First Prototype for Your Invention: How Much Should You Spend?
00:00 The first thing we always tell—it doesn't matter whether they're looking for licensing or they really think they're startup mode—is to do as much looking around as they can; build their own version of a prototype, duct tape and cardboard, legos—I've seen some good ones out of playdough and pipe cleaners—whatever to get […]
Inventors: How Do You Take a Product Invention to Market? A Free Resource That Makes It Clear
00:00 So I want to start with the kind of your company—it understands the invention process and what it takes to bring the product to market. There's no set, like, single set of steps, for, but there's got to be some general guidelines. So talk to us a little bit about that. What would […]
Tips on Licensing Your Product Invention + A Warning About Inventor Coaches & Submission Companies
00:00 Okay, yeah, Happy Friday, everybody. Warren, Welcome to the Ask the patent Professor Show. Today, it's actually going to be, you know, ask for and we're really honored to be able to have you here. I see a lot of participants, we've had close to 100 participants that registered. And the most of […]
How Using a Template to Write Your Own Patent Can Get an Inventor in Trouble
00:00 So, I mean, the internet has been a phenomenal, like, blessing in a lot of ways. But it also, I think, gives a false sense of security in people being able to do things themselves. So I think that perhaps I've seen in my practice, the fact that there's companies that have forms, […]
Helping Inventors Find Funding: The Dangers of Crowdfunding and a Smarter Alternative
00:00 And that's a great transition to what I want to ask about next, because it's good you're talking about inventors saving money and doing a prototype and formally, because one of their biggest obstacles for inventors is finding the funding. Like at the beginning, a lot of them are putting in the time; […]
Crowdfunding Campaigns for Taking a Product Invention to Market: Budget to Avoid Disaster
00:00 But one last question. And when you mentioned at the beginning Kickstarter campaigns, like, say, an inventor, and something that might confuse a lot of people is how can an inventor raise $500,000 in a successful Kickstarter campaign, and then go bankrupt? So like that they're saying, “Well, wait a minute, that doesn't make […]
Inventors Beware: Your Own Prior Art Can Be Used Against You When Applying for a Patent
00:00 So that's a big shock to a lot of inventors that their own patent that's granted can be used against them. So there's nothing even a registered patent attorney like myself—if an inventor has a self filed patent that becomes published or granted as a patent, I cannot file anything for them without […]
Hi, I'm John Rizvi, the patent professor. The patenting of software is an unusual field because the inventions coming from the software industry are often more complex than tangible inventions like mechanical or electrical systems. Unlike the typical widget, which requires relatively straightforward descriptions, and drawings, the intricacies of software inventions require careful precise claims […]
Inventors: How to Choose the Right Trade Shows to Generate Interest in Your Product Invention
00:00 Now, you mentioned, like, you had the word “professional” before “trade show.” I noticed that, like, “Go to a professional trade show.” Can you talk about that distinction? And that may bring us into the next question. And that's the scams that are out there, targeting inventors and how to stay away from those. […]
Inventors Beware: There is No “One-Stop Shop” That Can Take You from Invention Idea to Market
00:00 One thing that's almost too good, you know what they say about something being too good to be true. It's very enticing for inventors to try to find a one-shop, a one-stop shop, meaning one company that can get them to patent, find them the licensee and prepare them the prototype, and do […]
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