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Stand Out From the Crowd 2008-03-07 08:35:43 Have you ever looked around and wondered, in amazement, why everyone seems to be living the same life? Tragically, many people are content to become cogs in larger machines or groups of people. They become mere microcosms of the dominant attitudes and trends around them that they never stop to scrutinize or question. There are [...] Read more:Stand
Inventor How To- Increase Your Creativity 2008-03-05 11:46:07 Every inventor knows the dreaded feelings of a creative dry spell. It is the pit of dread that comes with feeling like you are totally out of new ideas, that you could not innovate your way out of a paper bag, that you are creatively burned out. Ayn Rand called this anxiety “the squirms”, and [...] Read more:Creativity
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Getting Your Invention On Store Shelves in 30 Days 2008-02-29 11:54:33 If your invention is done, functional, and ready for sale, congratulations! You have reached a plateau that few inventors ever see with their own eyes – a finished product that is destined for store shelves. But now, it’s crunch time. You want to be in stores 30 days from now. What do you do to [...] Read more:Invention
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Keep Going - Don’t Give Up 2008-02-25 14:06:31 These words are easy to say, but not always so easy to do. Nowhere is this truer than in your fight to invent something new or grow a prevailing business. As you strive to bring your vision to life, you will face countless obstacles and barriers to success. These obstacles can take on many different [...] Read more:Going
Inventor How To- Developing the Habit of Decisiveness 2008-02-25 14:05:15 Read about any successful inventor or businessman and you will inevitably notice something: a habit of decisiveness in all that they do. What is decisiveness, exactly? It is a word we often hear, but rarely define. In simplest terms, decisiveness is accepting the fact that you are in control of your own life. It is [...] Read more:Habit
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The Power of Focus 2008-02-24 13:18:29 If you aspire to high achievement, focus is a power from which you cannot abstain. Inventing something new, bringing a product to market, and authoring your own destiny are not things that you luck into by chance. If you are to reach these plateaus, you must do it consciously, with full focus and awareness of [...] Read more:Focus
Immunize Yourself Against Inventor Baby Syndrome 2008-02-19 14:20:54 Most inventors are tough-minded people who thrive on ingenuity and a willingness to experiment. However, inventors need to be on the lookout for an insidious beast, an attitude hell-bent on robbing you of your fire and ambition: Inventor
Baby Syndrome
. If you permit yourself to succumb to its progress-sucking powers, you will experience roadblocks in [...] Read more:Yourself
Your Competition Never Sleeps 2008-02-18 11:41:11 The world of business and inventing is cutthroat to say the least. When it comes to creating new products, everyone with a serious stake in the process knows that time is of the essence. The reason for the frantic pace lies in something called the first-mover advantage. According to Wikipedia:
First-mover advantage is the advantage gained [...]
Rearden Steel – Lawmakers Steal Royalties from Capitalists 2008-02-15 19:16:39 America is often called the land of opportunity. Work hard and play by the rules, we hear, and you can lay claim to all that you have produced. It is the reason people risk death and imprisonment to set foot on American soil year after year. However, this magnificent legacy of freedom, justice, and achievement [...] Read more:Royalties
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Kill Bad Ideas Quick 2008-02-14 22:49:40 Some inventors make the mistake of pouring years of their lives and thousands of dollars into bad ideas. Maybe their idea was ill-formed and nobody actually wants it. Maybe they wasted years pursuing an idea that actually will not work the way they originally thought it would. Whatever the case may be, the end [...] Read more:Quick
The Priorities for Gaining Credibility for Your Invention 2008-03-10 10:44:49 With all the false starts that come with inventing something, it is easy to feel like the Rodney Dangerfield of inventing: like you get “no respect” from credible figures in your field. If investors are turning you down, business partners are flaking out, and you can’t even seem to get your calls returned, it may [...] Read more:Credibility
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How to Fast Track Your Invention to Market 2008-03-09 11:32:29 If you are the kind of person with a million ideas and not enough time to pursue them, you might want to consider “fast tracking” your invention to market. In this way, you essentially become a hired gun. You, the inventor, perform the tasks of researching and developing the product. Then, you “outsource” the manufacturing [...] Read more:Invention
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Inventor How-To: Keeping Your Finances in Order 2008-03-08 16:08:09 With all the invention-related things on an inventor’s mind, it is easy to overlook another important consideration: keeping your finances in order! The importance of a well-organized and documented financial life cannot be stressed enough. That being the case, it pays to take reasonable precautions and keep your finances in order.
