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Evaluate your invention
Chen JingFung (Grace)
csientutedutw 20120308
Chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo 15th 2011 ISBN 1413313825
industrial applicability or industrial application
is a patentability requirement
Industrial Applicability
Outline
bull Invention practice
bull Evaluate your invention
ndash Building a prototype
ndash Commercial concept
ndash Examine it
ndash Secret vs ask for advice ()
gracecsientut 2
Invention practice (1-1)
bull Problem
ndash Excavators damage buried cable (or pipes)
gracecsientut 3
Invention practice (1-2)
bull Problem
ndash Excavators damage buried cable (or pipes)
ndash Solution
gracecsientut 4
New-use invention
point ldquocolorfulrdquo
Invention practice (1-3)
bull Problem
ndash Police pistols are fired by unauthorized persons
gracecsientut 5
Right gay
Invention practice (1-4)
bull Problem
ndash Police pistols are fired by unauthorized persons
ndash Solution
gracecsientut 6
Samarium Cobalt Magnets (SmCo)
Gyroscopic Top (2-1)
bull Problem
ndash Mr Brown found hardly set a gyroscopersquos rotor in motion bull Principle
ndash a spinning wheel set in a movable frame When the wheel spins it retains its spatial orientation and it resists external forces applied to it
bull Application
ndash used in navigation instruments (for ships planes and rockets)
7
Foucault FR physicist 1st person demo it likes earth rotates 1851)
Fig ref boomerangscom
Axis-cycle is stably
gracecsientut
Fig ref scienceblogscom
Gyroscopic Top (2-2)
bull Problem ndash Mr Brown found hardly
set a gyroscopersquos rotor in motion
bull Solution ndash Inventor Paul L Brownrsquos
(Wiz-z-erTM) 1st royalty = 5 x his annual salary
gracecsientut 8
Foucault FR physicist 1851)
Photo ref ta0com
US3945146 (1976)
USD322100 (1991)
Xerography (3-1)
bull Problem
ndash Daily job need to review many patents
ndash Copying documents cost much time amp operating complicatedly
gracecsientut 9
carbon paper be patented in 1806
Xerography (3-2)
bull Problem ndash Copying
documents cost time amp operating complicatedly
bull Solution
gracecsientut 10 httpwwwxeroxcominnovationchester-carlson-xerographyenushtml
US2297691
carbon paper be patented in 1806
ndash Mr Carlson a patent attorney invented a light-reflection copier at his spare time
bull Kodak rejected his propose
bull Haloid Co accepted it amp changed its name to Xerox Co
Summary ndash invention skills (4-1)
gracecsientut
Ivoryreg Ad ldquoIt Floatsrdquo
11
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution ndash KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)
bull One important principle to successful inventing
ndash ldquoAccidentrdquo -gt ldquoGood ideardquo bull Ex A worker left the soap-making machine
on too long causing air to be dispersed into the soap mixture as Ivoryreg ndash PampG ordered the extended mix time as a
standard setting
Summary ndash invention skills (4-2)
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution
ndash Try to conceive of ramifications to enhance its value
bull If you have trouble =gt use nonlinear tech let go of assumptionshellip
ndash Beware of the novice inventorsrsquo PGL
bull Paranoia Greed Laziness
gracecsientut 12
Paranoia Greed Laziness
Why evaluate your invention (1-1)
gracecsientut 13
bull Reason
ndash Avoid needless expense amp effort donrsquot spend significant time or money on your creation
ndash Should proceed
bull Put your creation to be sold profitably for a significant period of time
Cost1 $100000 in
profits or royalties
Over x 20 Cost1
To spend for searching building a model amp patenting
Why evaluate your invention (1-2)
bull Misconception ldquopatented failurerdquo ndash Get a patent will be assured of fame amp fortune
ndash ldquoIt is to be remembered that the pursuit of wealth by means of new inventions is a very precarious and uncertain one bull a lottery where there are many thousand tickets for each
prizerdquo
mdashEli Whitney
gracecsientut 14
Patent Application PPA vs RPA
bull RPA Regular Patent Application
bull PPA Provisional Patent Application
gracecsientut 15
The invention is 1st sold for sale
File a valid patent
application
1 yr to start test marketing
Utility patent (RPA) has 1 yr secret
ldquo1 yr rulerdquo 35USC 102
Apply PPA Almost a yr
to test market
File a RPA
Examining it is feasible ()
Building a prototype
gracecsientut 16
Fig ref xqacomar
Task board
reduces GaN HEMT (transistors) production costs (lt 13) in mobile base station amplifiers for 3G and beyond (IEDM 2004) ref fujitsucom
bull How to evaluate your invention
ndash Building a prototype to test operability
bull Try to have them made of cardboard by an economical prototyping technique
bull Simulation by computer-world raquo Ensure a field trial success
bull Consult with a single expert
simulation
Commercial concept
bull How to make your invention to generate a significant profit ndash Problem
bull How to promote how well itrsquos designed how well itrsquos packaged the mood of the market what time it 1st show (debut) hellip
ndash Most marketing experts say five ldquoPrdquo factors bull Production bull Price bull Position (its place in the market) bull Promotion bull Perseverance
gracecsientut 17
Intangible factors for market
ndash Talented design
ndash Trademark (good slogan)
gracecsientut 18 Fig ref eamonncom
Slogan ldquoRoaches check
in but they donrsquot check outrdquo
Slogan ldquoThe daily diary of American Dreamrdquo
Fig ref sillyslogancom
Fig ref chinaalibabacom
$15 RMB
Fig ref bogoffcom
$60000 USD Swiss 18K gold Westminster Chime carillon minute repeater by Constant Piguet circa 1900 Fine 34 jewel frosted gilt movement with four hammers striking on four gongs and silent centrifugal governor
vs
Commercial feasibility evaluation
bull Despite the marketing uncertainties to take your time run some scientific amp objective work in 4 areas
bull Positive (+) amp negative (-) marketing factors ndash attached to your invention
bull Consultation ndash with experts potential users of the invention marketing
people and others
bull Research ndash into prior developments in the same area as your invention
and
bull The operability of an actual construction of the invention
gracecsientut 19
+ -
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors evaluation
gracecsientut 20
Ref Patent It Yourself book P499
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Outline
bull Invention practice
bull Evaluate your invention
ndash Building a prototype
ndash Commercial concept
ndash Examine it
ndash Secret vs ask for advice ()
gracecsientut 2
Invention practice (1-1)
bull Problem
ndash Excavators damage buried cable (or pipes)
gracecsientut 3
Invention practice (1-2)
bull Problem
ndash Excavators damage buried cable (or pipes)
ndash Solution
gracecsientut 4
New-use invention
point ldquocolorfulrdquo
Invention practice (1-3)
bull Problem
ndash Police pistols are fired by unauthorized persons
gracecsientut 5
Right gay
Invention practice (1-4)
bull Problem
ndash Police pistols are fired by unauthorized persons
ndash Solution
gracecsientut 6
Samarium Cobalt Magnets (SmCo)
Gyroscopic Top (2-1)
bull Problem
ndash Mr Brown found hardly set a gyroscopersquos rotor in motion bull Principle
ndash a spinning wheel set in a movable frame When the wheel spins it retains its spatial orientation and it resists external forces applied to it
bull Application
ndash used in navigation instruments (for ships planes and rockets)
7
Foucault FR physicist 1st person demo it likes earth rotates 1851)
Fig ref boomerangscom
Axis-cycle is stably
gracecsientut
Fig ref scienceblogscom
Gyroscopic Top (2-2)
bull Problem ndash Mr Brown found hardly
set a gyroscopersquos rotor in motion
bull Solution ndash Inventor Paul L Brownrsquos
(Wiz-z-erTM) 1st royalty = 5 x his annual salary
gracecsientut 8
Foucault FR physicist 1851)
Photo ref ta0com
US3945146 (1976)
USD322100 (1991)
Xerography (3-1)
bull Problem
ndash Daily job need to review many patents
ndash Copying documents cost much time amp operating complicatedly
gracecsientut 9
carbon paper be patented in 1806
Xerography (3-2)
bull Problem ndash Copying
documents cost time amp operating complicatedly
bull Solution
gracecsientut 10 httpwwwxeroxcominnovationchester-carlson-xerographyenushtml
US2297691
carbon paper be patented in 1806
ndash Mr Carlson a patent attorney invented a light-reflection copier at his spare time
bull Kodak rejected his propose
bull Haloid Co accepted it amp changed its name to Xerox Co
Summary ndash invention skills (4-1)
gracecsientut
Ivoryreg Ad ldquoIt Floatsrdquo
11
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution ndash KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)
bull One important principle to successful inventing
ndash ldquoAccidentrdquo -gt ldquoGood ideardquo bull Ex A worker left the soap-making machine
on too long causing air to be dispersed into the soap mixture as Ivoryreg ndash PampG ordered the extended mix time as a
standard setting
Summary ndash invention skills (4-2)
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution
ndash Try to conceive of ramifications to enhance its value
bull If you have trouble =gt use nonlinear tech let go of assumptionshellip
ndash Beware of the novice inventorsrsquo PGL
bull Paranoia Greed Laziness
gracecsientut 12
Paranoia Greed Laziness
Why evaluate your invention (1-1)
gracecsientut 13
bull Reason
ndash Avoid needless expense amp effort donrsquot spend significant time or money on your creation
ndash Should proceed
bull Put your creation to be sold profitably for a significant period of time
Cost1 $100000 in
profits or royalties
Over x 20 Cost1
To spend for searching building a model amp patenting
Why evaluate your invention (1-2)
bull Misconception ldquopatented failurerdquo ndash Get a patent will be assured of fame amp fortune
ndash ldquoIt is to be remembered that the pursuit of wealth by means of new inventions is a very precarious and uncertain one bull a lottery where there are many thousand tickets for each
prizerdquo
mdashEli Whitney
gracecsientut 14
Patent Application PPA vs RPA
bull RPA Regular Patent Application
