how to become an inventor?
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Once you have ur invention \n\nGo to places that can publish them. Or like make it a big invention if it is a good one
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the first step would be to have your invention patented (very important ;), then just talk to companies that migh be interested, if it's really that great, and you know how to present it, it shouldn't be a problem to find investors \ngood luck!!!
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I would recommend you first hire a pentent lawyer and patent the product or idea.  I think that your lack of a college degree is an advantage.  I don't have one either and am very glad I don't.
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You may start by reading how to go about this process so you won't be blindsided by scammers, ripped off by other companies or your idea stolen from you:\n\n5 Actions You Must Take to Assure a Successful Invention http://www.powerhomebiz.com/122005/invention.htm\nHow to Make Money from Your Inventions  http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol121/inventor.htm\nHow To Protect Your Idea http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol81/protectidea.htm \nHow to Get Your Consumer Invention to Market\n http://www.powerhomebiz.com/012006/invention.htm\n\n\nHere are books I recommend:\n\n- Protecting Your #1 Asset : Creating Fortunes from Your Ideas : An Intellectual Property Handbook \n- Patents and How to Get One : A Practical Handbook \n- Patent It Yourself \n- Protecting Your Ideas : The Inventor's Guide to Patents
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http://inventors.about.com/od/patentoffices/a/US_Patent_Offic.htm\n\nhttp://www.inventnet.com/page1.html\n\nhttp://books.google.com/books?q=every+invention+patented+in+the+US&oi=print&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title\n\nhttp://news.google.com/news?q=every+invention+in+the+US&hl=en&lr=&sa=X&oi=news&ct=title\n\nhttp://www.colitz.com/site/wacky.htm\n\nhttp://www.einsteinyear.org/facts/physicsFacts\n\nhttp://www.transfer.ethz.ch/patente/patente_/index_EN
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I would start by going on-line to http://acswebcontent.acs.org/home.html\nThis is the website for the American Chemical Society. I would poke around here and find some contacts to pose your question to. I think they could help give you some direction. Also if you are interested in inventions you should pick a copy of "Patent it Yourself" by David Pressman, it tells you all the steps involved in obtaining a patent and how to protect your idea. If your interested in getting this book the ISBN # is 1-4133-0180-0   Good luck.
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If you are in the US, you go to the US Patent and Trademark Office to get a patent. http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/howtopat.htm UPTO has a page on the Basic Facts of Patents that you may want to read http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/index.html\n\nNote though that getting a patent is a complicated and costly process. It is best to work with a patent lawyer to help you navigate the process. The cost of filing a patent can go anywhere from $10K to $35K depending on the cost of your lawyer and what it is you are trying to patent
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Most manufacturers will not even be interested in learning about your invention unless you have first applied for some type of patent application.  In the United States you can file a provisional application for $100 (that is the fee due at filing at the US Patent Office assuming you are an individual inventor or a company with 500 or fewer employees), but in order to ultimately obtain a patent you would need to subsequently file a non-provisional application, or just start by filing a non-provisional application and skip the provisional application process.  In either case, whatever your disclosure contains in the first filing will define the scope of your invention, so you want to make sure it is complete.  You will not be able to update your disclosure later, so the first filing is all important.  This is one of the reasons many inventors hire patent attorneys.\n\nIPWatchdog.com has a a unique process for creating patent applications, a process for which it has its own patent pending. Because this process is more of a team effort the cost is in line with what you would expect to pay an invention submission company, but you get real help and meaningful guidance. This model works because it leverages the energy of the inventor/entrepreneur together with the legal expertise of a patent attorney. Minimizing the involvement of professionals is the way to keep costs down, but you don't want to go it alone without some help, otherwise you risk jeopardizing adequate protection, which would lead to vast amounts of time and energy, not to mention money, being wasted. \n\nThe IPWatchdog process, in a nutshell, requires the inventor to submit answers to a detailed invention questionnaire, with the submitted information being used to create a first draft of the application. A patent attorney then reviews the draft and sends it back to you together with questions, suggestions, explanations and additional information. The inventor then modifies the draft as appropriate and then returns it for a second review. A patent attorney again reviews your application and again returns it to the inventor with comments and suggestions, assuming any additional modifications are warranted. At the time your second review is returned the inventor is provided you with the completed forms necessary for filing at the United States Patent Office.
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how to become a mechanical engineer
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As a patent holder let me give you some advice here:\n(1) You may be hungry - pull your belt tight and try to wait it out\n(2) Register your patent ASAP - say ZERO to anyone else\n(3) Once your patent is registered, when you talk to companies make then sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement with Breach Guarantee where they have to register with a Bond agent that will secure a bond of say $5million, $10million or whatever you think your patent is worth and have it in the NDA that if they develop or reverse engineer or anything along those lines a product that is or mimics or competes with your product and idea, they are in Breach and have to pay you the bond money.\n\nNow, a final word of advice.  BUILD the item.  Have a unit as a demo.  Do not just write an idea down.  Once you have it built, price out the parts and the item and figure out how to replicate it cheaply over and over again.  Then make a few extra prototypes. Start up your own company and offer the product for sale.\n\nOnce you have a physical product that backs up a patent and you offer it for sale, you win in court all the time.  Now that you have it available for sale and can replicate it, now is the time to persue other companies for the product.\n\nIf you start to get SALES on your product, do press releases, make updates and upgrades, and try to get as much press as possible.  Go on Tech TV shows and promote yourself.  Once you become a NAME your idea now becomes a hot property and people will pay you for it.\n\nAt no point in time should you EVER think that you are going to make money overnight by making a patent.  I learned that lesson the hard way.
