Index
Numbers & Symbols
3M Post-its adhesive
1946 Trademark Act
® (registered mark)
SM (service mark)
™ (trademark)
A
actions
active video games
Adams, Edie
advances
contract details
negotiating
advantages
large companies
licensing
organizations
patent attorneys
patents
prototypes
small companies
venturing
Adverteasing board game
advertising presentations
advisers
African American inventors
Agarwal, Dinesh
agents
contract questions
finding legitimate
legitimate versus fraudulent
professional toy
Royalty Administration International
agreeing to agree
agreements
confidentiality
license. See licensing, agreements
option
submission
AIC (American Inventors Corporation)
air brakes
air-conditioning
airplane
Alexander, Hattie
Allard, Louis
Allen, Woody
American Airlines slogan translation
American innovation
arch supports
Birdseye foods
cotton gin
famous inventors from other fields
instant cameras
multiple product inventors
peanut products
unknown inventors
vulcanized rubber
American Inventors Corporation (AIC)
American Inventors
Protection Act of 1999
American local inventor organizations
Anderson, Mary
antigravity illusion patent
Apple
computer
N.I.H. syndrome
appropriation approval
arch supports
arrogance
asexual reproduction of plants
assessing marketability
Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM)
ASTM International
attorneys. See patent attorneys
audiences
Auerbach, Stevanne
AUTM (Association of University Technology Managers)
Automated General Trademark or Patent Information
automotive patents
B
B.V.D. underwear
background binders
Baer, Ralph H.
Baldrige National Quality Program
ballpoint pens
bar code scanner
barbed wire
Barbie
Bartholdi, Auguste
Bath, Dr. Patricia E.
BBB (Better Business Bureau)
Beanstalk Group, The
Bed Bath & Beyond dorm room product ideas
believing in yourself
Bell, Alexander Graham
Bell Telephone
Bennett, Arnold
Bentz, Melita
Berko, David
Bernbach, Bill
Berners-Lee, Tim
Besha, Richard
Best Buy and Electronic Arts Invent-A-Game program
bifocals
bikini
Billings, Josh
Binney, Alice Stead
Birdseye, Clarence
Biro, George
Biro, Laszlo
blogs
copyrights
patents
trademarks
Weingartner, Ron
Boren, James
Bosenberg, Henry
BountyQuest
Boykin, Otis
Bradley, Voorhees, and Day
brands
extensions
licensing
going to the source
growth
inventing for existing brands
Li©ense! Global magazine
magazines
opportunities
breadboards
Breslow, Jeff
Breyer, Justice
Broncos
Brower, Charlie
Brown, Rita Mae
Bruce, George
Brunelleschi, Filippo
Buck, Pearl
building relationships with companies
Bush, George H.W.
Butts, Alfred M.
Byrne, Chris
C
CAD (Computer-Aided Design)
Calvert, John
Camp Invention
cannibalizing commercial products
car radios
Carlson, Chester
Carver, George Washington
Cary, Bess
Casto, Rod
Caterpillar
certification marks
children
Camp Invention
inventors and inventions websites
Chininis, Steve
Churchill, Winston
circulars
claims
design patents
plant patent applications
Clairol Mist Stick
classifying patents
Clemens, Samuel L.
Coca-Cola
translation
trade secret
Cochrane, Josephine
Cohen, Lynn
collaboration
collective marks
color film
color trademarks
commercialization
choosing
costs
licensing. See licensing
marketability assessments
prerequisites
venturing
common law trademarks (™)
compact discs
companies
approaching with lawyers
background and product information
connecting with executives
culture
entry points
finding
first impressions
large
management by objectives
meeting executives at trade shows
N.I.H. (Not Invented Here) syndrome
private
product champion
public
small
submission agreements
targeting
toys
complaints
marketing companies
patent attorneys
components
finding
prototypes
compound microscope
computer programs
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
concept approval
conception
conference calls
conferences
confidentiality agreements
conflicting trademark searches
Congressional invention marketing scams hearing
consultants
contracts
advances
agreeing to agree
claiming limited knowledge
exclusivity
fairness and flexibility
foreign rights
guarantees
indemnification of licensee
indemnification of licensor
invention description
ip searches
late payment interest
lawyers
licensee best efforts
management by objectives
marketing companies/ agents
milestones
negotiating
advances
agreeing to agree
guarantees
guidelines
licensing agreements
option agreements
royalties
time of day
out clause
reviewing
right to audit
royalties
spirit
Cooper, Peter
Coors Turn It Loose slogan translation
Copyright Office
CORDS
Public Information Office
website
copyrights
applicant requirements
application forms
blogs
categories
circulars
Connecticut
Copyright Office
cost
duration
non-eligible material
notices
patent comparison
published/unpublished works
records
registrations
resources
securing
status investigations
trademark comparison
CORDS (Copyright Office Electronic Registration, Recordation, and Deposit System)
Cornell Law School trademarks website
cosmetic design patents
Coster, Don
Coston, Martha
costs
commercialization
copyrights
design patents
labor
patents
plant patents
toys
trademarks
cotton gin
Crawley, Tim
Crayola Crayons
Create the Future Design Contest
creativity
Crest Fluorider
criticism
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of International Trade
customs problems
D
Darrow, Charles B.
