a way to balance the knowledge sharing and intellectual property rights. hope that helps.

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.

He deserves to be known by everyone. I have read somewhere that Steve Jobs is influenced by him. Jobs considered him as his childhood hero. He also follows him in business ideologies.

Hi, I’ve heard about Arizona Inventors’ Association but I’m not a member and I’ve personally never been to their meetings. But they’re pretty popular and I think the biggest group out there so you can take a chance with them. Maybe look up feedback from members or go to the association and ask them directly whatever you want to know. Hope this helps.

Sell sheets seem to work really well indeed. The goal is to fit everything that you want to communicate about your idea on a single sheet of paper, hence the name “sell sheet” (or “one sheet”, as I’ve seen many people call it).

I mainly use Fireworks for the graphics, it’s very similar to Photoshop. But there are free tools out there, like Gimp.…[Read more]