f turning an idea into a tangible product. Any person can do it if he/she goes the extra mile to make it happen.

Now that the word is out I continue to send out press releases and blog about it to build name brand recognition and hopefully increase the stock value.

Next you want to think of a name for your corporation. You can name it whatever you want, but my suggestion is to think of something professional that helps describe the product. Though my product's name is “Insert Alert”, common sense told me not to name it “Insert Alert, Inc” for a myriad of reasons. What if I think of another invention, or someone on my board or in my group does? Are we stuck with Insert Alert, Inc? I hope not. But how does North American Satellite Systems (NASS) sound? I would much prefer to invest in such a company, plus, the name and brand allows us to explore further into satellite systems and see what is out there for other similar inventions.

Now that I (sort of) know what I am doing, does that mean the game is over and I “have it made”? Not quite. I am still dealing daily with engineers, investors, attorneys and

Inventors, Predators, And Land mines

Webster describes invention as a new, useful process, machine, improvement, etc., that did not exist previously and that is recognized as the product of some unique intuition or genius, as distinguished from ordinary mechanical skill or craftsmanship.

But it describes inventor as a person who invents, esp. one who devises some new process, appliance, machine, or article; one who makes inventions.

The reason I mention both terms and meanings is that the inventor often mistakes him or herself from the actual invention. The ego gets caught up in the idea and process. That can not only be a dangerous thing, but one in which the person (and notice “person” is a key word in the definition that does not appear in the definition of invention) loses interest in the excitement of the process of bringing an idea into manifestation and into the marketplace. This invention may help improve mankind, leave the planet a better place than where the inventor found it, and, consequently, make the inventor wealthy beyond his or her wildest imagination.

For those of you who are old veterans of inventing, please disregard or ignore most of my ramblings. You already know all this and possibly have been through it. I guess by now I am an old veteran holding several patents and thousands of copyrights.

So you've got an idea and you have been mulling it around awhile. You can envision it in the marketplace yet nobody else can. You see a commercial on television from an invention representative firm and you call them. They gladly take several thousand dollars from you to “help” you with it. Hopefully by now, you have caught on and saved your hard-earned money. There are very few legitimate invention firms out there who really can help you and they don't advertise. They usually approach the inventor if they think the invention is a winner. No legitimate invention firm will charge you any fees. The fees should be coming from their direction to you. They hope you don't realize that. Now you do.

So you want to patent your idea. Can it be patented? No. Ideas cannot be patented, copyrighted or trademarked. However, you can draw a working model or develop a working prototype and take a picture of it (helps to have a working diagram showing how it makes it different than anything else on the market). Go to the U.S. Patent & Trademark website, click on “forms” and download a patent form. Can't afford the $500 for a full patent? Download the provisionary patent form. It protects you for a year and costs $100. Fill it out, and along with your diagram and/or photo, and a brief description of the product, mail it back. Be patient. There's lots of us out there. You will hear back within a month or two and have your patent form.

Now the real work begins. If you have your own trust fund, you can ignore the rest of this article. Simply open a manufacturing plant and get started.

If you are like me, (and have had to work for it), but don't have a huge cash flow to pay every attorney, accountant, manufacturer, etc. you might want to form a corporation and barter stock for services and goods.

You can write press releases about your firm coming out with the product and stock options are open and for sell. You might attract investors and future stockholders. That is what I did with my last invention “Insert Alert”. It is the world's first and only “intelligent medical alert device”. It is worn as jewelry. It has a computer chip and is completely automated. It monitors all vital signs, has satellite gps tracking to pinpoint where you are at all times, and actually “dials” 9-11 if there is a problem (even if you are unconscious). It stores your past medical records. It text-messages your loved ones with location and problem.

I am very proud of it and had investors lined up before I even incorporated it (I incorporated it as a sub chapter “s” (for tax purposes) in Delaware. You can do that too if you wish.

I try to go on with my daily routine. If I think too much about it, my ego gets tied up and I forget all the little and big steps ahead before bringing it to market. I had to find an engineering company, an investor, I have to get FDA approval, it helps to have UL (Underwriters Laboratories) approval. Lots to do and I'm just a “person” (remember the word “person” in the definition of inventor). Being an inventor does not make me any more special than a non-inventor. It simply means I found a niche and learned the steps of turning an idea into a tangible product. Any person can do it if he/she goes the extra mile to make it happen.

Now that the word is out I continue to send out press releases and blog about it to build name brand recognition and hopefully increase the stock value.

Next you want to think of a name for your corporation. You can name it whatever you want, but my suggestion is to think of something professional that helps describe the product. Though my product's name is “Insert Alert”, common sense told me not to name it “Insert Alert, Inc” for a myriad of reasons. What if I think of another invention, or someone on my board or in my group does? Are we stuck with Insert Alert, Inc? I hope not. But how does North American Satellite Systems (NASS) sound? I would much prefer to invest in such a company, plus, the name and brand allows us to explore further into satellite systems and see what is out there for other similar inventions.

Now that I (sort of) know what I am doing, does that mean the game is over and I “have it made”? Not quite. I am still dealing daily with engineers, investors, attorneys and

ans of inventing, please disregard or ignore most of my ramblings. You already know all this and possibly have been through it. I guess by now I am an old veteran holding several patents and thousands of copyrights.

So you've got an idea and you have been mulling it around awhile. You can envision it in the marketplace yet nobody else can. You see a commercial on television from an invention representative firm and you call them. They gladly take several thousand dollars from you to “help” you with it. Hopefully by now, you have caught on and saved your hard-earned money. There are very few legitimate invention firms out there who really can help you and they don't advertise. They usually approach the inventor if they think the invention is a winner. No legitimate invention firm will charge you any fees. The fees should be coming from their direction to you. They hope you don't realize that. Now you do.

