by Alan | Mar 21, 2015 | Ideas, Invention, Keys to Success, Patent Search, Patents, Product validation, Prototypes, Resourcefulness, Why inventors succeed, Wiling to reconsider
New inventors often say to me, “I have an idea I think is great, now what do I do?” My most succinct answer is to do the following: Search: USPTO.gov, retail and online stores, catalogs Prototypes: Begin building prototypes of your invention Validate:...
by Alan | Jan 24, 2015 | Invention, Patent Search, Patent strategy, Patents
New inventors tend to put a great deal of focus on filing and prosecuting patents. Not every invention is patentable, however, nor should every invention be patented. This essential fact is often overlooked. There are three patenting options every inventor should...
by Alan | Sep 7, 2014 | Invention, Inventors checklist, Patent Search, Product development, Research
The next several blog posts will be upon “checklist” items for inventors: Today’s topic: Inventors Checklist: Due Diligence Imagine you are on an airline flight, lined up at the end of the runway, about to takeoff. The pilot throttles up the engines, releases the...
by Alan | May 14, 2014 | Ideas, Invention, Licensing, Patent Search, Patent strategy, Patents, Strategy
In the previous post – N – Next Steps – What to do Now? – we discussed that, upon completion of your patent search on USPTO.gov, you would find very few patents similar to your invention (unlikely), a fair number of patents (10 – 20), or quite a lot of patents that...
by Alan | May 11, 2014 | Invention, Patent Search, Patents, Strategy
In the previous post – M – More about Patents – I described a three-step process for researching patents on USPTO.gov that should provide a solid list of existing patents that are similar to your invention. You will be rewarded for becoming a good patent researcher,...