dates for inventor’s notebook
Daughton, Dr. James
Davis, Francis W.
Davison Design and Development, Inc. example
de Mestral, George
debt of the spirit
declarations
plant patents
utility patents
Denver Broncos
Department of Defense research and development centers
Department of Energy. See DOE
Department of Health and Human Services research and development centers
design patents
appearance protection
application elements
claims
compared to utility patents
competitor notice
cosmetics
costs
defining design
draftsmen
examples
games
improper subject matter
lawyers
protection
U.S. Code
value
development cycles. See also overseas production
appropriation approval
concept approval
final drawings
final sculpture
FTP/RTP
marketing line review
MTO costing
packaging design
preliminary drawings
preliminary takeover
problems
production starts
proving models
tooling
USPTO package approval
VSP
direct-hire patent searches
disadvantages
do-it-yourself patents
licensing
patents
venturing
Discovery Communications, Inc. and Hasbro partnership
dishwasher
disposable diapers
disposable razor blade
DOE (Department of Energy)
discontinued programs
Office of Industrial Technologies’ Inventions and Innovation Program
patent licenses
programs
do-it-yourself
conflicting marks searches
patent searches
Donovan, Marion
Don’t Tickle Driver sign
dorm room product ideas
Dos Passos, John
Dow Jones
Dr. Seuss
Dr. Toy website
draftsmen
drawings
Drucker, Peter
dry cleaning press pads
Duell, Charles H.
Dunlop, J.B.
Duryea, Charles and Frank
Dusenberry, Tom
dynamite sticks
E
e-mailing large files
eAllegations
Easy Bake Decorating Sensation Frosting Pen
eCo
Edison, Thomas Alva
Edmark, Tomima
education
effort
EFS-Web
eight-track tape systems
Einstein, Albert
electric cash register
electric razor
Electrolux® slogan
electronic Bible
electronic patent search databases
Elion, Gertrude B.
Ellis, Frampton III
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Encyclopedia of Associations
energy-saving inventions
Entrepreneurial Readiness Survey website
Ericcson, John
Evinrude, Ole
executives
connections
culture
meeting at trade shows
product champion
toy companies
executive summaries
Exelixis Plant Sciences Inc.
eye surgery
F
factory visits
Faris, Robert W.
Faultless Starch/Bon Ami
fax submissions
federal government website
federal grants website
federal programs
Department of Energy
FFRDCS
ITP
MEP
NIST
research and development centers
SBA
TIP
USG labs
federal research and development labs
Federal Trade Commission. See FTC
federal trademarks
Federally Funded Research and Development Centers
Fergason, James
Feyrer, Jim Ron
FFRDCS (Federally Funded Research and Development Centers)
final drawings
final engineering pilot (FTP)
final rejection
final sculptures
Fine, Howard R. Esq.
first impressions with companies
first North American patent
first U.S. patent
first woman patent recipient
Fleisher, Michael
foam helicoids football
Ford, Henry
Ford design patents
foreign patent searches
foreign rights
foreign trademark applicants
fragrance trademark
Franklin, Benjamin
fraudulent marketing companies
free booklet offers
Freelander, Woody
Frey, Tom
friction matches
Frost, Robert
FTC (Federal Trade Commission)
invention-marketing company scams
marketing fraud enforcement
Project Mousetrap
website
FTP (final engineering pilot)
Fuller, R. Buckminster
Furby
G
G-Win (General Mills Worldwide Innovation Network)
Galileo
game protection
Gamzo, Israel
gas mask
Gates, Bill
Gayart, Ronald
gelatin desserts
General Mills Worldwide Innovation Network (G-Win)
Getty, J. Paul
G.I. Joe action figures
Gibbs, Andy
Gillette, King Camp
GIS (Greentree Information Services)
Glidden, Carlos
Glidden, Joseph F.
global distribution
Goddard, Dr. Robert Hutchings
Godowsky, Leopold
Golding, Sir William
Goldman, Sylvan N.
