Posts Tagged: prototypes
Federal Circuit Remands PTAB Decision to Uphold Patent Claims Challenged By Nintendo
While the recent decision did uphold the PTAB’s finding of validity of some claims, the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded part of the decision in a …
Government and 3D Printing: A New Line of Innovation to Protect
For the last 20 years, manufacturers have used 3D printing to build prototypes, but it was only recently that this industrial technology entered the mainstream. The 3D printing …
Enhance Product Development: Ideation, Design and Licensing for Inventors
Brainstorming, whiteboards and a 3D printer constantly humming. The Invention Lab of Enhance Product Development is always a flurry of innovative activity. If you are an invention …
Keep Your Money In Your Wallet Until Proof of Concept
most successful inventors and product development companies that I know, start off with a Proof of Concept Analysis BEFORE they start spending money. So if they do …
Financially Responsible Inventing: Prototype Basics
Getting professional patent illustrations or engineering drawings is certainly helpful, but there is simply no substitute for having a working prototype. Unfortunately, prototypes cost real money. Even …
The Business Responsible Approach to Inventing
There really is no one-size-fits-all approach to inventing that can be claimed to be a road-map to success that will work in all cases. Notwithstanding, there are …
Turning Your Idea into an Invention
One thing that many individuals and professional inventors employed by corporations (i.e., "kept inventors") have in common is that they frequently do not perceive what they …
Patent Illustrations and Invention Drawings, What do you Need?
Over the years I have worked with many inventors as they seek to move forward with their inventions. As a patent attorney it is no great surprise …
Beat the Odds: How to Get Your Invention Licensed
Many inventors believe the way to get a company interested in their inventions is to write a letter – and then hope they receive an invitation to begin …
A Limited Run: Testing the Market Without Going Broke
Licensing your invention is a lot easier if you can show that it’s selling. That means you have to produce a small quantity of your product. …
Defining the Full Glory of Your Invention in a Patent Application
Unless you are claiming a perpetual motion machine, which based on our current understanding of science is understood to be impossible, you do not need to have …
Invention to Patent: The Pitfalls, Perils and Process
There are a number of things that you need to know about the invention and patent process that can help you focus your efforts and know what …
Invention Prototypes, Prototyping & Prototype Basics
Like anything in life worth doing, the path of an independent inventor from initial stage idea to making money can be challenging. If it were easy then …
Keep Your Money In Your Wallet Until Proof of Concept
After you savor that wonderful “Moment of Discovery” and you have finished daydreaming about striking it rich, you really do need to move forward to take a …
Bringing Inventions to Life: The Magic of 3D Modeling
Another benefit provided by these drawings is that the image of the modeled parts or assembly is photo realistic and so it can be used in sales …
