Category Archives: Resources

Patents, trademarks, and copyrights are categories of intellectual property rights, each with its own form of protection: Patents protect the way a device works (a utility patent would protect for example the mechanism by which your car brakes operate) or … Continue reading →

Inventor Resources Business Development Graphic Artists/Designers & Computer Aided Drafting Engineering Consulting Marketing Resources E-Commerce Prototypes, Machining & Plastics Financing Would you like to be listed in one of these categories? Contact us! NOTE: The below list contains resources available … Continue reading →

Intellectual Property Blogs Mr. Shaver’s Bicycle Technology Blog Mr. Shaver’s Outdoor Technology Blog Mr. Shaver’s History of Technology Blog USPTO/Library of Congress U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Home Page USPTO Patents Home Page USPTO Trademarks Home Page U.S. Copyright … Continue reading →

If I want to keep an inventor’s notebook (or “log book”), what should be in it? The record of the invention should be sufficiently detailed to allow a person who is of average skill in the art to read it … Continue reading →

Resources for Inventors: Patent It Yourself, by David Pressman (hyperlink to Amazon) “From Invention to Innovation” (hyperlink to web address) “How to Protect and Benefit from Your Ideas” (hyperlink to web address) The Art of the Start, by Guy Kawasaki … Continue reading →