Helpful Information
Achieving financial success with your invention is no easy task. And while there's a lot of information out there to help guide your efforts, it can be very time consuming to sort through even a small part of it.
Listed below are links to the most valuable information for inventors that we have found to date. We make every attempt to keep this information current, and we are also adding new links all the time, so check in with us frequently for updates.
General Assistance for Inventors
United Inventor's Association (UIA)
The UIA Inventor Bookstore
Inventor's Digest Magazine Online
InventBay
"Where Ideas Create Opportunities"
inventRight
"InventRight provides educational materials to help inventors bring their ideas to market, including a directory of companies looking for your inventions."
Accessory Brainstorms
A licensing agency, sales representation and consultancy for Fashion/Beauty Accessory and Lifestyle Inventions. An original marketer of TopsyTail™, ACCESSORIES Magazine awarded them for the “Most Inventive Products” and also cited them as one of the 100 most important accessories industry “Movers and Shakers”. Accessory Brainstorms is always looking for inventions in their categories.
Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
"Counselors to America's Small Businesses"
Virtual Product Renderings & Animations
Nadre Davani
“Where Engineering and Art Come Together” – 2D & 3D product animations, renderings, and virtual invention functionality and concept simulations
Suburban Artworks
Offering inventors and product designers the latest in 3D digital visualization technology to create a virtual prototype that helps clarify ideas to manufacturers, licensees and other industry professionals
Industrial Product Design & Engineering
Chambers Product Design
Concept Exploration, Appearance Models, Form Studies, Mock-ups, Color & Material Studies, Product Graphics, Ergonomics, and 3D Photo Renderings
Lathrop Engineering
A full-service product development consultancy specializing in complete project management
Intellectual Property (IP) Information
United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)
United States Copyright Office
Patent Information:
So You Wanna Patent Something?
Inventor & IP Associations/Organizations
United Inventor's Association
Intellectual Property Owners Association
International Federation of Inventors Associations
InventNet - The Inventor's Network
Inventor's Alliance
Inventor's Digest Magazine Online
(Click on Resources, then Inventor Organizations)
Invention Licensing Information
Nolo Business & Law Resources Article
Annual Tradeshows, Conferences & Events
Minnesota Inventors Congress Expo
"The Oldest & Most Prestigious Inventors Congress in the World"
Invention Connection
"Gateway to the World of Inventing"
Inventor's Alliance
Inventor Scam Alerts
InventorEd.org
National Inventor Fraud Center
Consumer Product Regulations
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Official CPSC Government Site
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