LINKS - Finding Info for Inventors

Folks, its overwhelming! Tons of information you could spend days and weeks checking out!

The Orange County, California Inventors Forum ( www.inventorsforum.org ) has a full page of good links that I am reproducing here:

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General Invention Assistance Ask the Inventors http://asktheinventors.com/ International Federation of Inventors' Associations  http://www.invention-ifia.ch/ Inventors Assistance League http://www.inventions.org/ Rent an Inventor and Margolin Development http://www.rent-an-inventor.com/ SBA - Starting Your Business - Patents, Trademarks. http://www.sba.gov/starting/indextrademarks.html Reference Sources for Inventors HowStuffWorks - Learn how Everything Works! http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm InventorEd's Free Resources http://www.inventored.org/ Inventors' Digest Magazine http://www.inventorsdigest.com/ Inventors Publishing & Research http://www.inventorspublishing.com/index.htm MIT Invention Dimension! http://web.mit.edu/invent/ Nolo Patent & Trade Secrets http://www.nolo.com/lawcenter/ency/index.cfm/catID/FD8C060B-5DD4-4809-A53ECCF6BBD87E32 North Orange County Computer Club Links http://www.noccc.org/links/index.html Stanford University Swain Library Resources for Patents and Inventions http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/swain/patent/pattop.html Thomas Register http://www.thomasregister.com/ Patents and Patent Searches Delphion Citation Link http://www.delphion.com/ European Patent Office http://www.european-patent-office.org/ General Information Concerning Patents http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/smbuss/patents/toc.htm Internet Patent News http://www.bustpatents.com/ Japan Patent Office http://www.jpo.go.jp/ The Patent Cafe www.patentcafe.com United States Patent and Trademark Office Search page http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/search.html United States Patent and Trademark Office Home http://www.uspto.gov/ University of Michigan Media Union Library http://www.lib.umich.edu/ummu/pattm/patsearch.html Protecting Your Idea NATIONAL INVENTOR FRAUD CENTER, INC. http://www.inventorfraud.com/goodguys.htm Licensing Patent Cafe Patent Licensing http://www.patentcafe.com/ Patent Cafe Licensing Inventions Articles http://www.cafezine.com/Articles/licensing_000925.html Patent Licensing article from Angenehm Law Firm http://www.angenehm.com/casestudy1.html Patent Licensing Strategies http://www.fenwick.com/pub/ip_pubs/PLicense/main.htm The Use of a Patent Licensing Center as an Intermediary http://vjolt.student.virginia.edu/text_only/vol3/vol3_art10.html Venture Organizations: The following So. Cal. organizations provide information and services relevant to the invention commercialization process: Association for Corporate Growth acgoc@aol.com Cal Tech/MIT Enterprise Forum caltech.edu/~entforum Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliance www.larta.org Los Angeles Venture Association lava4@aol.com Orange Coast Venture Group ocvg1@aol.com San Diego MIT Enterprise Forum sndforum@mit.org The San Diego Venture Group Online http://www.sdvg.org/ Tech Coast Venture Network http://www.tcvn.org/ VenturePoint Tech Coast SBDC http://www.venturepoint.org/ Inventors Forum: Mission Statement Inventors Forum is dedicated to assisting and educating early-stage inventors and to providing the environment necessary to safely bring new products ideas to the marketplace.  Check out: http://www.inventorsforum.org/

The four best sites I like are:

Andy Gibbs' Patent Cafe is the mother of all invention sites.  All kinds of relevant information and practical help for inventors.  You will spend hours and hours learning here.  I especially like the section for young inventors. Great place to spend your time.  A direct link is provided.

The Invention Dimension is hosted by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)people and has another awesome link list (so I don't have to do it myself).  Of special note is all the info and links geared to KIDS and info about the Lemelson-MIT Prizes for Inventors.

The Arthur D. Little Company site is more serious and technical.  Another huge source for really great links.

The next page gives you great links to learn about Patent Searching and its importance.
Also, a couple of good links discussing what the new Provisional Patents are all about.

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