Gonet, Helen G.
Good Earth, The
Goodyear, Charles
Gordon, Joan
Grant, Bud
Gray, John
Greentree Information Services (GIS)
GRFP (Graduate Research Fellowship Program)
guarantees
contract details
negotiating
guided missile electronic controllers
Gumpel, Julian
Guthrie, Woody
H
hair-growing lotion
Hall, John
Handler, Ruth
Harris, Paul
Hartelius, Mark
Harvill, George
Hasbro and Discovery Communications, Inc. partnership
Hatch, Senator Orrin
healthier video games
helicopter
Herbig, Paul
Hersch, Brian
Hershey’s Kisses
Hirtle, Mike
Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership
honesty
Hooker, Richard
Hoovers
Hopkins, Samuel
Horticulture, Aris
Hosmer, LaRue Tone
Houdini, Harry
Houston Inventors Association
HP Brand Licensing Program
Hughes, Ceil
Hugo, Victor
Hula Hoop
Hungry, Hungry Hippos inventor
Hunt, Walter
Huxley, Aldous
Huxley, Julian
I
“I Had One of Those”: Toys of Our Generation
Iacocca, Lee
IAP (Inventor Assistance Program)
IBM
brand licensing opportunities
N.I.H. syndrome
submissions
Ibuka, Masaru
indeminification of licensee/ licensor
independent inventor workshops
Index to the U.S. Patent Classifications
Industrial Technologies Program (ITP)
Industries of the Future
industry referrals
informal organizations
Information Directory
infringers
installment plans
instant cameras
intellectual property. See ip
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore website
Intellectual Property Owners, Inc. (IPO)
intentional patent abandonment
interference proceedings
interferences
Internet patent searches
Invent-A-Game program
invention consultants
Inventive Women
Inventor Assistance Program (IAP)
inventors
children websites
groups
notebooks
organizations. See organizations
quiz website
rights
Inventor’s Digest
ip (intellectual property)
design patents
international protection
licensee searches
plant patents
utility patents
IPO (Intellectual Property Owners, Inc.)
ITP (Industrial Technologies Program)
Ivory
IWIEF (Inventor’s Workshop International Educational Foundation)
J
Jackson, Michael
Jacobs-Meadway, Roberta
Jacobson Products
James, Richard
Jefferson, Thomas
Jennings, Thomas
Jobs, Steve
Johnson, Lonnie G.
Jones, Bob
Jordan, Michael
Judson, Whitcomb L.
K
Kahn, Edward
Kellogg’s Gr-r-reat Ideas search
Kelvin, William
Kettering, Charles F.
KidScreen
Kies, Mary
Kirik, Cathie
Knight, Margaret
Kodachrome film
Kraco Enterprises, Inc.
Kraft opportunities
Kroll, Fred
Kuhn Rikon
Kupferberg, Tuli
L
labor costs
Lamarr, Hedy
Land, Edwin H.
language translation SBIR grant
Lanham Act
Lapin, Aaron
large companies
Larsen, Norm
late payment interest
Latimer, Lewis
lava lamp
Law of Strawberry Jam
lawyers
approaching companies
conflicting marks searches
contracts
design patents
finding
patent
LCD patents
Leacock, Stephen
Lear, William
Learjet
Leder, Philip
Lee, Judge Gerald Brue
Lee, Robert Edward
legitimate marketing companies/agents
Lehmann, Roger
Lemelson, Jerome H.
Lemelson-MIT Program
Lemon, David
Lepselter, Harvey
Lerner, Joel M.
letter of transmittal
Levering, Mary Berghaus
Levy, Richard C.
10 Commandments for Success
10 Commandments of Contract Negotiation
Library of Congress Information System (LOCIS)
License!
