Invention help is available for a fee and a signed
contract to split the profits. An invention submission company
will take care of all the details. The invention help expert
will validate your invention through: a. Internal project review
or even new product feasibility assessment. b. Product
manufacturability assessment. c. New product market assessment.
d. Intellectual property assessment or even prototype
assessment. Once through these, the next steps might be license
agreement, patent management, manufacturing, marketing,
distribution, fulfillment, project funding / financing,
licensing and product development. A caveat... Through
media and web hype, many aspiring inventors identify invention
submission companies or invention promotion companies as the
best invention help. Not so. A number of invention submission
corporations belong to the $300 million a year industry scam,
according to MSNBC reports. Stay updated. Read. Perform
comprehensive research. Ask questions. Do background checks.
Consistently verify. You may well require expert invention
help to get your invention from the drawing board to consumers
at less cost. You may also need expert invention help to know
your invention's suitability. Here are a few suggestions to get
your invention help: a. Get a patent lawyer.
Where? The USPTO, http://www.uspto.gov, United
States Patent and Trademark Office. It examines and issues
patents, as well as, examines and registers trademarks. The
USPTO also brings a list of area registered patent attorneys and
agents. b. Call the bar association of your city. It may have a
list of patent attorneys. A warning, carefully look through
every reference of a prospective patent lawyer. Check each of
their client roster and success percentage. c. Keep abreast with
the glossary of terms in filing for patents. They will come
useful when terms of services and employment are discussed with
the invention help. d. Contact government advisory and private
websites: USPTO; http://www.uspto.gov
FTC, Federal Trade Commission; http://www.ftc.gov http://www.InventorEd.org
and http://www.IPWatchDog.com
i> e. Ask questions. If legitimate, the invention submission
company will address your concerns. Don?t be easily impressed by
invention help's credentials. Verify the truth in advertising.
Can you get a list and talk to their industry contacts?
What is their success ratio? You can ask this under the 1999
American Inventor's Protection Act. Can you get an
endorsement list from private and government sectors? Get
the best invention help but be proactive and diligent with
background checks. This way, the invention help scam industry
won't claim you as a statistic.
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Emmet Press is a freelance writer and an internet marketer.
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