10 Serial Inventor With Over 100 Patents Shares His Journey – Babak Forutanpour

In this week’s episode, we decided to bring inventor Babak Forutanpour on the show so that our viewers can ask him questions. Babak has over 100 patents on children’s toys, cell phone accessories, gym accessories, and more. He made an appearance on NBC’s Today Show and Fox Morning News. 
As a kid, Babak was interested in entrepreneurship and expressed that by having car washes, painting fences, and putting together magic shows. After college, he worked in Hollywood for ten years doing special effects for movies like Space Jam with Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan. Instead of pursuing his childhood passion as an entrepreneur or inventing, he enjoyed working in computer graphics and 3D.
Babak’s inventor mindset started to kick in when he worked at Qualcomm, a company that makes chips for cell phones. His creative problem-solving ability emerged in the lab conducting research that improved the camera phone’s quality to protect the company’s IP.
His experience at Qualcomm, combined with his entrepreneurial tenacity, inspired him to patent his first invention. Babak mentioned how working with a team can help improve an idea because everyone can ask questions and encourage each other to look at different perspectives. Driven by the team environment, it didn’t take long for Babak to reach 100 patents.
Besides working with a team, another component that helps Babak develop his patents is knowing the power of simple ideas. When it comes to inventing a product, you shouldn’t pressure yourself to design something completely new. Your idea can be simple and solve a problem. That’s what one of Babak’s latest inventions does.
The baker buddy is a patent product that allows you to bake at home with everything you need in one area. Its crescent shape can be placed over a mixing bowl and includes a trash can, mixing spoon holder, recipe card holder, and an egg cracker. Measuring ingredients is convenient with The Baker Buddy. With its compartment measuring cups, you can measure your ingredients and tilt the mixture into a mixing bowl.
He came up with the idea when his wife wanted to crack an egg directly into the bowl and not spill it over into the countertop. The Baker Buddy allows people who love baking not to have to deal with the messy clean-up process.
Inventing a new product and bringing it into the market is a skill that Babak has gained over the years. For new inventors, Babak encourages them to practice finding problems. In your daily routine, discover three things that need to be approved.
What annoyances are you dealing with in your daily routine? Inventions like the coffee sleeves prevent you from burning your fingers with a hot cup of coffee. Once you find an annoyance, you can develop your idea and protect it with a bulletproof patent.
If you have an idea that you want to protect, contact our office to schedule a free discovery call. We can discuss more in-depth what will be best for you to begin the journey of moving full throttle with your idea.