Li©ense! Global
licensees
auditing
best efforts
defined
financing patents/ trademarks
finding
indemnification
ip searches
toy companies
licensing
advantages
agreements
advances
claiming limited knowledge
exclusivity
fairness and flexibility
foreign rights
guarantees
indemnification of licensee/licensor
invention description
ip searches
late payment interest
licensee best efforts
management by objectives flexibility
milestones
negotiating
out clause
reviewing
right to audit
royalties
spirit
standard
benefits
brand. See brands
building relationships with companies
collaborating with licensees
disadvantages
International Expo
large companies
MBA syndrome
preparations
prerequisites
reinventing skill sets
university
commercialization/ technology transfer programs
licensor
defined
indemnification
lie detector
Lieberman, Arthur
Lieberman, Senator Joe
light bulb carbon filament
Lincoln, Abraham
Linkletter, Art
Lippershey, Hans
liquid cuticle remover
local organizations
LOCIS (Library of Congress Information System)
Loewy, Raymond
logos
logotypes
Lohr, Ray
Loisel, Diane B.
Lombroso, Cesare
Longoria, Jose
looks-like, works-like models
looks-like models
Lord of the Flies
Lordan, Elizabeth
Lowe, Edwin S.
M
M*A*S*H
MacCollum, Robert
MacCracken, Calvin D.
Maddocks, Richard
Madison, James
Magee, Carlton
Magic Slate
Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM)
maintenance fees
management by objectives
Mannes, Leopold
Manual of Classification
manufacturing. See production
Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)
manufacturing takeover (MTO) costing
Marchick, Robert J.
market knowledge
marketability assessments
marketing
companies
complaints
Congressional hearing on scams
contract questions
Davison Design and Development, Inc. example
finding legitimate
fraudulent services
free booklet offers
FTC enforcement
knowing when to walk away
legitimate versus fraudulent
Project Mousetrap
reporting
toll-free numbers
unsolicited mail
line reviews
plans
Martin, Rod G.
Marx, Zeppo
Matzeliger, Jan Ernst
May, Stephen R.
MBA syndrome
McCafferty, Jim
McCoy, Elijah
Meitner, Lise
Melita Automatic Drip Coffee Maker
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus board game
meningitis cure
MEP (Manufacturing Extension Partnership)
Micro Machines
Millikan, Robert Andrews
Minnesota inventor rights
models
advantages
audience knowledge
breadboards
cannibalizing commercial products
components/parts suppliers
durability
exceptions
functionality
looks-like
looks-like, works-like
makers
names
paying for
process preparations
proving
rapid
utility patents
virtual
modern plastics
molecular diagnostics testing
Monopoly
Mood Rings
Morgan, Garrett
Mormando, Darrell
Morris, Andrea
Morton, Marcus
Morton® Umbrella Girl
motivations
Motorola
MRAM (Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory)
MTO (manufacturing takeover) costing
Mulikin, Samuel
Mullen, Chuck
multiple submissions
N
names
prototypes
trade and commercial
NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center
satellite photographs
National Aeronautics and Space Administration research and development center
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
national organizations
National Science Foundation (NSF)
National Toy Hall of Fame
naysayers
negotiating
advances
agreeing to agree
compromise
contracts
guidelines
time of day
guarantees
licensing agreements
option agreements
royalties
Nelson, Neil
Nesmith, Bette
Nesmith, Michael
Network Foundation Technologies
networking
conferences
New York Toy Fair
organizations
trade shows
New York Toy Fair
Newmar, Julie
NiFTy
N.I.H. (Not Invented Here) syndrome
NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Nitonol
Nobel, Alfred
non-eligible copyright material
non-registerable trademarks
nonprovisional utility patent applications
Not Invented Here (N.I.H.) syndrome
Notice of Allowance
notices of copyright
Nova translation
NSF (National Science Foundation)
nuclear fission
O
O’Brien, John P.
