The first patent for a seaplane was filed in the late 1880s, but it wasn’t until March 28, 1910, that the first seaplane took to the skies and successfully landed.
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The intersection of a great idea with the potential to earn money, including licensing fees, may propel you to seek out an investor. However, while many investors play by the rules, there is the inherent risk you may expose your idea to somebody who may bear no scruples in stealing your idea and seeking a
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Provisional patents can be a valuable avenue for inventors and startups in the first-inventor-to-file system, but there are inherent risks if not done carefully and methodically. These risks are often not explained carefully enough by low cost document preparation companies that push these types of patents. In my following video, I offer further details about
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While it’s not mandatory to conduct a patent search prior to proceeding with a patent, it’s a useful first step to find out if your idea is actually unique. While there are instances where you may wish to skip this step, failure to do so could actually end up costing you money if someone else
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As many of you know, I have been working on my new book entitled, Escaping the Gray: When Launching Your Idea Full Throttle is the Only Option for a number of years. I am proud to say that my book is now nearing completion! In my book, I showcase valuable lessons for inventors learned during
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This is one of the first things inventors ask me after the initial non-provisional utility patent has been filed. In the following video I outline its journey through he U.S.P.T.O (which is often slow) and, unfortunately, usually ends up being rejected by the patent examiner whose job it is to establish the uniqueness of your
If you discuss your idea with the wrong person someone else might launch their company using your idea, a perfect working example of the phrase “loose lips sink ships.” In this video, I highlight some actual examples, including a case in Silicon Valley which centers around a breakthrough Internet Communication protocol invented by a group
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2014 “Alice ruling” has had a powerful ripple effect throughout the software industry. Nearly two years later, concrete definitions for critical concepts like “abstract idea” and “significantly more” are not in place. Court rulings have overturned a number of patents. For software developers, inventors, and patent holders, it’s created an unclear
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