bull PPA Provisional Patent Application
gracecsientut 15
The invention is 1st sold for sale
File a valid patent
application
1 yr to start test marketing
Utility patent (RPA) has 1 yr secret
ldquo1 yr rulerdquo 35USC 102
Apply PPA Almost a yr
to test market
File a RPA
Examining it is feasible ()
Building a prototype
gracecsientut 16
Fig ref xqacomar
Task board
reduces GaN HEMT (transistors) production costs (lt 13) in mobile base station amplifiers for 3G and beyond (IEDM 2004) ref fujitsucom
bull How to evaluate your invention
ndash Building a prototype to test operability
bull Try to have them made of cardboard by an economical prototyping technique
bull Simulation by computer-world raquo Ensure a field trial success
bull Consult with a single expert
simulation
Commercial concept
bull How to make your invention to generate a significant profit ndash Problem
bull How to promote how well itrsquos designed how well itrsquos packaged the mood of the market what time it 1st show (debut) hellip
ndash Most marketing experts say five ldquoPrdquo factors bull Production bull Price bull Position (its place in the market) bull Promotion bull Perseverance
gracecsientut 17
Intangible factors for market
ndash Talented design
ndash Trademark (good slogan)
gracecsientut 18 Fig ref eamonncom
Slogan ldquoRoaches check
in but they donrsquot check outrdquo
Slogan ldquoThe daily diary of American Dreamrdquo
Fig ref sillyslogancom
Fig ref chinaalibabacom
$15 RMB
Fig ref bogoffcom
$60000 USD Swiss 18K gold Westminster Chime carillon minute repeater by Constant Piguet circa 1900 Fine 34 jewel frosted gilt movement with four hammers striking on four gongs and silent centrifugal governor
vs
Commercial feasibility evaluation
bull Despite the marketing uncertainties to take your time run some scientific amp objective work in 4 areas
bull Positive (+) amp negative (-) marketing factors ndash attached to your invention
bull Consultation ndash with experts potential users of the invention marketing
people and others
bull Research ndash into prior developments in the same area as your invention
and
bull The operability of an actual construction of the invention
gracecsientut 19
+ -
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors evaluation
gracecsientut 20
Ref Patent It Yourself book P499
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Invention practice (1-1)
bull Problem
ndash Excavators damage buried cable (or pipes)
gracecsientut 3
Invention practice (1-2)
bull Problem
ndash Excavators damage buried cable (or pipes)
ndash Solution
gracecsientut 4
New-use invention
point ldquocolorfulrdquo
Invention practice (1-3)
bull Problem
ndash Police pistols are fired by unauthorized persons
gracecsientut 5
Right gay
Invention practice (1-4)
bull Problem
ndash Police pistols are fired by unauthorized persons
ndash Solution
gracecsientut 6
Samarium Cobalt Magnets (SmCo)
Gyroscopic Top (2-1)
bull Problem
ndash Mr Brown found hardly set a gyroscopersquos rotor in motion bull Principle
ndash a spinning wheel set in a movable frame When the wheel spins it retains its spatial orientation and it resists external forces applied to it
bull Application
ndash used in navigation instruments (for ships planes and rockets)
7
Foucault FR physicist 1st person demo it likes earth rotates 1851)
Fig ref boomerangscom
Axis-cycle is stably
gracecsientut
Fig ref scienceblogscom
Gyroscopic Top (2-2)
bull Problem ndash Mr Brown found hardly
set a gyroscopersquos rotor in motion
bull Solution ndash Inventor Paul L Brownrsquos
(Wiz-z-erTM) 1st royalty = 5 x his annual salary
gracecsientut 8
Foucault FR physicist 1851)
Photo ref ta0com
US3945146 (1976)
USD322100 (1991)
Xerography (3-1)
bull Problem
ndash Daily job need to review many patents
ndash Copying documents cost much time amp operating complicatedly
gracecsientut 9
carbon paper be patented in 1806
Xerography (3-2)
bull Problem ndash Copying
documents cost time amp operating complicatedly
bull Solution
gracecsientut 10 httpwwwxeroxcominnovationchester-carlson-xerographyenushtml
US2297691
carbon paper be patented in 1806
ndash Mr Carlson a patent attorney invented a light-reflection copier at his spare time
bull Kodak rejected his propose
bull Haloid Co accepted it amp changed its name to Xerox Co
Summary ndash invention skills (4-1)
gracecsientut
Ivoryreg Ad ldquoIt Floatsrdquo
11
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution ndash KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)
bull One important principle to successful inventing
ndash ldquoAccidentrdquo -gt ldquoGood ideardquo bull Ex A worker left the soap-making machine
on too long causing air to be dispersed into the soap mixture as Ivoryreg ndash PampG ordered the extended mix time as a
standard setting
Summary ndash invention skills (4-2)
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution
ndash Try to conceive of ramifications to enhance its value
bull If you have trouble =gt use nonlinear tech let go of assumptionshellip
ndash Beware of the novice inventorsrsquo PGL
bull Paranoia Greed Laziness
gracecsientut 12
Paranoia Greed Laziness
Why evaluate your invention (1-1)
gracecsientut 13
bull Reason
ndash Avoid needless expense amp effort donrsquot spend significant time or money on your creation
ndash Should proceed
bull Put your creation to be sold profitably for a significant period of time
Cost1 $100000 in
profits or royalties
Over x 20 Cost1
To spend for searching building a model amp patenting
Why evaluate your invention (1-2)
bull Misconception ldquopatented failurerdquo ndash Get a patent will be assured of fame amp fortune
ndash ldquoIt is to be remembered that the pursuit of wealth by means of new inventions is a very precarious and uncertain one bull a lottery where there are many thousand tickets for each
prizerdquo
mdashEli Whitney
gracecsientut 14
Patent Application PPA vs RPA
bull RPA Regular Patent Application
bull PPA Provisional Patent Application
gracecsientut 15
The invention is 1st sold for sale
File a valid patent
application
1 yr to start test marketing
Utility patent (RPA) has 1 yr secret
ldquo1 yr rulerdquo 35USC 102
Apply PPA Almost a yr
to test market
File a RPA
Examining it is feasible ()
Building a prototype
gracecsientut 16
Fig ref xqacomar
Task board
reduces GaN HEMT (transistors) production costs (lt 13) in mobile base station amplifiers for 3G and beyond (IEDM 2004) ref fujitsucom
bull How to evaluate your invention
ndash Building a prototype to test operability
bull Try to have them made of cardboard by an economical prototyping technique
bull Simulation by computer-world raquo Ensure a field trial success
bull Consult with a single expert
simulation
Commercial concept
bull How to make your invention to generate a significant profit ndash Problem
bull How to promote how well itrsquos designed how well itrsquos packaged the mood of the market what time it 1st show (debut) hellip
ndash Most marketing experts say five ldquoPrdquo factors bull Production bull Price bull Position (its place in the market) bull Promotion bull Perseverance
gracecsientut 17
Intangible factors for market
ndash Talented design
ndash Trademark (good slogan)
gracecsientut 18 Fig ref eamonncom
Slogan ldquoRoaches check
in but they donrsquot check outrdquo
Slogan ldquoThe daily diary of American Dreamrdquo
Fig ref sillyslogancom
Fig ref chinaalibabacom
$15 RMB
Fig ref bogoffcom
$60000 USD Swiss 18K gold Westminster Chime carillon minute repeater by Constant Piguet circa 1900 Fine 34 jewel frosted gilt movement with four hammers striking on four gongs and silent centrifugal governor
vs
Commercial feasibility evaluation
bull Despite the marketing uncertainties to take your time run some scientific amp objective work in 4 areas
bull Positive (+) amp negative (-) marketing factors ndash attached to your invention
bull Consultation ndash with experts potential users of the invention marketing
people and others
bull Research ndash into prior developments in the same area as your invention
and
bull The operability of an actual construction of the invention
gracecsientut 19
+ -
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors evaluation
gracecsientut 20
Ref Patent It Yourself book P499
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Invention practice (1-2)
bull Problem
ndash Excavators damage buried cable (or pipes)
ndash Solution
gracecsientut 4
New-use invention
point ldquocolorfulrdquo
Invention practice (1-3)
bull Problem
ndash Police pistols are fired by unauthorized persons
gracecsientut 5
Right gay
Invention practice (1-4)
bull Problem
ndash Police pistols are fired by unauthorized persons
ndash Solution
gracecsientut 6
Samarium Cobalt Magnets (SmCo)
Gyroscopic Top (2-1)
bull Problem
ndash Mr Brown found hardly set a gyroscopersquos rotor in motion bull Principle
ndash a spinning wheel set in a movable frame When the wheel spins it retains its spatial orientation and it resists external forces applied to it
bull Application
ndash used in navigation instruments (for ships planes and rockets)
7
Foucault FR physicist 1st person demo it likes earth rotates 1851)
Fig ref boomerangscom
Axis-cycle is stably
gracecsientut
Fig ref scienceblogscom
Gyroscopic Top (2-2)
bull Problem ndash Mr Brown found hardly
set a gyroscopersquos rotor in motion
bull Solution ndash Inventor Paul L Brownrsquos
(Wiz-z-erTM) 1st royalty = 5 x his annual salary
gracecsientut 8
Foucault FR physicist 1851)
Photo ref ta0com
US3945146 (1976)
USD322100 (1991)
Xerography (3-1)
bull Problem
ndash Daily job need to review many patents
ndash Copying documents cost much time amp operating complicatedly
gracecsientut 9
carbon paper be patented in 1806
Xerography (3-2)
bull Problem ndash Copying
documents cost time amp operating complicatedly
bull Solution
gracecsientut 10 httpwwwxeroxcominnovationchester-carlson-xerographyenushtml
US2297691
carbon paper be patented in 1806
ndash Mr Carlson a patent attorney invented a light-reflection copier at his spare time
bull Kodak rejected his propose
bull Haloid Co accepted it amp changed its name to Xerox Co
Summary ndash invention skills (4-1)