O’Neal, Dr. Mike
oaths
plant patents
utility patents
Oberth, Hermann
Odza, Michael
Official Gazette
Oh-Sew-Easy Needles
oil lubricators
oldest registered trademark
OneSource
online data banks
online patent services
operating instructions
optical disk products at PTDLs
option agreements
organizations
advantages
American
informal
memberships
national
objectives
sharing information
social networking tools
starting
state/local
warnings
out clause
outboard motor
outlicensing
outside independent toy inventor products
overseas production
customs problems
differences
diplomatic mission
English
factory visits
gift giving
hiring foreign national based in-country help
hospitality
intellectual property protection
labor costs
qualifying
relationship building
trade violations
P
packaging
Parker ballpoint pen ad translation
Parker Pen design patents
parking meters
Parnes, Lydia
parts suppliers
Patent Act of 1836
Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries (PTDLs)
Patent and Trademark Institute (PTI)
patent attorneys
advantages
American Inventors Protection Act knowledge
complaints
confidentiality agreements
directed searches
estimates
finding
groundwork money-savers
hiring patent draftsmen
hiring patent searchers
interviewing
Levy’s hiring rules
overcharging clients
registration
specialists
patents
abandonment
actions
advantages/disadvantages
amending
American Inventors Protection Act
appealing
applications
applied for
automotive
blogs
classification system
copies
copyright comparison
design. See design patents
do-it-yourself
DOE
electronic applications
examiners
extending
fax submissions
financing
first North American
first U.S.
infringement
interferences
inventor application exceptions
laws
litigation
novelty and patentability queries
online services
overview
pending
petitions for revival
plant. See plants, patents
presentations
prior art orders
protection
publishing
rejection
requirements
response time
rights
Rothschild Petersen Patent Model Museum
royalty ties
searches
direct-hire
do-it-yourself
electronic databases
manual search steps
patent attorney directed
PTDLs
reviewing results
training sessions
U.S. Patent Search Flow Chart
selling
sharing
state percentages
submarine
third-party assignment
top ten U.S. companies
trolls
utility. See utility patents
world’s first
Peckham, Jim
Pemberton, John S.
Pepsi slogan translation
Perdue chicken slogan translation
perseverance
personal effort
pessimism
petitions for revival
Petroski, Henry
Phillios, Alonzo D.
Pink Lady Apples
pitching ideas
background binders
categories
executive summaries
honesty
multiple submissions
PPP (post-pitch propulsion)
presentation software
process
Skype
success odds
taking products to tooling
technical inclusions
P.J. Sparkles
Plant Variety Protection
plants
families
inventors
patents
applications
asexual reproduction
claims
costs
drawings
first
hints
infringement
inventorship
mailing
oaths/declarations
protection
provisions/limitations
publication
Queen of England
requirements
roses
specifications
specimens
Spring Meadow Nursery
Super Tree
top ranking
utility patents
trademarks
Playthings
Popcorn, Faith
Powell, Ken
power steering
PPP (post-pitch propulsion)
preliminary takeover
presentations
background binders
categories
executive summaries
honesty
multiple submissions
pitching
Skype
software applications
success odds
taking products to tooling
technical inclusions
prior art
private companies
production
appropriation approval
concept approval
final drawings
final sculpture
FTP/RTP
marketing line review
MTO costing
overseas. See overseas production
packaging design
preliminary drawings
preliminary takeover
problems
production starts
proving models
tooling
trade shows
USPTO package approval
VSP
products
champion
finding
liability insurance
Project Mousetrap
prototypes. See models
provisional utility patent applications
PTDLs (Patent and
Trademark Depository
Libraries)
manual search steps
optical disk products
publications
trademark searches
PTI (Patent and Trademark Institute)
public companies
Public Search Facility
Q
Qualitex
Queen of England
QVC
QWERTY keyboard
R
railroad car air brakes
Ranch, Paul Ecke
Randolph, Edmund
rapid prototyping
RCA founder
Reard, Louis
Reddi-Wip
reduction to practice
registration symbol (®)
registrations
copyrights
federal trademarks
trademarks
certificates
federal
non-registerable
registerable
Reiner, Larry
reinventing skill sets
rejection
release to production (RTP)
reporting
marketing companies
trade violations
requirements
copyright applicants
patents
plant patents
trade secrets
trademark applicants
research and development centers
researching
private companies
public companies
toy ideas
resumés
Reynolds, Joshua
Riar, Sammie
right to audit clause
rights
foreign
patents
trademark
risks
Rizzi, Sam
Robbins, Merle
rocket propulsion
Rogers, Will
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Theodore
rose patents
Ross, Michael
rotary-dial telephone
Rothschild, Alan W.
