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Creating a Prototype For Your Invention
Creating a prototype or a proof of concept is a critical step in taking your invention to market. To begin, if your invention is simple enough, you can create what is know as a Frankenstein prototype. A Frankenstein prototype is a prototype that is created with whatever you can get your hands on. It is a very rudimentary prototype that demonstrates that your invention works at a basic level. You can use tape, glue, paper, wood, or anything around the household to get your prototype together. Keep in mind, this type of prototype is not “manufacturing ready.”However, to get to a manufacturing ready prototype, you will want to employ the professional services of a product design and development firm. These firms will refine your prototype to make it not only ready for manufacturing but marketable. This is the key word: marketable. The whole point of your invention is to not only help out mankind, but turn a profit while doing so! The product design and development firm will make your product marketable by doing in dept analysis such as color combination, target market analysis, ergonomics and human factors, and will even
Some Women Inventors and Inventions which were Scientifically Important
Marie Curie is a well known name and we all are well aware of her inventions in the field of science. She along with her husband made significant discoveries in the field of radioactivity. She and her husband together discovered two new elements named radium and polonium. It was also discovered that the x-rays generated from these elements had the capacity to destroy tumors. This information turned very useful for doctors in the field of medical science. She received Nobel Prize for her this invention that she shared with her husband.
Valerie Thomas invented the futuristic illusion transmitter. It was used to improve the quality of the images that appear on the television. The main aim was to create an illusion where a person would feel that the images are present inside the room in live form. Though this philosophy was extremely popular and widely used in movies, Valerie Thomas made effort to do the same in the world of television. For the same she received a patent for this invention in the year 1980.
PhD in electrical engineering from Standford University Ellen Ochoa was the first to discover an optical system
What is Better – Filing of Patent in Inventors’ Own Country Or Through PCT Route?
If you have an invention, which is patentable and can be reduced to practice, then what is better? Filing of patent in the inventors’ own country and then filing through PCT route or filing directly through PCT route? This article takes you through some of the cases, which can decide on patentability strategies concerned with market potential.A patent is a territorial right or monopoly given by a state (authority) to an inventor against the complete disclosure of the invention. Patent grants the right to the inventor to prevent others from use, manufacture, and sale of the invention in that territory for a stipulated time period. It does not however include the right for the inventor themselves to practice the invention as this may be limited by legislation, regulations or the existence of another dominating patent.Whilst there is no such entity as a ‘World Patent’, it is possible to file a single international application thanks to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) which can then be used as the basis for patent applications in over 130 contracting states (including the European regional route). The main benefit of the PCT
America Needs a Privatized Innovation Plan For New Concepts in the 22nd Century
Many countries are busy pouring money into R and D programs and yet, the United States, undeniably the most innovative and entrepreneurial nation in the world over the last century appears to be slipping a little, but one has to ask why? After all, with the abundance of freedom, liberty, and free-market capitalism it would seem that innovation should be a given, and automatic. This however is not how things work, the innovative spirit must be pushed, celebrated, and a population must be dedicated to that cause.Thus, I’d like to put forth an idea which can be used locally in your area or any area to promote innovative new businesses for technology or green tech. Let’s call this plan “The XXII Century – Privatized Innovation Plan for America – Using a Competitive Franchising Business Model” and this is something that perhaps your city, town, or region might start to look at in January 2010. The mission would be something simple, and here is a sample you might use:Sample Mission Statement (you would need to modify this for your region):We must propel innovation in the US and take our… More >>