gracecsientut
Ivoryreg Ad ldquoIt Floatsrdquo
11
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution ndash KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)
bull One important principle to successful inventing
ndash ldquoAccidentrdquo -gt ldquoGood ideardquo bull Ex A worker left the soap-making machine
on too long causing air to be dispersed into the soap mixture as Ivoryreg ndash PampG ordered the extended mix time as a
standard setting
Summary ndash invention skills (4-2)
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution
ndash Try to conceive of ramifications to enhance its value
bull If you have trouble =gt use nonlinear tech let go of assumptionshellip
ndash Beware of the novice inventorsrsquo PGL
bull Paranoia Greed Laziness
gracecsientut 12
Paranoia Greed Laziness
Why evaluate your invention (1-1)
gracecsientut 13
bull Reason
ndash Avoid needless expense amp effort donrsquot spend significant time or money on your creation
ndash Should proceed
bull Put your creation to be sold profitably for a significant period of time
Cost1 $100000 in
profits or royalties
Over x 20 Cost1
To spend for searching building a model amp patenting
Why evaluate your invention (1-2)
bull Misconception ldquopatented failurerdquo ndash Get a patent will be assured of fame amp fortune
ndash ldquoIt is to be remembered that the pursuit of wealth by means of new inventions is a very precarious and uncertain one bull a lottery where there are many thousand tickets for each
prizerdquo
mdashEli Whitney
gracecsientut 14
Patent Application PPA vs RPA
bull RPA Regular Patent Application
bull PPA Provisional Patent Application
gracecsientut 15
The invention is 1st sold for sale
File a valid patent
application
1 yr to start test marketing
Utility patent (RPA) has 1 yr secret
ldquo1 yr rulerdquo 35USC 102
Apply PPA Almost a yr
to test market
File a RPA
Examining it is feasible ()
Building a prototype
gracecsientut 16
Fig ref xqacomar
Task board
reduces GaN HEMT (transistors) production costs (lt 13) in mobile base station amplifiers for 3G and beyond (IEDM 2004) ref fujitsucom
bull How to evaluate your invention
ndash Building a prototype to test operability
bull Try to have them made of cardboard by an economical prototyping technique
bull Simulation by computer-world raquo Ensure a field trial success
bull Consult with a single expert
simulation
Commercial concept
bull How to make your invention to generate a significant profit ndash Problem
bull How to promote how well itrsquos designed how well itrsquos packaged the mood of the market what time it 1st show (debut) hellip
ndash Most marketing experts say five ldquoPrdquo factors bull Production bull Price bull Position (its place in the market) bull Promotion bull Perseverance
gracecsientut 17
Intangible factors for market
ndash Talented design
ndash Trademark (good slogan)
gracecsientut 18 Fig ref eamonncom
Slogan ldquoRoaches check
in but they donrsquot check outrdquo
Slogan ldquoThe daily diary of American Dreamrdquo
Fig ref sillyslogancom
Fig ref chinaalibabacom
$15 RMB
Fig ref bogoffcom
$60000 USD Swiss 18K gold Westminster Chime carillon minute repeater by Constant Piguet circa 1900 Fine 34 jewel frosted gilt movement with four hammers striking on four gongs and silent centrifugal governor
vs
Commercial feasibility evaluation
bull Despite the marketing uncertainties to take your time run some scientific amp objective work in 4 areas
bull Positive (+) amp negative (-) marketing factors ndash attached to your invention
bull Consultation ndash with experts potential users of the invention marketing
people and others
bull Research ndash into prior developments in the same area as your invention
and
bull The operability of an actual construction of the invention
gracecsientut 19
+ -
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors evaluation
gracecsientut 20
Ref Patent It Yourself book P499
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Invention practice (1-3)
bull Problem
ndash Police pistols are fired by unauthorized persons
gracecsientut 5
Right gay
Invention practice (1-4)
bull Problem
ndash Police pistols are fired by unauthorized persons
ndash Solution
gracecsientut 6
Samarium Cobalt Magnets (SmCo)
Gyroscopic Top (2-1)
bull Problem
ndash Mr Brown found hardly set a gyroscopersquos rotor in motion bull Principle
ndash a spinning wheel set in a movable frame When the wheel spins it retains its spatial orientation and it resists external forces applied to it
bull Application
ndash used in navigation instruments (for ships planes and rockets)
7
Foucault FR physicist 1st person demo it likes earth rotates 1851)
Fig ref boomerangscom
Axis-cycle is stably
gracecsientut
Fig ref scienceblogscom
Gyroscopic Top (2-2)
bull Problem ndash Mr Brown found hardly
set a gyroscopersquos rotor in motion
bull Solution ndash Inventor Paul L Brownrsquos
(Wiz-z-erTM) 1st royalty = 5 x his annual salary
gracecsientut 8
Foucault FR physicist 1851)
Photo ref ta0com
US3945146 (1976)
USD322100 (1991)
Xerography (3-1)
bull Problem
ndash Daily job need to review many patents
ndash Copying documents cost much time amp operating complicatedly
gracecsientut 9
carbon paper be patented in 1806
Xerography (3-2)
bull Problem ndash Copying
documents cost time amp operating complicatedly
bull Solution
gracecsientut 10 httpwwwxeroxcominnovationchester-carlson-xerographyenushtml
US2297691
carbon paper be patented in 1806
ndash Mr Carlson a patent attorney invented a light-reflection copier at his spare time
bull Kodak rejected his propose
bull Haloid Co accepted it amp changed its name to Xerox Co
Summary ndash invention skills (4-1)
gracecsientut
Ivoryreg Ad ldquoIt Floatsrdquo
11
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution ndash KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)
bull One important principle to successful inventing
ndash ldquoAccidentrdquo -gt ldquoGood ideardquo bull Ex A worker left the soap-making machine
on too long causing air to be dispersed into the soap mixture as Ivoryreg ndash PampG ordered the extended mix time as a
standard setting
Summary ndash invention skills (4-2)
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution
ndash Try to conceive of ramifications to enhance its value
bull If you have trouble =gt use nonlinear tech let go of assumptionshellip
ndash Beware of the novice inventorsrsquo PGL
bull Paranoia Greed Laziness
gracecsientut 12
Paranoia Greed Laziness
Why evaluate your invention (1-1)
gracecsientut 13
bull Reason
ndash Avoid needless expense amp effort donrsquot spend significant time or money on your creation
ndash Should proceed
bull Put your creation to be sold profitably for a significant period of time
Cost1 $100000 in
profits or royalties
Over x 20 Cost1
To spend for searching building a model amp patenting
Why evaluate your invention (1-2)
bull Misconception ldquopatented failurerdquo ndash Get a patent will be assured of fame amp fortune
ndash ldquoIt is to be remembered that the pursuit of wealth by means of new inventions is a very precarious and uncertain one bull a lottery where there are many thousand tickets for each
prizerdquo
mdashEli Whitney
gracecsientut 14
Patent Application PPA vs RPA
bull RPA Regular Patent Application
bull PPA Provisional Patent Application
gracecsientut 15
The invention is 1st sold for sale
File a valid patent
application
1 yr to start test marketing
Utility patent (RPA) has 1 yr secret
ldquo1 yr rulerdquo 35USC 102
Apply PPA Almost a yr
to test market
File a RPA
Examining it is feasible ()
Building a prototype
gracecsientut 16
Fig ref xqacomar
Task board
reduces GaN HEMT (transistors) production costs (lt 13) in mobile base station amplifiers for 3G and beyond (IEDM 2004) ref fujitsucom
bull How to evaluate your invention
ndash Building a prototype to test operability
bull Try to have them made of cardboard by an economical prototyping technique
bull Simulation by computer-world raquo Ensure a field trial success
bull Consult with a single expert
simulation
Commercial concept
bull How to make your invention to generate a significant profit ndash Problem
bull How to promote how well itrsquos designed how well itrsquos packaged the mood of the market what time it 1st show (debut) hellip
ndash Most marketing experts say five ldquoPrdquo factors bull Production bull Price bull Position (its place in the market) bull Promotion bull Perseverance
gracecsientut 17
Intangible factors for market
ndash Talented design
ndash Trademark (good slogan)
gracecsientut 18 Fig ref eamonncom
Slogan ldquoRoaches check
in but they donrsquot check outrdquo
Slogan ldquoThe daily diary of American Dreamrdquo
Fig ref sillyslogancom
Fig ref chinaalibabacom
$15 RMB
Fig ref bogoffcom
$60000 USD Swiss 18K gold Westminster Chime carillon minute repeater by Constant Piguet circa 1900 Fine 34 jewel frosted gilt movement with four hammers striking on four gongs and silent centrifugal governor
vs
Commercial feasibility evaluation
bull Despite the marketing uncertainties to take your time run some scientific amp objective work in 4 areas
bull Positive (+) amp negative (-) marketing factors ndash attached to your invention
bull Consultation ndash with experts potential users of the invention marketing
people and others
bull Research ndash into prior developments in the same area as your invention
and
bull The operability of an actual construction of the invention
gracecsientut 19
+ -
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors evaluation
gracecsientut 20
Ref Patent It Yourself book P499
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Invention practice (1-4)
bull Problem
ndash Police pistols are fired by unauthorized persons
ndash Solution
gracecsientut 6
Samarium Cobalt Magnets (SmCo)
Gyroscopic Top (2-1)
bull Problem
ndash Mr Brown found hardly set a gyroscopersquos rotor in motion bull Principle
ndash a spinning wheel set in a movable frame When the wheel spins it retains its spatial orientation and it resists external forces applied to it
bull Application
ndash used in navigation instruments (for ships planes and rockets)
7