Rothschild Petersen Patent Model Museum
Routledge, Robert
Royaltie$
royalties
contract details
large companies
late payment interest
negotiating
patent ties
public companies
Royalty Administration International
RTP (release to production)
Rubbermaid design patents
Rubik, Dr. Erno
Rubik’s Cube
S
sacrifice
safety
flares
manufacturing problems
toys
safety pins
safety razors
Sanders, Mike
Sandia National Laboratories
Sanford, Nevitt
Sarnoff, David
Satten, Michael
SBA (Small Business
Administration)
entrepreneur resources
establishment
Office of Technology
SBIR
STTR
venture capital resources
SBIR (Small Business
Innovation Research)
Program
application criteria
awards
participating agencies
state-supported
success stories
Scalia, Associate Justice Antonin
schedules
Schick, Jacob
Scholl, Dr. William
Scientific Library of the Patent and Trademark Office
Scotchgard
Scrabble
searching
conflicting marks
copyright status
patents. See patents, searches
trademarks
SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)
Secrets of Selling Inventions
securing copyrights
selective laser sintering
selling yourself
Semon, Waldo
service mark (SM)
Seven-Up Company Uncola trademark
SFF (solid freeform fabrication)
Sherman, Patsy O.
Shockley, William
shoemaking machine
Sholes, Christopher Latham
shopping carts
SIC (Standard Industrial Code)
Silver, Spencer
Singer, Isaac
Siprut, Leonard
Skype
Slinky
slogans
Small Business Administration. See SBA
Small Business Innovation Development Act
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program
small companies
Smith, Gary
Smith, Samuel
Smolen, Jason Esq.
social networking tools
software patentability
solid freeform fabrication (SFF)
Sommer, Robin Langley
Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
Soule, Samuel
Spikell, Mark A.
sports sneaker soles
Spring Meadow Nursery
Standard & Poor’s
square-bottomed paper bags
Standard Induedstrial Code (SIC)
standard license agreements
Starkist
states
attorney general offices website
inventor rights
organizations
supported SBIR programs
trademarks (™)
Statue of Liberty design patent
Stein, Ben
stereolithography
Stewart, Timothy A.
Stingley, Norman
Strong National Museum of Play
Strowger, Almon
STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer) program
Stuart, General James E.B.
submissions. See also
presentations
agreements
fax
multiple
N.I.H. (Not Invented Here) syndrome
QVC
sun visor/eye shield
Sunshine Santas, The
Super Ball
Super Tree
Supersoaker squirt gun
suspenders
Switchblade
T
Taboo inventor
targeting companies
TARR (Trademark Application and Registration Retrieval System)
TEAS (Trademark Electronic Application system)
Tech Briefs
technical profiles
technical sections of presentations
Technology Innovation Program (TIP)
telephones
telescope
television
Tesh, Rollie
TESS (Trademark Electronic Search System)
thermometers
thermostats
third-party patent assignment
Thomas, Dave
ThomasNet
Thomson & Thomson
Thorne, Ken
Thornton, Dr. William
Thurow, Professor Lester C.
TIA (Toy Industry
Association)
Toy Inventor/Designer Guide
website
TIP (Technology Innovation Program)
Tocqueville, Alexis de
Tom Thumb locomotive
Tompkins, Dennis
tooling
top ten U.S. companies awarded patents
Topsy Tail
Total Licensing
Totes design patents
Toy and Game Inventor’s Handbook, The
Toy Bop: Kid Classics of the 50’s and 60’s
Toy Industry Association. See TIA
Toy Inventor/Designer Guide
Toy Inventors Weekend in Vermont
toys
Barbie
brand licensing magazines
brokers
company listings
dealing with licensees
G.I. Joe
Hasbro and Discovery Communications, Inc. partnership
ideas
industry overview
inspiring stories
lava lamps
Mood Rings
New York Toy Fair
outside independent inventor products
product history resources
professional agents
researching ideas
safety
Slinky
Strong National Museum of Play
Super Ball
TIA
Toy and Game Inventor’s Handbook, The
video games for health and activity
Toys: Celebrating 100 Years of the Power of Play
Toys and Family Entertainment
trade and commercial names
trade laws
trade shows
trade violation reporting system
Trademark Application and Registration Retrieval System (TARR)
Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)
trademarks
applicant requirements
application length
applying
blogs
Caterpillar
checking translations
color
common law
conflicting marks searches
copyright comparison
Denver Broncos
examining
federal
financing
forms
fragrances
Hershey’s Kisses
Micro Machines
non-registerable
Notice of Allowance
oldest registered
phone number references
plants
presentations
publication
registerable
registration certificates
resources
rights
searching
Starkist
state
Switchblade
symbol (™)
terms
tips
traps
Troopers
types
U.S. laws
value
trade secrets
Coca-Cola
protecting
requirements
UTSA
traffic signals
trains
Transgenic Non-Human Mammals
transistors
translations of trademarks
transportation problems
Tratner, Alan A.
