The official United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Facebook page promises to deliver the latest USPTO news, photos and videos. Through Facebook the USPTO will directly connect with the public and the intellectual property community. According to David Kappos the USPTO’s Facebook page is meant provide “a place where users can tell US what […]
What Inventors Need to Know… Most independent inventors want to license their invention to a retailer. Usually an inventor does not have the experience nor the money to market, manufacture and distribute a product on their own. So when I ask an inventor if I had a magic wand and instantly gave you a patent, […]
What Inventors Need to Know… Inventors often ask me “can I get a provisional patent?” But there is no such thing as a “Provisional patent.” A provisional patent application is a patent application that is used by a patent applicant to secure a filing date. A provisional patent application never matures into a patent. And […]
New inventors are often looking for a short overview of the patent process. Ordinarily sending inventors to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) web site is like sending someone into a great quagmire. But there is a nice flow cart with links directing viewers to pertinent information regarding each step of the process […]
The Patent Reform Act of 2010 was recently made public in the form of an (“Amendment to S. 515”). Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) spoke at an Executive Business meeting (webcast) February 25, 2010 about this amendment to the patent reform act. Leahy stated, “When Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and I started this […]
What inventors need to know… Inventors Eye is a new electronic publication by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for and about America’s independent and small entity inventor community. Inventors can find information about working with the USPTO; events, organizations and meetings of interest to the community; issues that impact independent and small entity […]
What inventors need to know… How does an inventor take a good idea and then develop it into a new product? Recently I asked this and other questions relating to invention development to the affable forward thinking Justin Aiello. His company Aiello Designs takes ideas and turns them into reality. Here are a few questions […]
The Inventor’s Bible by Ronald L. Docie Sr. LoTempio Law Blog Book Review About the book The Inventor’s Biible by Ronald L. Docie Sr., includes a workbook to help an inventor take an idea from conception to the distribution of a product. The book touches on marketing, licensing, and selling an invention. The book reviews […]
What inventors need to know… “Does the product infringe on a patent?” and “Should a patent application be filed?” are questions a product developer would want answered before going forward with manufacturing, marketing and distributing a product. But what makes a product a long term profit generator? “Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine […]
What inventors need to know… Clients have been asking me to write a blog post about companies providing invention promotion services and whether or not they can help inventors. I saw a law blog post today by IP Watchdog regarding a lawsuit filed by INVENTION SUBMISSION CORPORATION (dba Invent Help) in the United States Federal […]