Foucault FR physicist 1st person demo it likes earth rotates 1851)
Fig ref boomerangscom
Axis-cycle is stably
gracecsientut
Fig ref scienceblogscom
Gyroscopic Top (2-2)
bull Problem ndash Mr Brown found hardly
set a gyroscopersquos rotor in motion
bull Solution ndash Inventor Paul L Brownrsquos
(Wiz-z-erTM) 1st royalty = 5 x his annual salary
gracecsientut 8
Foucault FR physicist 1851)
Photo ref ta0com
US3945146 (1976)
USD322100 (1991)
Xerography (3-1)
bull Problem
ndash Daily job need to review many patents
ndash Copying documents cost much time amp operating complicatedly
gracecsientut 9
carbon paper be patented in 1806
Xerography (3-2)
bull Problem ndash Copying
documents cost time amp operating complicatedly
bull Solution
gracecsientut 10 httpwwwxeroxcominnovationchester-carlson-xerographyenushtml
US2297691
carbon paper be patented in 1806
ndash Mr Carlson a patent attorney invented a light-reflection copier at his spare time
bull Kodak rejected his propose
bull Haloid Co accepted it amp changed its name to Xerox Co
Summary ndash invention skills (4-1)
gracecsientut
Ivoryreg Ad ldquoIt Floatsrdquo
11
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution ndash KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)
bull One important principle to successful inventing
ndash ldquoAccidentrdquo -gt ldquoGood ideardquo bull Ex A worker left the soap-making machine
on too long causing air to be dispersed into the soap mixture as Ivoryreg ndash PampG ordered the extended mix time as a
standard setting
Summary ndash invention skills (4-2)
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution
ndash Try to conceive of ramifications to enhance its value
bull If you have trouble =gt use nonlinear tech let go of assumptionshellip
ndash Beware of the novice inventorsrsquo PGL
bull Paranoia Greed Laziness
gracecsientut 12
Paranoia Greed Laziness
Why evaluate your invention (1-1)
gracecsientut 13
bull Reason
ndash Avoid needless expense amp effort donrsquot spend significant time or money on your creation
ndash Should proceed
bull Put your creation to be sold profitably for a significant period of time
Cost1 $100000 in
profits or royalties
Over x 20 Cost1
To spend for searching building a model amp patenting
Why evaluate your invention (1-2)
bull Misconception ldquopatented failurerdquo ndash Get a patent will be assured of fame amp fortune
ndash ldquoIt is to be remembered that the pursuit of wealth by means of new inventions is a very precarious and uncertain one bull a lottery where there are many thousand tickets for each
prizerdquo
mdashEli Whitney
gracecsientut 14
Patent Application PPA vs RPA
bull RPA Regular Patent Application
bull PPA Provisional Patent Application
gracecsientut 15
The invention is 1st sold for sale
File a valid patent
application
1 yr to start test marketing
Utility patent (RPA) has 1 yr secret
ldquo1 yr rulerdquo 35USC 102
Apply PPA Almost a yr
to test market
File a RPA
Examining it is feasible ()
Building a prototype
gracecsientut 16
Fig ref xqacomar
Task board
reduces GaN HEMT (transistors) production costs (lt 13) in mobile base station amplifiers for 3G and beyond (IEDM 2004) ref fujitsucom
bull How to evaluate your invention
ndash Building a prototype to test operability
bull Try to have them made of cardboard by an economical prototyping technique
bull Simulation by computer-world raquo Ensure a field trial success
bull Consult with a single expert
simulation
Commercial concept
bull How to make your invention to generate a significant profit ndash Problem
bull How to promote how well itrsquos designed how well itrsquos packaged the mood of the market what time it 1st show (debut) hellip
ndash Most marketing experts say five ldquoPrdquo factors bull Production bull Price bull Position (its place in the market) bull Promotion bull Perseverance
gracecsientut 17
Intangible factors for market
ndash Talented design
ndash Trademark (good slogan)
gracecsientut 18 Fig ref eamonncom
Slogan ldquoRoaches check
in but they donrsquot check outrdquo
Slogan ldquoThe daily diary of American Dreamrdquo
Fig ref sillyslogancom
Fig ref chinaalibabacom
$15 RMB
Fig ref bogoffcom
$60000 USD Swiss 18K gold Westminster Chime carillon minute repeater by Constant Piguet circa 1900 Fine 34 jewel frosted gilt movement with four hammers striking on four gongs and silent centrifugal governor
vs
Commercial feasibility evaluation
bull Despite the marketing uncertainties to take your time run some scientific amp objective work in 4 areas
bull Positive (+) amp negative (-) marketing factors ndash attached to your invention
bull Consultation ndash with experts potential users of the invention marketing
people and others
bull Research ndash into prior developments in the same area as your invention
and
bull The operability of an actual construction of the invention
gracecsientut 19
+ -
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors evaluation
gracecsientut 20
Ref Patent It Yourself book P499
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Gyroscopic Top (2-1)
bull Problem
ndash Mr Brown found hardly set a gyroscopersquos rotor in motion bull Principle
ndash a spinning wheel set in a movable frame When the wheel spins it retains its spatial orientation and it resists external forces applied to it
bull Application
ndash used in navigation instruments (for ships planes and rockets)
7
Foucault FR physicist 1st person demo it likes earth rotates 1851)
Fig ref boomerangscom
Axis-cycle is stably
gracecsientut
Fig ref scienceblogscom
Gyroscopic Top (2-2)
bull Problem ndash Mr Brown found hardly
set a gyroscopersquos rotor in motion
bull Solution ndash Inventor Paul L Brownrsquos
(Wiz-z-erTM) 1st royalty = 5 x his annual salary
gracecsientut 8
Foucault FR physicist 1851)
Photo ref ta0com
US3945146 (1976)
USD322100 (1991)
Xerography (3-1)
bull Problem
ndash Daily job need to review many patents
ndash Copying documents cost much time amp operating complicatedly
gracecsientut 9
carbon paper be patented in 1806
Xerography (3-2)
bull Problem ndash Copying
documents cost time amp operating complicatedly
bull Solution
gracecsientut 10 httpwwwxeroxcominnovationchester-carlson-xerographyenushtml
US2297691
carbon paper be patented in 1806
ndash Mr Carlson a patent attorney invented a light-reflection copier at his spare time
bull Kodak rejected his propose
bull Haloid Co accepted it amp changed its name to Xerox Co
Summary ndash invention skills (4-1)
gracecsientut
Ivoryreg Ad ldquoIt Floatsrdquo
11
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution ndash KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)
bull One important principle to successful inventing
ndash ldquoAccidentrdquo -gt ldquoGood ideardquo bull Ex A worker left the soap-making machine
on too long causing air to be dispersed into the soap mixture as Ivoryreg ndash PampG ordered the extended mix time as a
standard setting
Summary ndash invention skills (4-2)
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution
ndash Try to conceive of ramifications to enhance its value
bull If you have trouble =gt use nonlinear tech let go of assumptionshellip
ndash Beware of the novice inventorsrsquo PGL
bull Paranoia Greed Laziness
gracecsientut 12
Paranoia Greed Laziness
Why evaluate your invention (1-1)
gracecsientut 13
bull Reason
ndash Avoid needless expense amp effort donrsquot spend significant time or money on your creation
ndash Should proceed
bull Put your creation to be sold profitably for a significant period of time
Cost1 $100000 in
profits or royalties
Over x 20 Cost1
To spend for searching building a model amp patenting
Why evaluate your invention (1-2)
bull Misconception ldquopatented failurerdquo ndash Get a patent will be assured of fame amp fortune
ndash ldquoIt is to be remembered that the pursuit of wealth by means of new inventions is a very precarious and uncertain one bull a lottery where there are many thousand tickets for each
prizerdquo
mdashEli Whitney
gracecsientut 14
Patent Application PPA vs RPA
bull RPA Regular Patent Application
bull PPA Provisional Patent Application
gracecsientut 15
The invention is 1st sold for sale
File a valid patent
application
1 yr to start test marketing
Utility patent (RPA) has 1 yr secret
ldquo1 yr rulerdquo 35USC 102
Apply PPA Almost a yr
to test market
File a RPA
Examining it is feasible ()
Building a prototype
gracecsientut 16
Fig ref xqacomar
Task board
reduces GaN HEMT (transistors) production costs (lt 13) in mobile base station amplifiers for 3G and beyond (IEDM 2004) ref fujitsucom
bull How to evaluate your invention
ndash Building a prototype to test operability
bull Try to have them made of cardboard by an economical prototyping technique
bull Simulation by computer-world raquo Ensure a field trial success
bull Consult with a single expert
simulation
Commercial concept
bull How to make your invention to generate a significant profit ndash Problem
bull How to promote how well itrsquos designed how well itrsquos packaged the mood of the market what time it 1st show (debut) hellip
ndash Most marketing experts say five ldquoPrdquo factors bull Production bull Price bull Position (its place in the market) bull Promotion bull Perseverance
gracecsientut 17
Intangible factors for market
ndash Talented design
ndash Trademark (good slogan)
gracecsientut 18 Fig ref eamonncom
Slogan ldquoRoaches check
in but they donrsquot check outrdquo
Slogan ldquoThe daily diary of American Dreamrdquo
Fig ref sillyslogancom
Fig ref chinaalibabacom
$15 RMB
Fig ref bogoffcom
$60000 USD Swiss 18K gold Westminster Chime carillon minute repeater by Constant Piguet circa 1900 Fine 34 jewel frosted gilt movement with four hammers striking on four gongs and silent centrifugal governor
vs
Commercial feasibility evaluation
bull Despite the marketing uncertainties to take your time run some scientific amp objective work in 4 areas
bull Positive (+) amp negative (-) marketing factors ndash attached to your invention
bull Consultation ndash with experts potential users of the invention marketing
people and others
bull Research ndash into prior developments in the same area as your invention
and
