This resource provides inventors with essential facts, considerations and steps that must be implemented before launching new product-inventions onto the marketplace, to better increase the odds for success. Authored by inventor - Jim Lowrance, who has successfully marketed and licensed six products in the outdoors sports industry, placing them with some of the world's largest retail outlets, including Wal-Mart stores, Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's.
He also gained national telemarketing exposure for his products and landed a national promotion for his patented fishing rod accessory called "The Rod Floater", with a major oil company - Kerr-McGee, manufacturer of Mystik outboard motor oil (1992). He currently still receives royalty payments for this invention (since 1995) and previously licensed five others, eventually selling them for outright sums to manufacturers who still market them.
Written in easy-to-follow language, this resource offers opportunity for a well-rounded, general education that can help to instill a better level of confidence and knowledge to inventors of new products with potential for success in the marketplace. No one can promise positive outcomes to inventors but being well-armed with the right information can significantly increase the chances of success.
TABLE OF CONTENTS – SECTION ONE (6 Chapters):
“Marketing Inventions Successfully”
Chapter One: My Personal Invention Success Story
Chapter Two: Marketing Your Own Invention
Chapter Three: Patenting - Protecting Your Invention
Chapter Four: Promoting Your Invention in the Market Place
Chapter Five: The Advantages in “licensing” (Royalty Agreement) your Invention
Chapter Six: Beware of Dishonest Invention Companies
TABLE OF CONTENTS – SECTION TWO (9 Chapters):
“The Best Darn Invention Marketing E-Book!”
Chapter One: Researching the Market Value of Inventions
Chapter Two: Preparing for Invention Submission
Chapter Three: Conducting a Preliminary Patent Search
Chapter Four: The Valuable USPTO Provisional Patent Program
Chapter Five: Test Marketing Inventions Effectively
Chapter Six: The Invention License Agreement Option
Chapter Seven: Pursuing License Agreements for Inventions
Chapter Eight: Methods for Licensing Inventions
Chapter Nine: My Invention Marketing Success Story Revisited
It is my sincere wish that this e-book contributes to the success of many other inventors who help to give our world a brighter future through new and innovative inventions!