Table of Contents for:
The Pocket Inventors Guide
1: Getting Started
a) Where Do I Start?
b) What a Patent Search Can Tell You
c) Finding a Manufacturer
d) Using Catalogs to Find Manufacturers
e) Where the Rubber Hits The Road
2: Now That You Have Found a Manufacturer
a) Product Proposals
b) The Design Process
c) Problems, Problems, Problems
3: Using Agreements and Forms
a) Provisional Patents (the 10.00 mystery unraveled)
b) Provisional Patent Applications (an attorney’s prospective)
c) A Sample Royalty Agreement That kills
d) Understanding the Difference Between Exclusive and Non-Exclusive
4: What to do I if the Idea is Already Out there
a) Close but No Banana
b) Revamping and Redesigning Existing Products
5: Closing Arguments
a) Now that the Deal is Done the Real Work Begins
b) Location, Location, Location
c) Invention Marketing Companies
d) How Long until I Get Some MONEY?
e) I Give Up! What to do When All Else Fails
6: Resources; Inventors HQ Recommended
a) Recommended Books and Software
b) Recommended Inventors Sites (and some that aren’t)
7: Using the Inventors Mentoring Services
a) Message Board
b) Search Archived Files
c) Frequently Asked Questions
d) Website Locator Page