bull The operability of an actual construction of the invention
gracecsientut 19
+ -
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors evaluation
gracecsientut 20
Ref Patent It Yourself book P499
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Gyroscopic Top (2-2)
bull Problem ndash Mr Brown found hardly
set a gyroscopersquos rotor in motion
bull Solution ndash Inventor Paul L Brownrsquos
(Wiz-z-erTM) 1st royalty = 5 x his annual salary
gracecsientut 8
Foucault FR physicist 1851)
Photo ref ta0com
US3945146 (1976)
USD322100 (1991)
Xerography (3-1)
bull Problem
ndash Daily job need to review many patents
ndash Copying documents cost much time amp operating complicatedly
gracecsientut 9
carbon paper be patented in 1806
Xerography (3-2)
bull Problem ndash Copying
documents cost time amp operating complicatedly
bull Solution
gracecsientut 10 httpwwwxeroxcominnovationchester-carlson-xerographyenushtml
US2297691
carbon paper be patented in 1806
ndash Mr Carlson a patent attorney invented a light-reflection copier at his spare time
bull Kodak rejected his propose
bull Haloid Co accepted it amp changed its name to Xerox Co
Summary ndash invention skills (4-1)
gracecsientut
Ivoryreg Ad ldquoIt Floatsrdquo
11
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution ndash KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)
bull One important principle to successful inventing
ndash ldquoAccidentrdquo -gt ldquoGood ideardquo bull Ex A worker left the soap-making machine
on too long causing air to be dispersed into the soap mixture as Ivoryreg ndash PampG ordered the extended mix time as a
standard setting
Summary ndash invention skills (4-2)
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution
ndash Try to conceive of ramifications to enhance its value
bull If you have trouble =gt use nonlinear tech let go of assumptionshellip
ndash Beware of the novice inventorsrsquo PGL
bull Paranoia Greed Laziness
gracecsientut 12
Paranoia Greed Laziness
Why evaluate your invention (1-1)
gracecsientut 13
bull Reason
ndash Avoid needless expense amp effort donrsquot spend significant time or money on your creation
ndash Should proceed
bull Put your creation to be sold profitably for a significant period of time
Cost1 $100000 in
profits or royalties
Over x 20 Cost1
To spend for searching building a model amp patenting
Why evaluate your invention (1-2)
bull Misconception ldquopatented failurerdquo ndash Get a patent will be assured of fame amp fortune
ndash ldquoIt is to be remembered that the pursuit of wealth by means of new inventions is a very precarious and uncertain one bull a lottery where there are many thousand tickets for each
prizerdquo
mdashEli Whitney
gracecsientut 14
Patent Application PPA vs RPA
bull RPA Regular Patent Application
bull PPA Provisional Patent Application
gracecsientut 15
The invention is 1st sold for sale
File a valid patent
application
1 yr to start test marketing
Utility patent (RPA) has 1 yr secret
ldquo1 yr rulerdquo 35USC 102
Apply PPA Almost a yr
to test market
File a RPA
Examining it is feasible ()
Building a prototype
gracecsientut 16
Fig ref xqacomar
Task board
reduces GaN HEMT (transistors) production costs (lt 13) in mobile base station amplifiers for 3G and beyond (IEDM 2004) ref fujitsucom
bull How to evaluate your invention
ndash Building a prototype to test operability
bull Try to have them made of cardboard by an economical prototyping technique
bull Simulation by computer-world raquo Ensure a field trial success
bull Consult with a single expert
simulation
Commercial concept
bull How to make your invention to generate a significant profit ndash Problem
bull How to promote how well itrsquos designed how well itrsquos packaged the mood of the market what time it 1st show (debut) hellip
ndash Most marketing experts say five ldquoPrdquo factors bull Production bull Price bull Position (its place in the market) bull Promotion bull Perseverance
gracecsientut 17
Intangible factors for market
ndash Talented design
ndash Trademark (good slogan)
gracecsientut 18 Fig ref eamonncom
Slogan ldquoRoaches check
in but they donrsquot check outrdquo
Slogan ldquoThe daily diary of American Dreamrdquo
Fig ref sillyslogancom
Fig ref chinaalibabacom
$15 RMB
Fig ref bogoffcom
$60000 USD Swiss 18K gold Westminster Chime carillon minute repeater by Constant Piguet circa 1900 Fine 34 jewel frosted gilt movement with four hammers striking on four gongs and silent centrifugal governor
vs
Commercial feasibility evaluation
bull Despite the marketing uncertainties to take your time run some scientific amp objective work in 4 areas
bull Positive (+) amp negative (-) marketing factors ndash attached to your invention
bull Consultation ndash with experts potential users of the invention marketing
people and others
bull Research ndash into prior developments in the same area as your invention
and
bull The operability of an actual construction of the invention
gracecsientut 19
+ -
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors evaluation
gracecsientut 20
Ref Patent It Yourself book P499
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Xerography (3-1)
bull Problem
ndash Daily job need to review many patents
ndash Copying documents cost much time amp operating complicatedly
gracecsientut 9
carbon paper be patented in 1806
Xerography (3-2)
bull Problem ndash Copying
documents cost time amp operating complicatedly
bull Solution
gracecsientut 10 httpwwwxeroxcominnovationchester-carlson-xerographyenushtml
US2297691
carbon paper be patented in 1806
ndash Mr Carlson a patent attorney invented a light-reflection copier at his spare time
bull Kodak rejected his propose
bull Haloid Co accepted it amp changed its name to Xerox Co
Summary ndash invention skills (4-1)
gracecsientut
Ivoryreg Ad ldquoIt Floatsrdquo
11
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution ndash KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)
bull One important principle to successful inventing
ndash ldquoAccidentrdquo -gt ldquoGood ideardquo bull Ex A worker left the soap-making machine
on too long causing air to be dispersed into the soap mixture as Ivoryreg ndash PampG ordered the extended mix time as a
standard setting
Summary ndash invention skills (4-2)
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution
ndash Try to conceive of ramifications to enhance its value
bull If you have trouble =gt use nonlinear tech let go of assumptionshellip
ndash Beware of the novice inventorsrsquo PGL
bull Paranoia Greed Laziness
gracecsientut 12
Paranoia Greed Laziness
Why evaluate your invention (1-1)
gracecsientut 13
bull Reason
ndash Avoid needless expense amp effort donrsquot spend significant time or money on your creation
ndash Should proceed
bull Put your creation to be sold profitably for a significant period of time
Cost1 $100000 in
profits or royalties
Over x 20 Cost1
To spend for searching building a model amp patenting
Why evaluate your invention (1-2)
bull Misconception ldquopatented failurerdquo ndash Get a patent will be assured of fame amp fortune
ndash ldquoIt is to be remembered that the pursuit of wealth by means of new inventions is a very precarious and uncertain one bull a lottery where there are many thousand tickets for each
prizerdquo
mdashEli Whitney
gracecsientut 14
Patent Application PPA vs RPA
bull RPA Regular Patent Application
bull PPA Provisional Patent Application
gracecsientut 15
The invention is 1st sold for sale
File a valid patent
application
1 yr to start test marketing
Utility patent (RPA) has 1 yr secret
ldquo1 yr rulerdquo 35USC 102
Apply PPA Almost a yr
to test market
File a RPA
Examining it is feasible ()
Building a prototype
gracecsientut 16
Fig ref xqacomar
Task board
reduces GaN HEMT (transistors) production costs (lt 13) in mobile base station amplifiers for 3G and beyond (IEDM 2004) ref fujitsucom
bull How to evaluate your invention
ndash Building a prototype to test operability
bull Try to have them made of cardboard by an economical prototyping technique
bull Simulation by computer-world raquo Ensure a field trial success
bull Consult with a single expert
simulation
Commercial concept
bull How to make your invention to generate a significant profit ndash Problem
bull How to promote how well itrsquos designed how well itrsquos packaged the mood of the market what time it 1st show (debut) hellip
ndash Most marketing experts say five ldquoPrdquo factors bull Production bull Price bull Position (its place in the market) bull Promotion bull Perseverance
gracecsientut 17
Intangible factors for market
ndash Talented design
ndash Trademark (good slogan)
gracecsientut 18 Fig ref eamonncom
Slogan ldquoRoaches check
in but they donrsquot check outrdquo
Slogan ldquoThe daily diary of American Dreamrdquo
Fig ref sillyslogancom
Fig ref chinaalibabacom
$15 RMB
Fig ref bogoffcom
$60000 USD Swiss 18K gold Westminster Chime carillon minute repeater by Constant Piguet circa 1900 Fine 34 jewel frosted gilt movement with four hammers striking on four gongs and silent centrifugal governor
vs
Commercial feasibility evaluation
bull Despite the marketing uncertainties to take your time run some scientific amp objective work in 4 areas
bull Positive (+) amp negative (-) marketing factors ndash attached to your invention
bull Consultation ndash with experts potential users of the invention marketing
people and others
bull Research ndash into prior developments in the same area as your invention
and
bull The operability of an actual construction of the invention
gracecsientut 19
+ -
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors evaluation
gracecsientut 20
Ref Patent It Yourself book P499
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Xerography (3-2)
bull Problem ndash Copying
documents cost time amp operating complicatedly
bull Solution
gracecsientut 10 httpwwwxeroxcominnovationchester-carlson-xerographyenushtml
US2297691
carbon paper be patented in 1806
ndash Mr Carlson a patent attorney invented a light-reflection copier at his spare time
bull Kodak rejected his propose
bull Haloid Co accepted it amp changed its name to Xerox Co
