Inventor ResourcesRaw IdeasRaw ideas many times is all we have to offer,
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| Q. | What does the average invention really have to offer in the way of a new product to license to a company? | ||
| A. | We think much of the time just a basic "idea" for a new device, mechanism, product, composition of matter or even concept in its barest form. | ||
| Q. | Why doesn't the average inventor have a finished, polished, space age, sleek new product to offer? | ||
| A. | How many know how to: develop a totally new idea to its logical conclusion, cover every possible way the product can be made, engineer it for easy manufacture, utilize the fewest parts, make it easy to assemble, make it easy to service, etc. (everything that requires a manufacturing engineer's expertise) Then, industrially design the product to have the space age look, ultra-modern design, ornamentation to fit the type of product it is. Customers by by the looks (industrial designers get big money for providing this expertise). | ||
| Q. | Can raw ideas such as how an airline can double their passenger seat miles, or a new idea for a novelty restaurant franchise, or a specialized advertising campaign, be protected, sold or license? | ||
| A. | Yes, by all means. This is what creativity and original thinking is all about. | ||
| Q. | Why haven't manufacturers and marketing companies been eager to learn what is new in their fields? | ||
| A. | They are eager. They want to keep current with what is new in their business. But the invention industry is faulted in how manufacturers can look at every new idea. To add to this problem, individual inventors are notorious for NUISANCE-VALUE lawsuits. Companies can't afford to keep paying off on nuisance-value lawsuits. These flaws in the invention industry have been overcome; now there is a methodology these companies can use with now fear of lawsuits. And, they get to learn about new products in the normal way they now look...except, there is a new technique on how they can see what's new. | ||
| Q. | What can be protected and sold? | ||
| A. | Everything possible, with only two exceptions: if the new thought is already out in the open in the "PUBLIC DOMAIN", thus is FREE to everyone; or, the subject of a valid U.S. patent, within the past 17 years. (note, we say valid) | ||
| Q. | What horrible mistake did the Inventors Assistance League make beginning 26 years ago? | ||
| A. | Like others, we only helped "inventors" with "inventions". | ||
| Q. | What did the Inventors Assistance League quickly learn? | ||
| A. | Inventions, as we understand the word, are only 1/3 of the creative efforts. | ||
| Q. | What additional two worlds of "new thinking" does the Inventors Assistance League now serve? | ||
| A. | a) | CREATIVITY...arts and crafts, designs, graphics, drawings, fashions, original artwork, you name it. | |
| b) | IDEAS...the entire world if ideas...methods of doing business, architectural designs, ideas for TV or radio shows, advertising campaigns, how an airline can double their passenger seat miles, again, you name it. | ||
| Q. | What were the two biggest challenges? | ||
| A. | Nobody seemed to know how to protect the many kinds of "new thinking" that come from people's brains. Then, the 90%, how to get them into their specific markets. | ||
| Q. | For emphasis, how many laws and methods are there available for inventors? | ||
| A. | 17 laws and methods, use them all. The large corporations do, you can do it the very same way. | ||
| Q. | What has been the Inventors Assistance League's track record in protecting "fruits of the brain"? | ||
| A. | We've never lost an idea, never an idea stolen, never even a hint of a lawsuit. It's simple, you will know why when you see how it is done. | ||
| Q. | What about all those attorneys and others who say you can't protect a given new thought? | ||
| A. | They never stayed awake many nights each week for more than 26 years trying to solve such problems. They never worked with inventors in trial and error mode, almost six days and nights a week for more than 26 years, taking desperate inventors' problems to heart and finding answers.
Try this dedication for just one year on a single problem and see what answers you will find. Many only know what they were taught in school. Also, don't forget we're only talking BEFORE an idea is made public, not after an offer for sale is made, or shown to the pbulic. Remember, we are doing business under "CONTROLLED CONDITIONS", not after it is put on the market. The goal of the Inventors Assistance League is to help you learn the COMMERCIAL VALUE of an idea first. We only reveal secrets to those who NEED to know, and only to determine if it can be a profitable product. |
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| Q. | What is just one of the several problems involved here? | ||
| A. | If an attorney, patent attorney or any other professional doesn't feel there is some money to made in the deal, the easy way out is to say it can't be done. | ||
| Q. | What do we suggest? | ||
| A. | Never let ANYONE tell you "original thinking" cannot be established as a legal entitity, then protected. Then under "controlled conditions" these new thoughts can be made available at a price. | ||
Be sure to read the articles in Advisory for practical advise on important issues relating to the invention process. Inventors Assistance League also offers two products that contain tried and true methods of protecting your ideas, Pre-Patent protection, getting your ideas/inventions into the marketplace, and licensing and selling your ideas to manufacturers.
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