The Inventor Handbook: How to Invent, Protect Yourself, Patent Your Invention, and Make Serious Money
Language: English
Published by LMDSI, 2025
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- Title
- The Inventor Handbook: How to Invent, Protect Yourself, Patent Your Invention, and Make Serious Money
- Author
- Keefe, Peter D. (Author)/ Carrier, Joseph P. (Foreword)
- Publisher
- LMDSI
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- Brand New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1732662479
- ISBN 13
- 9781732662476
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Item weight
- 0.3 kilograms
"I can say without reservation that Peter Keefe's book, The Inventor Handbook, is an essential read and reread for anyone with an idea."
-- Harrison H. Schmitt, Apollo 17 Astronaut
Why is The Inventor Handbook an essential read and reread for anyone with an idea?
- the art of transforming an idea into an invention;
- the strategies of converting an invention into a commercially valuable patent; and
- the tactics of bringing an invention to market with the aim to make serious money.
Part I, Inventing, explores the subtleties of the process: how ideas originate, what characterizes a good idea, and how to turn that good idea into a perfected invention. To help you along the way, topics include the searching of prior art, assertions of co-inventorship, and claims of ownership by an employer.
Chapter 1: Catching an Idea
Chapter 2: Idea to Invention
Chapter 3: Searching
Chapter 4: Invention Perfection
Chapter 5: Ownership Issues
Part II, Patenting, explains the arcane formalities necessary to obtain a patent. You’ll understand what a patent is and is not; how the U.S. Patent Office works and how it fits into the international patent system; why patent applications are written according to a time tested standard; exactly what a patent claim is and how claims define the extent of your patent protection; how to find a patent attorney, know how to work with him/her and be on the lookout for practice, procedure and billing irregularities; and finally, the tricks, strategies and maneuvers that can win you a patent.
Chapter 1: Patents Overview
Chapter 2: The Patent Office
Chapter 3: Patent Attorneys
Chapter 4: Patent Applications
Chapter 5: Patent Prosecution
Part III, Marketing, reveals how to make money from your invention. Understanding the economic merits of your invention and recognizing how it fits into the marketplace is a challenge, but an achievable one. How this essential knowledge is then parlayed into a manufacturer match is key. You’ll learn how to approach a prospect and navigate the maxims of marketing.
Chapter 1: How to Sell Your Invention
Chapter 2: Types of Deals
Chapter 3: Business Entities
Chapter 4: The Ten Maxims of Marketing
Chapter 5: Invention Marketing Firms
Epilogue: Marketing of the Thawometer
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About the Author
Joseph P. Carrier, managing partner at Carrier, Shende and Associates, P.C., holds a B.S. degree in chemistry and a J.D. degree in law. He is a former patent examiner and is a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He has counseled a host of individual inventors, as well as a number of international corporations.
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