Summary ndash invention skills (4-1)
gracecsientut
Ivoryreg Ad ldquoIt Floatsrdquo
11
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution ndash KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)
bull One important principle to successful inventing
ndash ldquoAccidentrdquo -gt ldquoGood ideardquo bull Ex A worker left the soap-making machine
on too long causing air to be dispersed into the soap mixture as Ivoryreg ndash PampG ordered the extended mix time as a
standard setting
Summary ndash invention skills (4-2)
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution
ndash Try to conceive of ramifications to enhance its value
bull If you have trouble =gt use nonlinear tech let go of assumptionshellip
ndash Beware of the novice inventorsrsquo PGL
bull Paranoia Greed Laziness
gracecsientut 12
Paranoia Greed Laziness
Why evaluate your invention (1-1)
gracecsientut 13
bull Reason
ndash Avoid needless expense amp effort donrsquot spend significant time or money on your creation
ndash Should proceed
bull Put your creation to be sold profitably for a significant period of time
Cost1 $100000 in
profits or royalties
Over x 20 Cost1
To spend for searching building a model amp patenting
Why evaluate your invention (1-2)
bull Misconception ldquopatented failurerdquo ndash Get a patent will be assured of fame amp fortune
ndash ldquoIt is to be remembered that the pursuit of wealth by means of new inventions is a very precarious and uncertain one bull a lottery where there are many thousand tickets for each
prizerdquo
mdashEli Whitney
gracecsientut 14
Patent Application PPA vs RPA
bull RPA Regular Patent Application
bull PPA Provisional Patent Application
gracecsientut 15
The invention is 1st sold for sale
File a valid patent
application
1 yr to start test marketing
Utility patent (RPA) has 1 yr secret
ldquo1 yr rulerdquo 35USC 102
Apply PPA Almost a yr
to test market
File a RPA
Examining it is feasible ()
Building a prototype
gracecsientut 16
Fig ref xqacomar
Task board
reduces GaN HEMT (transistors) production costs (lt 13) in mobile base station amplifiers for 3G and beyond (IEDM 2004) ref fujitsucom
bull How to evaluate your invention
ndash Building a prototype to test operability
bull Try to have them made of cardboard by an economical prototyping technique
bull Simulation by computer-world raquo Ensure a field trial success
bull Consult with a single expert
simulation
Commercial concept
bull How to make your invention to generate a significant profit ndash Problem
bull How to promote how well itrsquos designed how well itrsquos packaged the mood of the market what time it 1st show (debut) hellip
ndash Most marketing experts say five ldquoPrdquo factors bull Production bull Price bull Position (its place in the market) bull Promotion bull Perseverance
gracecsientut 17
Intangible factors for market
ndash Talented design
ndash Trademark (good slogan)
gracecsientut 18 Fig ref eamonncom
Slogan ldquoRoaches check
in but they donrsquot check outrdquo
Slogan ldquoThe daily diary of American Dreamrdquo
Fig ref sillyslogancom
Fig ref chinaalibabacom
$15 RMB
Fig ref bogoffcom
$60000 USD Swiss 18K gold Westminster Chime carillon minute repeater by Constant Piguet circa 1900 Fine 34 jewel frosted gilt movement with four hammers striking on four gongs and silent centrifugal governor
vs
Commercial feasibility evaluation
bull Despite the marketing uncertainties to take your time run some scientific amp objective work in 4 areas
bull Positive (+) amp negative (-) marketing factors ndash attached to your invention
bull Consultation ndash with experts potential users of the invention marketing
people and others
bull Research ndash into prior developments in the same area as your invention
and
bull The operability of an actual construction of the invention
gracecsientut 19
+ -
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors evaluation
gracecsientut 20
Ref Patent It Yourself book P499
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Summary ndash invention skills (4-1)
gracecsientut
Ivoryreg Ad ldquoIt Floatsrdquo
11
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution ndash KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)
bull One important principle to successful inventing
ndash ldquoAccidentrdquo -gt ldquoGood ideardquo bull Ex A worker left the soap-making machine
on too long causing air to be dispersed into the soap mixture as Ivoryreg ndash PampG ordered the extended mix time as a
standard setting
Summary ndash invention skills (4-2)
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution
ndash Try to conceive of ramifications to enhance its value
bull If you have trouble =gt use nonlinear tech let go of assumptionshellip
ndash Beware of the novice inventorsrsquo PGL
bull Paranoia Greed Laziness
gracecsientut 12
Paranoia Greed Laziness
Why evaluate your invention (1-1)
gracecsientut 13
bull Reason
ndash Avoid needless expense amp effort donrsquot spend significant time or money on your creation
ndash Should proceed
bull Put your creation to be sold profitably for a significant period of time
Cost1 $100000 in
profits or royalties
Over x 20 Cost1
To spend for searching building a model amp patenting
Why evaluate your invention (1-2)
bull Misconception ldquopatented failurerdquo ndash Get a patent will be assured of fame amp fortune
ndash ldquoIt is to be remembered that the pursuit of wealth by means of new inventions is a very precarious and uncertain one bull a lottery where there are many thousand tickets for each
prizerdquo
mdashEli Whitney
gracecsientut 14
Patent Application PPA vs RPA
bull RPA Regular Patent Application
bull PPA Provisional Patent Application
gracecsientut 15
The invention is 1st sold for sale
File a valid patent
application
1 yr to start test marketing
Utility patent (RPA) has 1 yr secret
ldquo1 yr rulerdquo 35USC 102
Apply PPA Almost a yr
to test market
File a RPA
Examining it is feasible ()
Building a prototype
gracecsientut 16
Fig ref xqacomar
Task board
reduces GaN HEMT (transistors) production costs (lt 13) in mobile base station amplifiers for 3G and beyond (IEDM 2004) ref fujitsucom
bull How to evaluate your invention
ndash Building a prototype to test operability
bull Try to have them made of cardboard by an economical prototyping technique
bull Simulation by computer-world raquo Ensure a field trial success
bull Consult with a single expert
simulation
Commercial concept
bull How to make your invention to generate a significant profit ndash Problem
bull How to promote how well itrsquos designed how well itrsquos packaged the mood of the market what time it 1st show (debut) hellip
ndash Most marketing experts say five ldquoPrdquo factors bull Production bull Price bull Position (its place in the market) bull Promotion bull Perseverance
gracecsientut 17
Intangible factors for market
ndash Talented design
ndash Trademark (good slogan)
gracecsientut 18 Fig ref eamonncom
Slogan ldquoRoaches check
in but they donrsquot check outrdquo
Slogan ldquoThe daily diary of American Dreamrdquo
Fig ref sillyslogancom
Fig ref chinaalibabacom
$15 RMB
Fig ref bogoffcom
$60000 USD Swiss 18K gold Westminster Chime carillon minute repeater by Constant Piguet circa 1900 Fine 34 jewel frosted gilt movement with four hammers striking on four gongs and silent centrifugal governor
vs
Commercial feasibility evaluation
bull Despite the marketing uncertainties to take your time run some scientific amp objective work in 4 areas
bull Positive (+) amp negative (-) marketing factors ndash attached to your invention
bull Consultation ndash with experts potential users of the invention marketing
people and others
bull Research ndash into prior developments in the same area as your invention
and
bull The operability of an actual construction of the invention
gracecsientut 19
+ -
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors evaluation
gracecsientut 20
Ref Patent It Yourself book P499
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Summary ndash invention skills (4-2)
bull Most inventionsrsquo creation by recognizing a problem amp finding a solution
ndash Try to conceive of ramifications to enhance its value
bull If you have trouble =gt use nonlinear tech let go of assumptionshellip
ndash Beware of the novice inventorsrsquo PGL
bull Paranoia Greed Laziness
gracecsientut 12
Paranoia Greed Laziness
Why evaluate your invention (1-1)
gracecsientut 13
bull Reason
ndash Avoid needless expense amp effort donrsquot spend significant time or money on your creation
ndash Should proceed
bull Put your creation to be sold profitably for a significant period of time
Cost1 $100000 in
profits or royalties
Over x 20 Cost1
To spend for searching building a model amp patenting
Why evaluate your invention (1-2)
bull Misconception ldquopatented failurerdquo ndash Get a patent will be assured of fame amp fortune
ndash ldquoIt is to be remembered that the pursuit of wealth by means of new inventions is a very precarious and uncertain one bull a lottery where there are many thousand tickets for each
prizerdquo
mdashEli Whitney
gracecsientut 14
Patent Application PPA vs RPA
bull RPA Regular Patent Application
bull PPA Provisional Patent Application
gracecsientut 15
The invention is 1st sold for sale
File a valid patent
application
1 yr to start test marketing
Utility patent (RPA) has 1 yr secret
ldquo1 yr rulerdquo 35USC 102
Apply PPA Almost a yr
to test market
File a RPA
Examining it is feasible ()
Building a prototype
gracecsientut 16
Fig ref xqacomar
Task board
reduces GaN HEMT (transistors) production costs (lt 13) in mobile base station amplifiers for 3G and beyond (IEDM 2004) ref fujitsucom
bull How to evaluate your invention
ndash Building a prototype to test operability
bull Try to have them made of cardboard by an economical prototyping technique
bull Simulation by computer-world raquo Ensure a field trial success
bull Consult with a single expert
simulation
Commercial concept
bull How to make your invention to generate a significant profit ndash Problem
bull How to promote how well itrsquos designed how well itrsquos packaged the mood of the market what time it 1st show (debut) hellip