How can this be done? [...] Read more:Inventor
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Networking – It’s the Small Things That Matter 2008-03-08 12:47:27 <object width=”425″ height=”350″> <param name=”movie” value=”″> </param> <embed src=”″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”425″ height=”350″> </embed> </object>
In a fast-paced world where today’s partnership is tomorrow’s downsizing, how do you maintain your networking prowess? The short answer is to forget the saying “don’t sweat the small stuff.” This may be true in certain contexts, but networking is not one [...] Read more:Small
Does Your Invention Suck? 2008-03-13 11:26:40 Some mistakes are just too fatal to overcome. If you make them, your invention is pretty much dead on the water with no hope for success. Fortunately, your invention need not be doomed to the scrap heap of useless or uninteresting contraptions. A wise man once said that smart people learn from their mistakes, while [...] Read more:Invention
10 Steps to Creating and Licensing an Invention 2008-03-25 00:40:49 Creating and licensing an invention is a quest that many inventors embark upon, but few actually succeed at. In large part, this is due to the amount of misinformation and general ignorance to the crucial steps involved. Luckily, this is not a fate that inventors are doomed to. With some research and diligence, you can [...] Read more:Creating
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10 Tips for Creating a Powerful Sales Presentation for Your Patent 2008-03-31 16:10:40 The centerpiece of any patent sale or licensing negotiation is a powerful presentation. In this presentation, you will be making the case for why this person or company should want your patent. Obviously, you will want to make this as compelling as possible to justify the time spent negotiating and get that patent sold. But [...] Read more:Creating
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How to Value Your Intellectual Property 2008-03-31 12:45:37 Valuing intellectual property is no easy task. No matter what kind of intellectual property you own, there are certain bases you need to cover in order to assign a reasonable value to it. It cannot be done on a whim, based on what you feel your patent, trademark, or copyright is worth. As with anything [...] Read more:Intellectual
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New Oil Extraction Technology Increases Oil Production Up to 40% 2008-04-08 08:24:16 As the global demand for oil has risen, it has placed a large amount of pressure on our domestic oil prices, more than quadrupling the cost in less than a decade. With consumers feeling pain at the pump, some inventors and entrepreneurs are taking notice.
The owner of the patent interest below has worked hard [...] Read more:Extraction
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Idea Buyer Member Feature Story 2008-04-21 20:08:56 Earl Bennett of GT Seat Belt Extenders
Persistence, patience, and perspiration have paid off for long-time inventor, Earl Bennett in the form of his latest product, the GT Seat Belt Extender.
Bennett says his inspiration for inventing comes from Willy Wonka. “Wonka said inventing is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple. That’s 105% [...] Read more:Buyer
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10 Tips for Patent Licensing 2008-04-25 15:58:17 While selling a patent is not necessarily easy, it is quite simple compared to licensing. Selling a patent is basically giving up all future rights to it for a set price. Licensing, on the other hand, can take on many other, different forms depending on what you and the licensee want to get out of [...] Read more:Patent
Patent Licensing 2008-04-25 15:31:06 License a Patent
Licensing a patent is considered one of the most viable means of commercializing it. In short, a patent holder seeking to license his patent will not exploit it himself. That is, he will not try to create, market, and sell anything based on the patent. Instead, he will market the patent itself to [...]
License Your Idea to a Manufacturer 2008-05-06 02:23:50 If you do not want to go through all the time and hassle of bringing an idea to market yourself, there is an alternative: license your idea to a manufacturer. In doing this, you are granting someone else the right to create your idea and bring it to buyers via the marketplace. However, there are [...] Read more:License
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Selling or Licensing an Automotive Patent 2008-05-06 01:16:49 With the energy crisis and the worldwide push to “go green”, innovation in the automotive sector is at an all time high. This puts automotive patent holders in a prime position to sell or license their patent. However, it would behoove you to do some research on how automotive patents are typically capitalized on, as [...] Read more:Automotive
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License an Invention to a Retailer 2008-05-19 07:05:00 Once you have created your invention, the next thought is obviously “How can I capitalize on it?” One time-tested way of doing this is licensing your invention to a retailer who will bring it to paying customers. Retailer
s can be anyone with the ability to reach your market, whether it’s Wal-Mart, Target, Home Depot, or [...] Read more:Invention
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The Maverick’s Do-It-Yourself Patent Licensing Library 2008-05-24 15:26:55 While it’s usually preferable to have an attorney draft your licensing agreement, it’s not always necessary. Legal-minded inventors can certainly draft their own patent license agreements with appropriate study and preparation. This article is about books and articles you should read – and precautions you should take – should you choose to do this.
One excellent [...] Read more:Library
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Filing a Provisional Patent 2008-05-29 07:57:11 For 99% of inventors, filing a provisional patent is a smart decision. But what exactly is a provisional patent? What separates it from a “real patent?” The short answer is: a few hundred dollars and a lot less paperwork. But there’s more to it than just that. A provisional patent is a way for you [...] Read more:Filing
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Quick Pre-Patent Checklist 2008-06-22 23:28:39 While many late night television commercials would have you believe that priority one is getting a patent, this is far from the truth. That type of message is more about boosting their sales than moving your invention closer to success.
The cold truth is that several important questions must be answered before deciding whether a [...] Read more:Checklist
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