Links

We partner with other inventor groups and services to offer resources for your immediate need:

• The Importance of Lab Notebooks
• How to Investigate and Evaluate a Resource
• From Concept to Protection (USPTO video training)
• USPTO Inventors Assistance Center (patent information and services)
• A Safer Way to Invent
• Guide to easy patent searching online
• What you should know about legal counsel
• Ten questions for your IP attorney
• Sample disclosure agreements (five flavors)
• Learn about invention marketing companies from NCIO
• Assess the commerical value of your invention
• SCORE 60-Second Guides (planning, finance, marketing) and Business Tools
• Guide to preparing your product presentation
• Starting a Business (SBA counseling and training)
• Search a directory looking for inventions
• Find a company seeking a new product
• International or National trade show listings

Here is a list of other reputable websites to visit:

• Intellectual Property Insurance Services Corporation (IPISC) is a complete intellectual property (IP) service organization, focusing mainly upon insurance products relating to the legal enforcement of intellectual property rights.
• The National Inventor Fraud Center is an excellent site to check out a company with which you are considering to work. They also provide great resources for inventors and tips on how to proceed with your idea.
• The Intellectual Property Owners Association features the "IPO Daily News". This site is a great source of information on all the legal issues of inventing.
• Houston Inventors Association promotes "Inventors Helping Inventors". Their list of links includes marketing companies and product evaluation.
• Small Business Administration is the small business resource.
• Enterprise Development Corporation facilitates the creation and growth of science and technology companies in Florida through strategic planning, technology transfer, strategic alliances and assistance with funding.
• Independent Inventors Resources is a customized resource prepared by the Office of Independent Inventor Programs. This Q/A portal on the USPTO web site provides the independent inventor with valuable information on the patent and trademark process, and establishes links to other related information, resources, and services that are important to protecting your intellectual property. The site also serves as a vehicle to warn the public of fraudulent invention promotion firms and their methods of doing business.
• Edison Inventors Association, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to reinvigorate and advance the inventive and entrepreneurial spirit of Thomas Alva Edision.
  
• SBA Guides (enter your zip code and download the file)
• Don Debelak's Online Articles an inventor's library
• Ronald J. Riley's InventorEd, another A-Z on inventing; great scam info
• USPTO Guides (patents guidance, tools and manuals