ndash Most marketing experts say five ldquoPrdquo factors bull Production bull Price bull Position (its place in the market) bull Promotion bull Perseverance
gracecsientut 17
Intangible factors for market
ndash Talented design
ndash Trademark (good slogan)
gracecsientut 18 Fig ref eamonncom
Slogan ldquoRoaches check
in but they donrsquot check outrdquo
Slogan ldquoThe daily diary of American Dreamrdquo
Fig ref sillyslogancom
Fig ref chinaalibabacom
$15 RMB
Fig ref bogoffcom
$60000 USD Swiss 18K gold Westminster Chime carillon minute repeater by Constant Piguet circa 1900 Fine 34 jewel frosted gilt movement with four hammers striking on four gongs and silent centrifugal governor
vs
Commercial feasibility evaluation
bull Despite the marketing uncertainties to take your time run some scientific amp objective work in 4 areas
bull Positive (+) amp negative (-) marketing factors ndash attached to your invention
bull Consultation ndash with experts potential users of the invention marketing
people and others
bull Research ndash into prior developments in the same area as your invention
and
bull The operability of an actual construction of the invention
gracecsientut 19
+ -
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors evaluation
gracecsientut 20
Ref Patent It Yourself book P499
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Why evaluate your invention (1-1)
gracecsientut 13
bull Reason
ndash Avoid needless expense amp effort donrsquot spend significant time or money on your creation
ndash Should proceed
bull Put your creation to be sold profitably for a significant period of time
Cost1 $100000 in
profits or royalties
Over x 20 Cost1
To spend for searching building a model amp patenting
Why evaluate your invention (1-2)
bull Misconception ldquopatented failurerdquo ndash Get a patent will be assured of fame amp fortune
ndash ldquoIt is to be remembered that the pursuit of wealth by means of new inventions is a very precarious and uncertain one bull a lottery where there are many thousand tickets for each
prizerdquo
mdashEli Whitney
gracecsientut 14
Patent Application PPA vs RPA
bull RPA Regular Patent Application
bull PPA Provisional Patent Application
gracecsientut 15
The invention is 1st sold for sale
File a valid patent
application
1 yr to start test marketing
Utility patent (RPA) has 1 yr secret
ldquo1 yr rulerdquo 35USC 102
Apply PPA Almost a yr
to test market
File a RPA
Examining it is feasible ()
Building a prototype
gracecsientut 16
Fig ref xqacomar
Task board
reduces GaN HEMT (transistors) production costs (lt 13) in mobile base station amplifiers for 3G and beyond (IEDM 2004) ref fujitsucom
bull How to evaluate your invention
ndash Building a prototype to test operability
bull Try to have them made of cardboard by an economical prototyping technique
bull Simulation by computer-world raquo Ensure a field trial success
bull Consult with a single expert
simulation
Commercial concept
bull How to make your invention to generate a significant profit ndash Problem
bull How to promote how well itrsquos designed how well itrsquos packaged the mood of the market what time it 1st show (debut) hellip
ndash Most marketing experts say five ldquoPrdquo factors bull Production bull Price bull Position (its place in the market) bull Promotion bull Perseverance
gracecsientut 17
Intangible factors for market
ndash Talented design
ndash Trademark (good slogan)
gracecsientut 18 Fig ref eamonncom
Slogan ldquoRoaches check
in but they donrsquot check outrdquo
Slogan ldquoThe daily diary of American Dreamrdquo
Fig ref sillyslogancom
Fig ref chinaalibabacom
$15 RMB
Fig ref bogoffcom
$60000 USD Swiss 18K gold Westminster Chime carillon minute repeater by Constant Piguet circa 1900 Fine 34 jewel frosted gilt movement with four hammers striking on four gongs and silent centrifugal governor
vs
Commercial feasibility evaluation
bull Despite the marketing uncertainties to take your time run some scientific amp objective work in 4 areas
bull Positive (+) amp negative (-) marketing factors ndash attached to your invention
bull Consultation ndash with experts potential users of the invention marketing
people and others
bull Research ndash into prior developments in the same area as your invention
and
bull The operability of an actual construction of the invention
gracecsientut 19
+ -
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors evaluation
gracecsientut 20
Ref Patent It Yourself book P499
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Why evaluate your invention (1-2)
bull Misconception ldquopatented failurerdquo ndash Get a patent will be assured of fame amp fortune
ndash ldquoIt is to be remembered that the pursuit of wealth by means of new inventions is a very precarious and uncertain one bull a lottery where there are many thousand tickets for each
prizerdquo
mdashEli Whitney
gracecsientut 14
Patent Application PPA vs RPA
bull RPA Regular Patent Application
bull PPA Provisional Patent Application
gracecsientut 15
The invention is 1st sold for sale
File a valid patent
application
1 yr to start test marketing
Utility patent (RPA) has 1 yr secret
ldquo1 yr rulerdquo 35USC 102
Apply PPA Almost a yr
to test market
File a RPA
Examining it is feasible ()
Building a prototype
gracecsientut 16
Fig ref xqacomar
Task board
reduces GaN HEMT (transistors) production costs (lt 13) in mobile base station amplifiers for 3G and beyond (IEDM 2004) ref fujitsucom
bull How to evaluate your invention
ndash Building a prototype to test operability
bull Try to have them made of cardboard by an economical prototyping technique
bull Simulation by computer-world raquo Ensure a field trial success
bull Consult with a single expert
simulation
Commercial concept
bull How to make your invention to generate a significant profit ndash Problem
bull How to promote how well itrsquos designed how well itrsquos packaged the mood of the market what time it 1st show (debut) hellip
ndash Most marketing experts say five ldquoPrdquo factors bull Production bull Price bull Position (its place in the market) bull Promotion bull Perseverance
gracecsientut 17
Intangible factors for market
ndash Talented design
ndash Trademark (good slogan)
gracecsientut 18 Fig ref eamonncom
Slogan ldquoRoaches check
in but they donrsquot check outrdquo
Slogan ldquoThe daily diary of American Dreamrdquo
Fig ref sillyslogancom
Fig ref chinaalibabacom
$15 RMB
Fig ref bogoffcom
$60000 USD Swiss 18K gold Westminster Chime carillon minute repeater by Constant Piguet circa 1900 Fine 34 jewel frosted gilt movement with four hammers striking on four gongs and silent centrifugal governor
vs
Commercial feasibility evaluation
bull Despite the marketing uncertainties to take your time run some scientific amp objective work in 4 areas
bull Positive (+) amp negative (-) marketing factors ndash attached to your invention
bull Consultation ndash with experts potential users of the invention marketing
people and others
bull Research ndash into prior developments in the same area as your invention
and
bull The operability of an actual construction of the invention
gracecsientut 19
+ -
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors evaluation
gracecsientut 20
Ref Patent It Yourself book P499
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Patent Application PPA vs RPA
bull RPA Regular Patent Application
bull PPA Provisional Patent Application
gracecsientut 15
The invention is 1st sold for sale
File a valid patent
application
1 yr to start test marketing
Utility patent (RPA) has 1 yr secret
ldquo1 yr rulerdquo 35USC 102
Apply PPA Almost a yr
to test market
File a RPA
Examining it is feasible ()
Building a prototype
gracecsientut 16
Fig ref xqacomar
Task board
reduces GaN HEMT (transistors) production costs (lt 13) in mobile base station amplifiers for 3G and beyond (IEDM 2004) ref fujitsucom
bull How to evaluate your invention
ndash Building a prototype to test operability
bull Try to have them made of cardboard by an economical prototyping technique
bull Simulation by computer-world raquo Ensure a field trial success
bull Consult with a single expert
simulation
Commercial concept
bull How to make your invention to generate a significant profit ndash Problem
bull How to promote how well itrsquos designed how well itrsquos packaged the mood of the market what time it 1st show (debut) hellip
ndash Most marketing experts say five ldquoPrdquo factors bull Production bull Price bull Position (its place in the market) bull Promotion bull Perseverance
gracecsientut 17
Intangible factors for market
ndash Talented design
ndash Trademark (good slogan)
gracecsientut 18 Fig ref eamonncom
Slogan ldquoRoaches check
in but they donrsquot check outrdquo
Slogan ldquoThe daily diary of American Dreamrdquo
Fig ref sillyslogancom
Fig ref chinaalibabacom
$15 RMB
Fig ref bogoffcom
$60000 USD Swiss 18K gold Westminster Chime carillon minute repeater by Constant Piguet circa 1900 Fine 34 jewel frosted gilt movement with four hammers striking on four gongs and silent centrifugal governor
vs
Commercial feasibility evaluation
bull Despite the marketing uncertainties to take your time run some scientific amp objective work in 4 areas
bull Positive (+) amp negative (-) marketing factors ndash attached to your invention
bull Consultation ndash with experts potential users of the invention marketing
people and others
bull Research ndash into prior developments in the same area as your invention
and
bull The operability of an actual construction of the invention
gracecsientut 19
+ -
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors evaluation
gracecsientut 20
Ref Patent It Yourself book P499
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Building a prototype
gracecsientut 16
Fig ref xqacomar
Task board
reduces GaN HEMT (transistors) production costs (lt 13) in mobile base station amplifiers for 3G and beyond (IEDM 2004) ref fujitsucom
bull How to evaluate your invention
ndash Building a prototype to test operability
bull Try to have them made of cardboard by an economical prototyping technique