Trivial Pursuit
Troopers
Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin Eduordovich
Tucci, Elizabeth
Twain, Mark
Tweddell III, Richard
twentieth-century inventions
U
Udell, Lawrence J.
UIA (United Inventors Association)
Uncola trademark
Uniform Trade Secret Act (UTSA)
unintentional patent abandonment
university commercialization/ technology transfer programs
university technologies
Uno
unsolicited mail
U.S. Patent Search Flow Chart
USG labs
USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office). See also patents; trademarks
actions
copies of patents
Disclosure Document program
electronic patent applications
employees
establishment
fax submissions
federal trademarks
functions
IAP (Inventors Assistance Program)
interference proceedings
Internet search systems
jobs
novelty and patentability queries
Official Gazette
package approval
prior art orders
Public Search Facility
publication of plant/utility patents
publishing applications
Web Patent Database
U.S. trade laws
utility patents
application rules
compared to design patents
English
maintenance fees
models
nonprovisional applications
oaths/declarations
plants
provisional applications
publication
sample forms
UTSA (Uniform Trade Secret Act)
V
value
design patents
trademarks
Van Drebbel, Cornelius
VegiForms
Velcro
vendor sample pilot (VSP)
venture capital
venturing
video
conferencing online
presentations
Virginia inventor rights
virtual prototypes
Volkswagen design patents
VSP (vendor sample pilot)
vulcanized rubber
W
Waite-Stupiansky, Sandra
Walker, Craven
Walker, Madam C.J.
Wamsley, Herb
Warren, Northam
washing machines
Washington, George
Watkins, R.A.
Watts, Ray
WD-40 (Water Displacement—40th formula)
Weaver, Language
websites
3M submissions
ASTM International
AUTM
BBB
BountyQuest
Camp Invention
Copyright Office
copyrights
blogs
forms
Cornell Law School trademarks
Create the Future Design Contest
Davison Design and Development, Inc.
Department of Energy, Office of Industrial Technologies’ Inventions and Innovation Program
dorm room product ideas
Dow Jones
Dr. Toy
e-mailing large files
Entrepreneurial Readiness Survey
Faultless Starch/Bon Ami
federal government
federal grants
federal research and development labs
filing a design patent application
FTC
General Mills Worldwide Innovation Network
Hoover’s
IAP
IBM submissions
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
Invent-A-Game program
Inventive Women
inventor quiz
Inventor’s Digest
inventors and inventions for children
IPO
ITP
Kellogg’s Gr-r-reat Ideas search
KidScreen
Kraco Enterprises, Inc.
Kraft opportunities
License!
Li©ense! Global
Licensing International Expo
LOCIS
MEP
NASA satellite
NIST
NSF GRFP
OneSource
patent attorney searches
patents
blogs
searches
services
Project Mousetrap
QVC submissions
Rothschild Petersen Patent Model Museum
Royaltie$
Sandia National Laboratories
SBA
SBIR
SEC
Standard & Poor’s
starting inventors organizations
state attorney general offices
Strong National Museum of Play
TARR
TEAS
TESS
ThomasNet
Thomson & Thomson
TIA
TIP mailing list
Total Licensing
toy safety
Toys and Family Entertainment
trade violation reporting
trademark blogs
UIA
U.S. trade laws
USPTO jobs
Weingartner, Ron, blog
WIPO
WISC
ZoomInfo
Webster, Dr. Noah
Weingartner, Ron
Welch, William M.
Westinghouse, George
Whitehead, Alfred North
Whitney, Eli
Willard, John Wesley Sr.
Williamson, John K.
Willkie, Wendell L.
Wilson, Greg
Wilson, Joe
Window Wizard
windshield wipers
Winslow, Samuel
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Office)
WISC (Wisconsin Innovation Service Center)
Woods, Granville T.
World Wide Web
world’s first patent
Wozniak, Steve
Wysocki, Bernard Jr.
X-Y-Z
xerography
X-Search
Yahtzee
yo-yo key chains
Yoder Brothers
Zaiger, Floyd
Zaiger Genetics
Zephyr
zipper
ZoomInfo
Zworykin, Vladimir
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