 | UIA Interviews Experts |
UIA speaks to invention experts on patenting and how to invent | |
| United Inventors Association interviews a few notable experts to gleen important patent information from the pros. This video is a good place to pick up a few tips from some insiders |
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 | Patent Scams - Invention Promotion Companies |
ABC helps inventors avoid patent scams and invention promotion companies | |
| ABC News exposes some patent promotion companies which take lots of money from inventors but gives little or nothing back. Watch this video with a notepad - you'll want to avoid companies mentioned |
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 | Patent Searching on Google |
Hands on look at the Google search facility | |
| Very good introduction to patent searching on the Google Patents databases and search engines. |
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 | Where Good Ideas Come From |
The brewing of ideas takes time | |
| Clever thoughts about how we nurture and grow ideas |
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 | Stephen Key on Inventions |
Take notes first timers - good advice from Stephen Key | |
| Stephen Key gives some good suggestions on use of the provisional patent application |
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 | Qualcomm congratulates the PCT on their 2,000,000 patent! |
Qualcomm on PCT and international patents | |
| Paul Jacobs CEO of Qualcomm points out how important the PCT system is to their patent strategy |
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 | John Doll talks on patents |
A few words on patents from the former commissioner | |
| Former Commissioner of the USPTO |
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 | Director Jon Dudas of the USPTO |
A presentation to the small inventor on patents and how to patent. | |
| Director of the USPTO talks to inventors about patents, patenting and the United States Patent Office. Director Dudas is a strong advocate for the patent rights of the individual and small inventors. |
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 | How to do a patent search |
A brief look at some steps of the patent search | |
| From the folks at "Invent Something", this brief video will get you started with some basic steps of a patent search |
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 | Creativity and Thinking |
thinking in a stepwise fashion | |
| Old style tips on the thought process. This video is probably from the 60s - but good thinking was around then too so the concepts discussed here are still relevant |
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