bull Simulation by computer-world raquo Ensure a field trial success
bull Consult with a single expert
simulation
Commercial concept
bull How to make your invention to generate a significant profit ndash Problem
bull How to promote how well itrsquos designed how well itrsquos packaged the mood of the market what time it 1st show (debut) hellip
ndash Most marketing experts say five ldquoPrdquo factors bull Production bull Price bull Position (its place in the market) bull Promotion bull Perseverance
gracecsientut 17
Intangible factors for market
ndash Talented design
ndash Trademark (good slogan)
gracecsientut 18 Fig ref eamonncom
Slogan ldquoRoaches check
in but they donrsquot check outrdquo
Slogan ldquoThe daily diary of American Dreamrdquo
Fig ref sillyslogancom
Fig ref chinaalibabacom
$15 RMB
Fig ref bogoffcom
$60000 USD Swiss 18K gold Westminster Chime carillon minute repeater by Constant Piguet circa 1900 Fine 34 jewel frosted gilt movement with four hammers striking on four gongs and silent centrifugal governor
vs
Commercial feasibility evaluation
bull Despite the marketing uncertainties to take your time run some scientific amp objective work in 4 areas
bull Positive (+) amp negative (-) marketing factors ndash attached to your invention
bull Consultation ndash with experts potential users of the invention marketing
people and others
bull Research ndash into prior developments in the same area as your invention
and
bull The operability of an actual construction of the invention
gracecsientut 19
+ -
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors evaluation
gracecsientut 20
Ref Patent It Yourself book P499
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Commercial concept
bull How to make your invention to generate a significant profit ndash Problem
bull How to promote how well itrsquos designed how well itrsquos packaged the mood of the market what time it 1st show (debut) hellip
ndash Most marketing experts say five ldquoPrdquo factors bull Production bull Price bull Position (its place in the market) bull Promotion bull Perseverance
gracecsientut 17
Intangible factors for market
ndash Talented design
ndash Trademark (good slogan)
gracecsientut 18 Fig ref eamonncom
Slogan ldquoRoaches check
in but they donrsquot check outrdquo
Slogan ldquoThe daily diary of American Dreamrdquo
Fig ref sillyslogancom
Fig ref chinaalibabacom
$15 RMB
Fig ref bogoffcom
$60000 USD Swiss 18K gold Westminster Chime carillon minute repeater by Constant Piguet circa 1900 Fine 34 jewel frosted gilt movement with four hammers striking on four gongs and silent centrifugal governor
vs
Commercial feasibility evaluation
bull Despite the marketing uncertainties to take your time run some scientific amp objective work in 4 areas
bull Positive (+) amp negative (-) marketing factors ndash attached to your invention
bull Consultation ndash with experts potential users of the invention marketing
people and others
bull Research ndash into prior developments in the same area as your invention
and
bull The operability of an actual construction of the invention
gracecsientut 19
+ -
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors evaluation
gracecsientut 20
Ref Patent It Yourself book P499
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Intangible factors for market
ndash Talented design
ndash Trademark (good slogan)
gracecsientut 18 Fig ref eamonncom
Slogan ldquoRoaches check
in but they donrsquot check outrdquo
Slogan ldquoThe daily diary of American Dreamrdquo
Fig ref sillyslogancom
Fig ref chinaalibabacom
$15 RMB
Fig ref bogoffcom
$60000 USD Swiss 18K gold Westminster Chime carillon minute repeater by Constant Piguet circa 1900 Fine 34 jewel frosted gilt movement with four hammers striking on four gongs and silent centrifugal governor
vs
Commercial feasibility evaluation
bull Despite the marketing uncertainties to take your time run some scientific amp objective work in 4 areas
bull Positive (+) amp negative (-) marketing factors ndash attached to your invention
bull Consultation ndash with experts potential users of the invention marketing
people and others
bull Research ndash into prior developments in the same area as your invention
and
bull The operability of an actual construction of the invention
gracecsientut 19
+ -
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors evaluation
gracecsientut 20
Ref Patent It Yourself book P499
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Commercial feasibility evaluation
bull Despite the marketing uncertainties to take your time run some scientific amp objective work in 4 areas
bull Positive (+) amp negative (-) marketing factors ndash attached to your invention
bull Consultation ndash with experts potential users of the invention marketing
people and others
bull Research ndash into prior developments in the same area as your invention
and
bull The operability of an actual construction of the invention
gracecsientut 19
+ -
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors evaluation
gracecsientut 20
Ref Patent It Yourself book P499
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors evaluation
gracecsientut 20
Ref Patent It Yourself book P499
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-1)
gracecsientut 21
bull Weight (-100 ~ 100) ndash Assign advantage or
disadvantage weight on commercial value
bull Balance scale analogy ndash Help you understand the ldquo+rdquo amp
ldquo-rdquo factors ndash Donrsquot be used with any true
quantitative accuracy ndash Team work
bull discuss to a common criteria for evaluation
bull Avoid bias
Bias
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors test (1-2)
bull Consider each negative value carefully ndash Even the negative value cause to change
design or produce new production equipment
ndash Keep to improvement it as early as possible bull Didnrsquot justify the cost of replacing existing
production equipment or the cost associated with manufacturing amp promoting the device
bull The positive factors ndash Great value to you help to convince a patent
examiner bull Proof your inventionrsquos patentability
bull Or when selling the invention to a potential licensee ndash Potential licensee any organization or industry
wanting to commercially utilize an invention
gracecsientut 22
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factors summary
bull Summary those ldquo+rdquo amp ldquo-rdquo factor for commercial evaluation purposes to a list
ndash Make you focus on drawbacks (1 ~ more)
ndash Provide a way of comparing 2 different inventions for relative value
bull Let you concentrate more effort on
ndash ldquoSellrdquo your invention to PTO a potential licensee or a judge (fight existing patents)
bull Examiner -gtlt- you unobvious ndash Best prove by new amp unexpected (superior)
results of the type listed above
gracecsientut 23
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Use the techniques of
Consultation amp Research
bull Avoid bias to take the wrong path -gt extend your investigation by doing some consultation amp research ndash Make sure the field of your invention
ndash Do your patentability search bull Using backgrounds to improve your ability
ndash Prepare your application
ndash Market your invention amp
ndash Deal with the PTO
gracecsientut 24
Protect invention
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Call help ndash lay friends
bull Ask both nonprofessionals and experts in the particular field for an opinion and researching the relevant literature ndash Tool the positive and negative factors evaluation list ndash Nonprofessionals
bull They will tell you a consumer item what they like to purchase
ndash Lay friends bull Their opinion you trust and feel will be objective
bull Build a Working Model (WM) ndash Inquire as to what price theyrsquod be willing to pay ndash Show WM to them and ask if theyrsquod buy it and for
what price
gracecsientut 25
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Call help ndash Experts
bull Experts to be consulted in the particular field they can supply you with relevant feedback ndash Salespeople and buyers in stores that sell
devices similar to yours ndash Friends who are ldquoin the businessrdquo ndash Engineers managers or technicians in
companies in the field of your invention ndash Scholars educators or professors who do
research in the area of your invention ndash Pay $$ to use the independent invention
evaluation bull Ex WISC (about USD $500) I2 Innovation
Institute (about USD $200) MIC (about USD$160 ~ USD$5000) hellip
gracecsientut 26
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Nondisclosure vs Disclosure
gracecsientut 27
Ask for advice Keep secret
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
The part of
Non-
disclosure
Agreement
gracecsientut 28
Richard Stim Attorney Nondisclosure Agreement for Inventors March 2008 6th Edition
bull Keeping Trade Secrets
Ref Patent It Yourself book P489-490
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
The template for Invention Disclosure
gracecsientut 29
Ref Patent It Yourself book P491
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Summary
bull Start to practicing invention amp evaluating it (invention)
ndash Review the procedure as
bull Building a prototype
bull Commercial concept
bull check it again and
bull Secret vs ask for advice
gracecsientut 30
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31
Reference
bull David Pressman chapter 2 amp4 ldquoPatent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guiderdquo to Filing at the US Patent Office 2011 15th edition ISBN-10 1413313825
bull Foucault pendulum in action at Houston Museum of Natural Science ndash about 180 degrees in 24 hours
bull Blog httpfungsiongblogspotcom ndash Introduce hybrid TV (hbbTV) including widget design
Android technology (API) system ecosystem framework service applicationhellip
ndash Agile for progressing httpfungsiongblogspotcomsearchlabelAgile bull About how to teamwork
ndash Some programming info as Apache wookie refactoring tech CE-HTML a solution about removing a backdoor ldquoTrojanrdquo amp surveillance paper
gracecsientut 31