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- General Inventor Information:
Inventor groups, shows & general information.
- Fighting Inventor Fraud: Web sites
and statutes against inventor fraud.
- Patent Information: Free patent
searches, patent offices & law firms.
- Profiting From Your Idea:
Invention evaluations, marketers & venture capital.
- InventNet
- A comprehensive resource for inventors at all stages.
- InventNet
Community - An informational forum that brings together independent
inventors, patenting professionals, marketing specialists, and business
experts.
- Inventors
Digest - A magazine that has useful articles for inventors.
- National Inventors Hall of Fame - Information for inventors.
- Minnesota
Inventors Congress - Provides year-round information to inventors
and hosts an annual invention show.
- Patent
Cafe - invention assessments, bookstore, articles, and keyword
searchable resources for inventors (K-12 and adult) and patent pros.
- PatentCalculator.com - Website by Neustel Law Offices, LTD that allows users to calculate patent expiration dates and maintenance fee dates.
- Patently
Absurd! - Absurd, weird and wacky patents mainly from the UK patent
office.
- Product Coach - Learn the
step-by-step procedures to get your invention to market. Free tips,
articles, booklets, seminars, coaching.
- USPTO
Independent Inventor Resources - A wealth of information by the
USPTO for inventors.
- Virtual USPTO (www.vuspto.com) - Website developed by Neustel Law Offices, LTD that provides quick links to commonly used pages of the USPTO website.
Patent Searches, Downloads and Tools
Invention Marketability Evaluations
Neustel Law Offices, LTD is proud to announce that it is working with the North Dakota State University College of Business to provide affordable marketability evaluations to independent inventors.
Marketability Evaluations By:

- AZtech,
Inc. - Provides market research services on a fee for service basis
(Tel: 716-836-0822 x187).
- Creative
Group Marketing - Evaluate toys, games and other children
products for a $95 evaluation fee (Tel: 203-359-3500).
- Excel
Development Group - They charge between a $95 to $200 evaluation
fee (Tel: 612-374-3233).
- Harvey
Reese & Associates - Evaluates inventions for a $125 fee (Tel:
215-629-1593).
- Innovative
Consulting Group, Inc. - Free
initial ½ hr. evaluation. Written
opinion of marketability $195.00. (Tel: 303-980-5567)
- Inventor
Services.com - Evaluate inventions for a $125 fee (Tel: 248-650-0083).
- Lambert &
Lambert - Evaluate inventions for a flat-fee of $150.
- Marra
Design Associates - Evaluate toys and games for a
$95 evaluation fee (Tel: 952-937-8141).
- McPherson
Partners, LLC - They will evaluate your idea for free.
- Patent
Cafe - Software for evaluating your invention for $69. A personal
analysis of your invention for a higher fee (Tel: 530-673-9430).
- NewFuntiers
- Marketability evaluation of toys, games, gift
& baby products for a fee of $100 (Tel: 800-846-0701).
- Sterling Frazer
Associates - Provides marketing information for your product at
a low cost.
- Ultra-Research,
Inc. - John G. Rau provides market research and evaluation services
for inventions on an hourly rate (Tel: 714-281-0150).
- World
Innovation Network (previously Wal-Mart Innovation Network) - Provides
an objective third party analysis for a fee of $175 for all types of
products (Tel: 417-836-5671).
- Wisconsin
Innovation Service Center - Technical and market assessments
of new product and service ideas for $495 (Tel: 414-472-1365).
Inventor Agents - Aging Related
Inventions
Inventor Agents - Fashion
Inventions
- Accessory
Brainstorms - A sales, licensing and consulting firm that specializes in
fashion accessories, beauty and lifestyle inventions.
Inventor Agents - Medical
Inventions
-
Nicholas
J. Webb, Consulting Group - Provides consulting services to medical
product and technology inventors. Mr. Webb can also assist inventors in
manufacturing their products through Nupak Medical.
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Sylmark
- A marketing company that takes products and ideas to mass-market with no
cost to the inventor!
Inventor Agents - Toy &
Game Inventions
-
Anjar Co. - This company is
looking strictly for toys and games to market (Tel:
212-255-4720).
-
Ayers
Concepts - David B. Ayers acts as an agent for other toy and game
inventors for presenting products to the toy and game industry (Tel:
713-721-4790).
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ByKidsForKids - Provides Free resources to help kid inventors grades K-12 develop, patent and market their innovations. (Tel: 203-321-2155)
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Creative
Group Marketing - They work with children products such as toys and games (Tel:
203-359-3500).
-
Discover
Games - Seeking toys and games. Resource for inventors to show
their products to game retailers, game manufacturers and licensors.
-
Excel Development Group -
They charge between a $95 to $200 evaluation fee. If they like your invention they
will market it based upon a percentage (Tel: 612-374-3233).