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Build it around a key goal - a company you want to open, question you want to answer, something you want to change in the world. Invent it if you have to, but make sure it is something you can be passionable about. Also make sure it is consistent with current fads in the field, and challenging yet realistic. \n\nThen, explain how your previous studies and work both drove you to this idea and helped you to come closer to realizing it. Finally, say how education at said school will further help realize it.\n\nMake a draft, spell check, show to as many university professors as you can, get feedback, revise, repeat 3 times.
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NOLO is a great, free informational site. Also, be sure to read what the USPTO (United States Patent & Trademark Office) has to say about patents.\n\nResearch, research, research – this cannot be stressed enough. Read as much as you can. Here are some book titles that are relevant:\n\n* Patent It Yourself (11th Edition) by David Pressman\n* Patents and How to Get One : A Practical Handbook by U.S. Department of Commerce\n* How To Make Patent Drawings Yourself: A Patent It Yourself Companion by Jack Lo\n* The Inventor's Notebook: A Patent It Yourself Companion by Fred E. Grissom\n\nThere are plenty of free informational resources out there. Check the source box for links to articles.\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
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Go to www.inventconnect.com.au and join the website... Register or list your idea on there and ask them through their FAQ section... There is heaps of info regarding patents and other stuff in the inventors resources area...\n\nThere are lists and contact details for patent attorneys as well...
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If you don't get a patent, copycats will be on your heels the moment you bring your product to market. You will have no legal leg to stand on even if you send cease and desist letters. And if they find that you have not patented the product, they may even beat you to it.\n\nFrom the article "How to Protect Your Idea or Intellectual Property" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol81/protectidea.htm here are some steps you need to take:\n\n1. Consult a patent lawyer and check if your idea can be patented. \n2. Keep extensive records tracking the development of your idea.\n3. Conduct an extensive research to find out if there are similar patents. \n4. Document where, how and to whom you showed your idea.\n5. Do your own market research if your idea is marketable\n6. Explore the possibility of developing the product yourself, or licensing someone else to make the product for you. \n\nTo bring your idea to market, here are some tips from the article "How to Get Your Consumer Invention to Market" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/012006/invention.htm\n\nGetting Started: \n\n- The Ideabook = Keep a bound ideabook of your invention idea. Date your entries. \n- Get it Notarized = get it officially confirmed that you conceived your invention idea on a particular date, and have your notes notarized. \n- Seek and Search = Do your own patent search to ascertain if your invention is original and prospectively patentable.\n- Create the Initial Prototype = Use simple materials to rig it up, to see if it works. \n- Get Educated = Educate yourself on the inventing process. Go to a bookstore or inventorhelp.com and review the plethora of books written on the subject. \n- The Non-Disclosure Form = Agreement signed between you and anyone you reveal your invention to. \n\nMoving Ahead \n\n- Analyze Costs to Produce = Ascertain what the costs will be. \n- The Evaluation Process = Analyze the benefits and features, strengths and weaknesses of your invention. \n- Get a Professional Prototype = Have professional prototypes made, the quality of which can be shown to potential retail buyers. \n- Protect Your Idea = Apply for a provisional patent yourself. \n- The Non-Provisional Patent = Your patent attorney files your non-provisional patent application.\n\nOptions for Marketing\n\n- Licensing = The inventor has the choice to license the invention to a manufacturer in exchange for a royalty percentage in sales. \n- Manufacturing = Manufacturing and distributing your invention entails higher financial risk but can reap greater profits.\n\nHere are some books that can help you:\n\nFrom Patent to Profit by Bob De Matteis \nProtecting Your #1 Asset : Creating Fortunes from Your Ideas : An Intellectual Property Handbook \nPatents and How to Get One : A Practical Handbook \nHow to Register Your Own Trademark : With Forms \nPatent It Yourself \nProtecting Your Ideas : The Inventor's Guide to Patents
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First, accept the idea that if money is made, other people will make most of it. 10% of something is better than 100% of nothing. If you can afford it, make a prototype and talk to a patent attorney. You do not have an invention until one is made. At least make a wood or clay model and write down specifications.
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Patents are searchable on USPTO site, http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html\n\nA search by the inventor's name, if you know it, is a good place to start.
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Hi Varun, to make money out of your ideas, visit http://www.inventhelp.com/ This site help inventors with a product, or even an idea to reach the potential market. An idea dosen't always need to be a product. There are product designers, who design a product based on the submitted idea. Here's a sequence\n\nIdea Originator -> Product Designer -> Producer/Financer -> Market\n\nAlso, if your idea is Innovative, you can contact a company to sell them the idea. But before showing them the details, you can get them signed a non disclosure contract, so that even in case they reject it, they don't use it. Patents also come for rescue in such situations.