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US PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE USPTO
US PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE Special Independent inventor's pages PTO Independent Inventors
U.S. Department of Energy Possible funding for your energy related invention D.O.E.
Learn how things work How Stuff Works
Information about some IANE meetings you may have missed:
IANE meeting report (Jan. 14, 2002) about toys & games toys & games
IANE meeting report (Nov. 14, 2005 and Jan. 8, 2001) "How to Turn Your Idea Into an Invention and Patent It!" Idea into a Patent
Do You Have An Idea For an Invention? FROM IDEA To INVENTION
Patent Information of Interest PATENT PLACE
A very nice, highly informative patent based web site by entrepreneur, inventor, good guy Andy Gibbs Patent Cafe
Good Information about patents PATENTS ET AL
Inventor's Digest Magazine is a great publication for Inventors Inventors' Digest
Wide range of drawing & design services for inventors and entrepreneurs available from Holt Drawing & Design
Product and Business Development Services ENBEDE
Product development and innovation expert Louis Foreman is the creator and executive producer of the Emmy Award winning PBS show Everyday Edisons, CEO of Edison Nation, publisher of Inventors Digest magazine, founder and chief executive of the integrated product design and engineering firm Enventys, creator of five successful startups, and holder of nine US Patents. His firm is responsible for the development and filing of 150 more. (October 12, 2009: Speaker)
David Cormier and Karyl Lynch of Pelham West Associates, who as product scouts bring products to market under licensing arrangements and as consultants help determine the best commercialization opportunities for products. See www.pelhamwest.com for an overview. (September 13, 2004: Speakers)
The "BIG IDEA GROUP (BIG) " conducts IDEA HUNTS for companies seeking new inventions to be put into the marketplace. Michael Collins is the founder and CEO of Big Idea Group (BIG), an invention development agency. BIG conducts nationwide Roadshows, where inventors confidentially present ideas to a panel of industry experts, and Idea Hunts, where client companies solicit BIG’s inventor network for ideas relating to market opportunities. Since its inception in 2000, Big Idea stated that they have developed or licensed over 30 ideas, working with such companies as Target, Toys “R” Us, Avon, Hasbro, QVC, Basic Fun, Skil-Bosch, Binney & Smith, Dremel and Staples, among others. BIG is headquarted in Manchester, New Hampshire. BIG IDEA GROUP (September 8, 2008 and September 8, 2003: Speaker)
Gus Bigos of Evergreen IP www.evergreenip.com spoke on Commercializing Your Invention, including trends in open innovation at consumer product companies, key attributes of successful new products, pros and cons of various routes to commercialization, including (but not only) a discussion of the approach at Evergreen IP. Note that some inventions of IANE member Nancy Kerrigan are being developed by Evergreen IP. (May 15, 2006: Speaker)
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