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HOW TO TURN YOUR IDEA INTO AN INVENTION AND PATENT IT!  CLICK HERE TO READ THE NOVEMBER 14, 2005 IANE Presentation
 

FREE BASIC INFORMATION FOR INVENTORS

The Patent and Trademark Office has FREE booklets and good basic information about inventing and PTO services.  Call (24 hours/day) and you will get a 'menu voice mail' which allows you to order various publications and booklets FREE!!

CALL 1-800-PTO-9199  or visit their web site http://www.uspto.gov

 PTO has a brand new Independent Inventor's web site you don't want to miss!!  Check it out:   NEW PTO INDEPENDENT INVENTOR'S WEB SITE
 
USPTO LAUNCHES MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO COUNTER PATENT SCAM ARTISTS
Exploitation of U.S. inventors costs small business people over $200 million annually
 
"Don't be Fooled by Wanna-bees!  Deal only with persons Registered to Practice Patent Law!"
 
The USPTO has a roster of registered patent agents and patent attorneys who are licensed by passing a rigorous patent bar exam to practice patent law before the US Patent & Trademark Office. Others who are not registered are forbidden, by law, to file patent applications for clients and to give legal advice in patent matters.
 
This week, January 10, 2002, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) unveils a television and radio campaign in five media markets to counter the flood of deceptive advertising aimed at America's independent inventors. USPTO's spots, which will run through March 31, 2002, in San Francisco/San Jose, Tampa, Pittsburgh and New York, and in Spanish in Southern Florida, warn small inventors about organizations who offer, but do not deliver on, costly schemes to patent and market inventions. The agency also will be placing print ads in Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, The Family Handyman and Inventors Digest in late January. "USPTO's ads caution inventors that 'if it sounds too good to be true, it is,'" said James E. Rogan, Under Secretary Of Commerce for Intellectual Property. "Our ads offer a practical alternative to the scams, by guiding inventors to USPTO's Office of Independent Inventor Programs, where they can get real help with patenting and marketing their inventions." Every year invention promotion scams cost U.S. inventors over $200 million. The spots feature an actual inventor, Edward Lewis, who lost $13,000 in a typical scam. The USPTO's Office of Independent Inventors Programs has set up a special toll-free number, 866-767-3848, to provide more information on the scams and how to avoid them.
 
 PATENT APPLICATIONS TO BE PUBLISHED AFTER 18 MONTHS Effective 11/29/00
Now, patent applications which were previously not published WILL be published after 18 months (with some exceptions).  What this means is that these applications will be available as PRIOR ART which may impact the patentability of your invention.   If you are working on an invention you may want to consider filing a patent application as soon as possible to minimize the possibility of being denied a patent because of "Surprise Prior Art". For details contact your patent agent or read more at  18 Month Publication
 

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