Invention Articles

1). Latest Inventions! Check Out These New Gizmos And Gadgets! By : Stephen Rhodes
The Newest Gizmos and Gadgets on the Market: Ingenuity and technological advances are constantly resulting in new gizmos and gadgets. Gadgets can be both fun and functional and can save the owner time and effort. Below you’ll find descriptions of some of the latest inventions available on the market. Microsoft Xbox 360 The Microsoft Xbox 360 is one of the latest inventions of video games.
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2). New Invention Ideas By : Steve Gillman
A few more new invention ideas. Read about them, laugh at them if you must, modify them, use them and call them your own if you want. Air conditioning shirt. Backpacking in hot weather, I often stop to wet my shirt in a stream. The evaporative cooling as it dries is wonderful. Now if a shirt had little water "tanks" on the shoulders, a shirt could be kept wet and keep cooling for hours, perhaps.
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3). Invention Marketing and Licensing for the Inventor By : Elias Borges
There are a lot of less than forthright organizations that allegedly help individuals sell their inventions to industry. In all my years of working as a patent lawyer, I have never come across a single person who ever used one of these organizations to effectively market or sell their invention. However, I have met several who successfully marketed their inventions themselves.
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4). Stepping Into Possibility Thinking By : Saleem Rana
To transcend the built-in limitations of our minds to resist fresh ideas is an act of will. We must choose to question the nature of our beliefs. We must choose to be interested in other perspectives.
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5). Using an Invention Submission Company to Submit Your Invention By : Lisa Parmley
You hear them on late night television, newspapers and magazines, even the radio and the internet. The ad goes something like this, “Hey inventor, call our toll free number and we’ll help you protect your idea and get rich quick”.
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6). Do you Have an Invention or an Idea for an Invention By : James Hunt
What are inventions? Well, basically an invention is when someone comes up with an idea or an object that has never been thought of before...
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7). Patents and Fees: An Overview By : Lisa Parmley
Gaining a patent on your invention can be an expensive undertaking. From beginning to end, here are the basic fees you will need to be prepared to pay. Please realize that many others may crop up depending on how complex the prosecution becomes for your patent.
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8). What Do We Mean by Patent Prosecution? By : Lisa Parmley
The prosecution of a patent includes the procedures that follow after a regular patent application is filed.
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9). Inventors... Make Sure Your Invention is a Success! By : Lisa Parmley
Discover some of the important strategies all inventors should know to help ensure that their invention is a success. This list of tips was compiled from successful inventors. They are sure to steer you in the right direction and help you ensure success for yourself...
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10). Checking Credentials Before Hiring Anyone to Help You Patent Your Invention By : Lisa Parmley
Many businesses make more than a decent living helping inventors just like you make money from their inventions. From filing a patent to licensing and marketing your invention, someone is around every corner offering assistance.
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11). How to Invent Something Sure to be Profitable By : Lisa Parmley
Are successful inventors just lucky or is there a strategy for coming up with these golden ideas?
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12). Manufacturing Your Invention By : Lisa Parmley
Unless you’re able to license your invention right away, you will need to seek out invention manufacturing services. It is possible that even if you do license your invention, you will still be responsible for finding an adequate manufacturer.
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13). The In’s and Out’s of Gaining a Patent By : Lisa Parmley
Please note that there is more to gaining a patent than just filing an application and waiting. It is possible that this is all you will have to do, but unlikely. Once a patent application is sent in to the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), it will be assigned to a patent examiner.
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14). The Beginnings of a Quality Patent Search By : Lisa Parmley
Hopefully you realize that before you do much of anything, you need to look at the marketability of your invention. Remember, you don’t want to do anything until you have a good feel for whether or not you can actually make some money from your invention. Of course, you can’t ever determine with 100% accuracy if you will make money or how much, but you can gain an idea by looking at other products available in the marketplace.
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15). Patent Practitioners: Separating the Good from the Bad By : Lisa Parmley
If you choose to hire a patent practitioner, they will help you throughout the complex patent process. You may even consider granting them power of attorney over your patent application.
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16). The Inventor’s Dilemma By : Lisa Parmley
So you’ve done your homework (or are planning on being diligent about it at least). And you’ve decided to definitely forge ahead and gain a patent on your invention. So now what? Well, first of all, be warned that patenting your invention will cost you several thousand dollars. The fee varies widely; you will ultimately need to receive an estimate from the professional you choose.
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17). Innovation: The Life Blood Of Your Business By : Eric Garner
If you’re running or managing a business and want it to be around for a long time, you need to spend a good part of your time innovating. That’s because, in a fast-moving world, where people expect things to get better and better, and cheaper and cheaper, innovation is your route to getting ahead of your competition. Here are 7 ways to put new life blood into your organization through innovation.
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18). So You’ve Invented Something, Now What? By : Lisa Parmley
So you’ve invented the next big thing (or at least something that may solve a problem for a select group of people)? Now what?
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19). Getting Your Patent Application Facts Straight By : Lisa Parmley
Even if you choose to use a patent agent or attorney to help you protect your invention, you will still have some work to do. After all, it’s your invention. And they need you to communicate the in’s and out’s of it as best you can.
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20). How To File A Patent Application By : David Gass
Explains how best to file a patent application for your product or invention.
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21). The Topic of Patentability By : Lisa Parmley
For an object or idea to be patentable, it must fit into one of the following four categories; process, manufacture, machine or composition of matter. The subject matter must also be original, an unmodified, previously existing invention is never patentable. There must be a significant improvement over previous inventions for the new one to qualify. If two previous inventions are combined together, the combination must yield new and unexpected results for the invention to be considered patentable.
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22). Publish Your Patent Application? ... or Not. By : Terry Williamson
Infringement and Provisional Damages There is no action for infringement of your patent until it actually issues. However, through publication of your application, it may be possible to obtain provisional damages for the time between publication of the application and the issuance of the patent. Once your patent issues, infringement can give rise to treble damages and an award of attorney fees.
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23). The U.S. Patent And Trademark Office Is An Inventor's Best Friend By : Jessica Deets
Creating a new product, a new machine or launching a business with its own distinct lines is a crapshoot. It's hard to tell what ideas will take off and sell and which ones won't. But the odds in an inventor or businessperson's favor can be greatly reduced if their products and/or ideas aren't protected. This is where the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office can make a real difference.
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24). Detailed Patent Search Tutorial By : Lisa Parmley
You can get a reasonable patent search for a few hundred dollars. An in-depth comprehensive search will cost more (around a $1,000). But before you spend any money at all applying for a patent, reducing your invention to practice, or building an expensive prototype, you can start searching around all on your own.
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25). Sell an Invention in 30 Days By : Eric Corl
One of the primary driving forces that bring inventions to light is the profit motive. While Hollywood and the media tend to glorify the selfless inventor, the truth is that many of the most basic technologies we have would not have come to pass without the incentive of selling it.
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