Inventing For Dummies

Peter Jackson is a Patent Attorney, Intellectual Property Consultant, and an adviser to new inventors. Philip Robinson is the inventor of the ZorinPump. Pamela Riddle Bird is the founder of Innovative Product Technologies, Inc.

"...covers every aspect of the invention process, from developing your idea...to building a prototype and starting your own business." The Business July 2008 "...aimed at helping inventors to take their gleam-in-the-eye idea towards commercialisation...valuable sections are intellectual property basics and protecting your idea." Professional Engineering Wednesday 21 May 2008 "...aimed at helping inventors to take their gleam-in-the-eye idea towards commercialisation...valuable sections are intellectual property basics and protecting your idea." Professional Engineering Wednesday 21 May 2008

• Foreword xxvIntroduction 1Part I: Assessing Your Idea 7Chapter 1: The Innovation Process 9Chapter 2: Keeping It Confidential 19Chapter 3: Intellectual Property Basics 27Chapter 4: Searching for Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks 45Part II: Protecting Your Idea 57Chapter 5: Applying for Your Patent 59Chapter 6: Maintaining and Defending Your Patent 77Chapter 7: Applying to Register Your Design 87Chapter 8: Applying to Register Your Trade Mark 97Chapter 9: Using Your Copyright to Stop the Pirates 109Part III: Developing Your Idea 119Chapter 10: Showing That Your Invention Works 121Chapter 11: Hiring Helpers and Using Service Contracts 133Chapter 12: Evaluating Your Invention’s Potential 141Chapter 13: Going into Production 151Part IV: Preparing to Enter the Market 167Chapter 14: Developing a Business Plan 169Chapter 15: Finding Funding 191Chapter 16: Keeping Control with Your Own Business 207Chapter 17: Partnering and Manufacturing Arrangements 223Chapter 18: Preparing for Launch 233Part V: Developing Your Market 247Chapter 19: Marketing Your Product 249Chapter 20: Advertising Your Product 263Chapter 21: Licensing Your Product 277Chapter 22: Negotiating a Licence 291Part VI: The Part of Tens 305Chapter 23: Ten Key Contacts 307Chapter 24: Ten Inventions (and Inventors) That Changed the World 313Chapter 25: Ten Inventors to Emulate 321Part VII: Appendixes 329Appendix A: Sample Agreements 331Appendix B: Sources of Help 341Index 347