This book is especially designed to help document key steps in the invention process--conceiving, building and testing the invention, legally protecting it, marketing and financing. It helps inventors organize all the necessary information in one location, so that the completed notes serve as the foundation for the legal protection of the idea. Includes worksheets, checklists and sample agreements.
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Face it: It's not enough to simply have a good idea for an invention, build it yourself, and expect to retire to Millionaire Acres. It doesn't work that way anymore, if it ever did. Here's a meticulous guide to the process of documenting and bringing your inventive ideas to the marketplace written by a successful inventor and a longtime patent attorney. All you would-be Thomas Edisons should have this book in your library.
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57 of 59 people found the following review helpful:
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Inventors notebook contains mostly worksheets.,
This review is from: The Inventor's Notebook (Inventor's Notebook, 2nd ed) (Paperback)
Yes, this is a very good book. To the point, with much useful information. It IS A WORKBOOK with mostly blank forms to document your invention. It does not have the volume of information I was expecting. I do think it is a good book though, just don't buy it as a first book. It was printed as a companion to "Patent it Yourself".
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A Superb Book,
By Bill Bazik (Fairview Park, OH) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Inventor's Notebook (Inventor's Notebook, 2nd ed) (Paperback)
One of the biggest mistakes inventors make is the failure to maintain adequate records for their inventions. This is often due to not understanding the vital importance of proper records from the standpoint of the U.S. patent laws. The law mandates that only the first and true inventor shall receive a patent.
The Inventor's Notebook is primarily designed to provide the inventor with the records you will need to legally prove you are the "first and true inventor". Please note that it does not offer legal advice. Only your patent attorney or a patent agent can advise you as to the current state of the law with regard to your specific invention. Also, to better understand and appreciate its purpose, you should also read and study a good up-to-date guide to patent law, such as David Pressman's Patent It Yourself. In addition to providing the means to prove you are legally the first to invent, the Inventor's Notebook provides you with guidelines for making decisions regarding patentability, commerciality, and whether other paths could be taken -- e.g., keeping your invention a trade secret. The book is divided into four main parts -- a work diary, legal protection, marketing and financing. The work diary section gives you examples of how to record your invention with regard to its conception, purpose, description, operation, novelty, prior art and what the advantages of your invention are. It stresses the importance of drawing a line through blank sections to prevent others from later claiming material was added after the page was prepared, dated and witnessed. Entries must be made in ink and pencil sketches should be photocopied. The proper method for adding photos is also given. The legal section explains the importance of and how to make a prior art search. The term, "prior art", in patent law means any material that can be found that was on record before the date you conceived your invention and that might be used to deny your right to a patent. This includes prior patents, magazine articles, technical journals, books, catalogs, etc. The legal section includes pages for the recording of contacts made while developing your invention with emphasis on securing confidentiality agreements to protect your invention. It also stresses the extreme importance of the "one year rule", which requires that you must file your patent application within one year of the date on which you first publish, publicly use, sell or offer your invention, or any product that embodies same, for sale. The marketing section notes that you should avoid the trap many first-time inventors fall into -- namely, spending vast amounts of time, energy and money on your invention before checking out its commercial potential. It also warns of the very common trap of paying money to an "invention developer" who, quite often, cannot even furnish the names of any successful clients. The book provides a list of 34 positive factors and 21 negative factors for evaluating your invention. The marketing section also contains "Potential User Survey" forms and some recommendations for doing market researching. Also, it contains forms for recording your own study of "Relevant Market Trends" and a list of questions you should ask yourself regarding forming a decision as to manufacturing it yourself, distributing it yourself or selecting companies to do it for you. In addition, four pages of information regarding Internet Web pages useful to inventors are provided. This includes "A Cyberpreneur's Guide to the Internet". Today the Internet not only provides vast amounts of information but it also can be used to promote your invention. The financial section contains guides and checklists for your budget estimates and for selling your invention or for seeking capital. The back of the book contains lists of publications about patenting, business and books of interest to inventors. Also in the back of the book are tear-out copies of a "Consultants Work Agreement", "Proprietary Materials Agreement", "Positive and Negative Factor Evaluation Form" and a "Universal License Agreement Form". In addition, a six-page glossary is included covering 13 functions such as springs, shape, optics and fluid flow. This can be a great aid when you are at a loss of words to describe the parts and functioning of your invention. It clues you in on the terms patent examiners most often see. Using these terms will also make your invention more understandable to your patent attorney or agent. This is a superb book. Every serious inventor should own a copy. The price is very low and its value to you is very high. It is simple to understand and is without the "legalese" some authors use to impress readers.
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A well-maintained notebook will be of crucial importance should your inventorship or your eligibility for a patent ever be called into question by the Patent and Trademark Office, other inventors, or companies which you have sued for infringement. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
parties cannot resolve such dispute, accordance with any finding, contain valuable proprietary information, original signed copy hereof, reasonable local travel time, such information from access, above work schedule, communicate any such information, organization obtaining access, foreign priority rights, stamped receipt postcard, furnish such copy, further charge for time, record your conception, services for any competitor, such person sign, test your invention, small entity declaration, including patent rights, regular patent application, mutually acceptable arbitrator, invention yourself, expenses relating thereto, inventor resources, market your invention Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Provisional Patent Application, Copyright Office, Disclosure Document Program, Fee Schedule, Potential User Survey, Corporate Intelligence, Distributor Evaluation, Government Printing Office, Negative Factors Likely, Proprietary Materials Agreement, Using the Internet New!
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A well-maintained notebook will be of crucial importance should your inventorship or your eligibility for a patent ever be called into question by the Patent and Trademark Office, other inventors, or companies which you have sued for infringement. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
parties cannot resolve such dispute, accordance with any finding, contain valuable proprietary information, original signed copy hereof, reasonable local travel time, such information from access, above work schedule, communicate any such information, organization obtaining access, foreign priority rights, stamped receipt postcard, furnish such copy, further charge for time, record your conception, services for any competitor, such person sign, test your invention, small entity declaration, including patent rights, regular patent application, mutually acceptable arbitrator, invention yourself, expenses relating thereto, inventor resources, market your invention Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Provisional Patent Application, Copyright Office, Disclosure Document Program, Fee Schedule, Potential User Survey, Corporate Intelligence, Distributor Evaluation, Government Printing Office, Negative Factors Likely, Proprietary Materials Agreement, Using the Internet New!
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- Your Limited Liability Company: An Operating Manual by Anthony Mancuso in Back Matter
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- License Your Invention: Sell Your Idea & Protect Your Rights with a Solid Contract with CDROM with CDROM (Profit from Your Idea: How to Make Smart Licensing Deals) by Richard Stim on page 14, page 27, and page 257
- Patent Pending in 24 Hours by Richard Stim on page 35, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Nolo's Patents for Beginners by David Pressman on page 45, and page 169
- Patent It Yourself by David Pressman on page 43, and Back Matter
- Patent, Copyright & Trademark: An Intellectual Property Desk Reference (Patent, Copyright and Trademark) by Stephen Elias in Front Matter, and page 215
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