John Rizvi, Esq. – The Patent Professor® Interviews Serial Inventor Robin Palmer

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This podcast interview explores the initial path to patenting an idea, product or solution. It requires some restraint since certain logical steps, such as online research, could prematurely tip-off your ideas to potential competitors. Be careful when using Google, Amazon, eBay, GoDaddy and other popular portals and search platforms.

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John Rizvi, ESQ. – The Patent Professor® Interviews Inventors Dennis and Mary Lou Green

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John Rizvi, ESQ. – The Patent Professor® Interviews Product Developer Sef Chang

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Art of the Kickstart Podcast Interview: Pitfalls and Mistakes Inventors Should Avoid and How to Protect Your Idea.

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Patent Red Flags: Investor Help Prior to a Patent?

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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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Is a Patent Worth It for New Inventors?

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A patent essentially means the U.s. Government recognizes you as the owner of your idea. Thus nobody can use your invention or a variation of your idea without buying it from you or paying you royalties. Any related uses also mean additional compensation. Consequently you can see the huge amounts of money at stake if

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Inventor Patent Conundrum: Form over Function?

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Protecting your idea or patent with the USPTO will in many respects dovetail with the age-old debate of “form over function”. In a nutshell, there are two different types of patents, design and utility, which respectively mirror the metaphor above. You may have heard of both (particularly design patents) in the recent titanic patent dispute

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Inventor, Don’t Drop Those Eggs!

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Would you believe that protecting your invention in the United States requires a delicate balance of speed, precision, and intelligence? In fact, it’s very much like the egg and spoon races many of us engaged in as kids. Going too fast and you could you drop the egg and get booted out the race; too

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What’s Next?

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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

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John Rizvi, Esq. – The Patent Professor® Interviews Serial Inventor Robin Palmer

John Rizvi, ESQ. – The Patent Professor® Interviews Inventors Dennis and Mary Lou Green

John Rizvi, ESQ. – The Patent Professor® Interviews Product Developer Sef Chang

Art of the Kickstart Podcast Interview: Pitfalls and Mistakes Inventors Should Avoid and How to Protect Your Idea.

Patent Red Flags: Investor Help Prior to a Patent?

Is a Patent Worth It for New Inventors?

Inventor Patent Conundrum: Form over Function?

Inventor, Don’t Drop Those Eggs!

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