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Learn How to License to Manufacturers & Evaluate Ideas Before You Prototype

Posted on May 23, 2019

SPEAKER #1: Ron Johansson

COME AND LEARN: How to EVALUATE Your Ideas BEFORE you spend money on Prototyping or Patenting. Ron spent his career participating/leading product design/evaluation and leading engineering and product development teams at 3M. Including New Product Development. Ron will present a “Flow Chart” of steps to Protect your Intellectual Property, while minimizing costs.

LEARN:

Ways to improve/develop your invention/idea
HOW to EVALUATE Your Idea BEFORE spending money
CRITERIA to EVALUATE to move ahead or set your ideas aside and work on other ideas
WHAT Actions to take before filing a Provisional Patent Application (PPA)
WHAT Actions to take before applying for Utility patent application

SPEAKER #2: Atul Patel

COME AND LEARN: Atul Patel, a product manager and former engineer who has handled licensing of numerous external inventor ideas, will share his experience on the best ways inventors can present and approach companies with their licensing invention ideas.

LEARN:

HOW and WHY companies decide to license outside invention
HOW to make your initial and follow up contacts work better to improve your chances
HOW your idea will be evaluated and considered internally
WHY your invention will need to support a much higher retail price than you think: The COST Realities of manufacturers.
WHY even the best product ideas may never be produced through licensing

Who should attend:

Product Inventors
New Product Innovators/Entrepreneurs
New Business Startups

When: 6:00-8:00PM ((Networking 5:30-6:00 and 8:00-8:30)

Where: 1001 HWY 7, Eisenhower Community Center (Just West of HWY 169), Hopkins MN 55305

Cost: Members FREE. Visitors $15. Prepay online at: www.inventorsnetwork.org or Cash/Check/CC at meeting

Josh Malone (Bunch of Balloons Inventor) Awarded TWENTY NINE MILLION

Posted by Steve Lyon on Apr 21, 2019

Bunch of Balloons inventor Josh Malone was our speaker in November. At that time we did a screening of the movie "Invalidated" that highlights his story. This movie can also be viewed on Amazon Prime and Netflix. Josh was just awarded 29 million in his patent infringement suit. See link below for more information.

https://www.dbllawyers.com/dbl-scores-huge-win-with-patent-award/

Go to this link to learn about Josh's organization, US Inventors, and to sign the Inventors Rights petition

https://www.usinventor.org/

Legal Corps Patent Program - Free Patent Attorney to qualifying inventors

Posted on Apr 21, 2019

At our April meeting we heard from Donna Rauch of Legal Corps concerning their program that offers a free Patent Attorney to qualifying inventors. See link for more information.

http://legalcorps.org/inventors/inventors-2

Welcome to the NEW Inventors Network Website and Tips to Maximize the IN Experience.

Posted by Stephen Lyon on Jan 31, 2019

We appreciate you visiting InventorsNetwork.org and hope you enjoy the experience. Whether you are already a member or just want to learn more about IN this is a great place to start.

To learn more, please review the about us page along with speaker (both past and upcoming) information. Please also note the time and location of our next meeting, which take place in the evening on the third Wednesday of each month.

Attending a meeting(s) is by far the best way to learn more about IN and if we are a fit for you. Our hope is you will find the speaker, program elements and the overall club / network experience to be a place where you can learn more about inventing, connect with others and learn some best practices for success.