-
Harvey
Reese & Associates - Provide marketing, licensing and product
development services for inventors (Tel: 215-629-1593).
-
Marra
Design Associates - They market toys and games solely
upon a percentage with no up-front fees if they like your idea (Tel:
952-937-8141).
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NewFuntiers - Specializing in
toys, games, gift & baby products. They can help you license
your idea to their manufacturing clients (Tel: 800-846-0701).
- RoyaltyPros Licensing - $99 review fee. Established agency listed on Hasbro, Fisher-Price and other toy companies “authorized agents” list. (Tel: 212-366-6876)
Inventor Agents - General
Inventions
- ByKidsForKids - Provides Free resources to help kid inventors grades K-12 develop, patent and market their innovations. (Tel: 203-321-2155)
- Docie
Marketing - Work on a sliding contingency/fee schedule (Tel:
740-594-5200).
- Innovative
Consulting Group, Inc. - Free ½
hour initial consultation. Hourly,
project and performance based fee structures.
New product launches, development, product evaluation, test markets
and/or license broker. (Tel:
303-980-5567)
- Inventors HQ
& Inventors Mentoring Services - Two companies that help inventors
with reduced fees by using a free mentoring service.
- Lambert &
Lambert - Evaluate inventions for a flat-fee of $150 and work on
a percentage thereafter.
- Marti
Elder LLC - Guides inventors and start up companies through
the complexities of getting an idea into commercial markets. No charge
for an initial consultation. (Tel: 409-586-7621)
- McPherson
Partners, LLC - They will evaluate your idea for free and
will market it solely for a percentage without up-front fees.
- Out
of the Blue - Fees typically less than $5,000 for invention marketing
services (Tel: 877-700-2583).
- Pelham
West Associates. - Product scouts for client companies who also
work
with inventors deciding whether to license the product or bring it to
market themselves.
- Product
Resultants, Inc. - License, purchase or broker, selected patented
products, formulas and innovations.
- ThinkUSA
- Murray Ansell links markets and technology world-wide (Tel: 818-247-2698).
- Solve-It!
Marketing - Establishes distribution for new products on a percentage
basis and locates licensees for patented inventions (Tel: 408-947-0145).
- RoyaltyPros Licensing - $99 review fee. Experienced in placing product with companies looking for innovative technologies.
(Tel: 212-366-6876)
Product Development & Prototyping
- Concept Solutions - Provide product development and finished prototyping services. (Tel: 319-248-9637)
- Creative
Group Marketing - They work with toys and games (Tel:
203-359-3500).
- E-Lab Digital Engineering
- Specializes in microprocessor based circuitry, software creation,
PCB layout and final design manufacturing (Tel: 816-257-9954).
- Harrington
Product Development - 3D prototyping and related technologies (Tel:
513-482-4700).
- Marra
Design Associates - Provide product development and prototyping
services related to toys and games (Tel: 612-937-8141).
- NewFuntiers
- Specializing in toys, games, gift &
baby products. They can assist you with graphic and product
design, prototype models, and licensing your ideas (Tel: 800-846-0701).
- ProtoSew - A
sample manufacturing company that for a single charge of only $350.00
for most items will custom sew one to ten samples of your product to
your specifications (Tel: 714-536-6438).
- T2 Design
- Assist inventors with product design, prototyping and product placement
(Tel: 310-656-9922).
- Lassen Scientific, Inc. - A
full service product design, development and channel management company.
Services include: Product design, prototyping with 3D printing and 4
axis milling, we also provide China outsourcing and market planning.
(Tel: 530-244-6686)
- ProtoVenture - Providing photo-realistic virtual proto-types, aesthetic design, websites, and branding.
Companies Seeking New Products
- Companies
Seeking Products - A complete listing of companies actively seeking
new products from inventors that either are patented or have "patent
pending."
Trade Shows
- Expo Web - Index of conventions in the medical,
computer, food, and gaming industries.
- Online Events - Database of industry events in Australia and New Zealand for the upcoming year.
- Trade Show News Network - Resource for the trade show industry.
- Trade Shows, Expositions & Conferences - A resource about trade shows, expositions and conferences, including event information, education and news.
- WorldNet Production International - Trade shows, exhibitions, expositions and fairs.
Locate Companies
- EDGAR
Archives - Searchable database by the U.S. Government Securities and
Exchange Commission.
- Housewares.Org
- Directory of house ware manufacturers.
- TechSavvy.com
- Kompass -
Search over 1.5 million companies in 66 countries, 23 million products and
services, 2.7 million executives' names, 400,000 trade and brand names.
- The Original Yellow Pages
- Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
Press
Releases
New Product "Incubators"
- Amargosa - Searching
for innovators full of ideas for dialogs and collaborations. Creativity
facilitation services to inventors working on advanced ideas.
Internet Resources for Selling
Inventions
Market Data & Statistics
Please suggest a useful
inventor site.
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