So you want to patent your idea. Can it be patented? No. Ideas cannot be patented, copyrighted or trademarked. However, you can draw a working model or develop a working prototype and take a picture of it (helps to have a working diagram showing how it makes it different than anything else on the market). Go to the U.S. Patent & Trademark website, click on “forms” and download a patent form. Can't afford the $500 for a full patent? Download the provisionary patent form. It protects you for a year and costs $100. Fill it out, and along with your diagram and/or photo, and a brief description of the product, mail it back. Be patient. There's lots of us out there. You will hear back within a month or two and have your patent form.

Now the real work begins. If you have your own trust fund, you can ignore the rest of this article. Simply open a manufacturing plant and get started.

If you are like me, (and have had to work for it), but don't have a huge cash flow to pay every attorney, accountant, manufacturer, etc. you might want to form a corporation and barter stock for services and goods.

You can write press releases about your firm coming out with the product and stock options are open and for sell. You might attract investors and future stockholders. That is what I did with my last invention “Insert Alert”. It is the world's first and only “intelligent medical alert device”. It is worn as jewelry. It has a computer chip and is completely automated. It monitors all vital signs, has satellite gps tracking to pinpoint where you are at all times, and actually “dials” 9-11 if there is a problem (even if you are unconscious). It stores your past medical records. It text-messages your loved ones with location and problem.

I am very proud of it and had investors lined up before I even incorporated it (I incorporated it as a sub chapter “s” (for tax purposes) in Delaware. You can do that too if you wish.

I try to go on with my daily routine. If I think too much about it, my ego gets tied up and I forget all the little and big steps ahead before bringing it to market. I had to find an engineering company, an investor, I have to get FDA approval, it helps to have UL (Underwriters Laboratories) approval. Lots to do and I'm just a “person” (remember the word “person” in the definition of inventor). Being an inventor does not make me any more special than a non-inventor. It simply means I found a niche and learned the steps of turning an idea into a tangible product. Any person can do it if he/she goes the extra mile to make it happen.

Now that the word is out I continue to send out press releases and blog about it to build name brand recognition and hopefully increase the stock value.

Next you want to think of a name for your corporation. You can name it whatever you want, but my suggestion is to think of something professional that helps describe the product. Though my product's name is “Insert Alert”, common sense told me not to name it “Insert Alert, Inc” for a myriad of reasons. What if I think of another invention, or someone on my board or in my group does? Are we stuck with Insert Alert, Inc? I hope not. But how does North American Satellite Systems (NASS) sound? I would much prefer to invest in such a company, plus, the name and brand allows us to explore further into satellite systems and see what is out there for other similar inventions.

Now that I (sort of) know what I am doing, does that mean the game is over and I “have it made”? Not quite. I am still dealing daily with engineers, investors, attorneys and

(helps to have a working diagram showing how it makes it different than anything else on the market). Go to the U.S. Patent & Trademark website, click on “forms” and download a patent form. Can't afford the $500 for a full patent? Download the provisionary patent form. It protects you for a year and costs $100. Fill it out, and along with your diagram and/or photo, and a brief description of the product, mail it back. Be patient. There's lots of us out there. You will hear back within a month or two and have your patent form.

Now the real work begins. If you have your own trust fund, you can ignore the rest of this article. Simply open a manufacturing plant and get started.

If you are like me, (and have had to work for it), but don't have a huge cash flow to pay every attorney, accountant, manufacturer, etc. you might want to form a corporation and barter stock for services and goods.

You can write press releases about your firm coming out with the product and stock options are open and for sell. You might attract investors and future stockholders. That is what I did with my last invention “Insert Alert”. It is the world's first and only “intelligent medical alert device”. It is worn as jewelry. It has a computer chip and is completely automated. It monitors all vital signs, has satellite gps tracking to pinpoint where you are at all times, and actually “dials” 9-11 if there is a problem (even if you are unconscious). It stores your past medical records. It text-messages your loved ones with location and problem.

I am very proud of it and had investors lined up before I even incorporated it (I incorporated it as a sub chapter “s” (for tax purposes) in Delaware. You can do that too if you wish.

I try to go on with my daily routine. If I think too much about it, my ego gets tied up and I forget all the little and big steps ahead before bringing it to market. I had to find an engineering company, an investor, I have to get FDA approval, it helps to have UL (Underwriters Laboratories) approval. Lots to do and I'm just a “person” (remember the word “person” in the definition of inventor). Being an inventor does not make me any more special than a non-inventor. It simply means I found a niche and learned the steps of turning an idea into a tangible product. Any person can do it if he/she goes the extra mile to make it happen.

Now that the word is out I continue to send out press releases and blog about it to build name brand recognition and hopefully increase the stock value.

Next you want to think of a name for your corporation. You can name it whatever you want, but my suggestion is to think of something professional that helps describe the product. Though my product's name is “Insert Alert”, common sense told me not to name it “Insert Alert, Inc” for a myriad of reasons. What if I think of another invention, or someone on my board or in my group does? Are we stuck with Insert Alert, Inc? I hope not. But how does North American Satellite Systems (NASS) sound? I would much prefer to invest in such a company, plus, the name and brand allows us to explore further into satellite systems and see what is out there for other similar inventions.

Now that I (sort of) know what I am doing, does that mean the game is over and I “have it made”? Not quite. I am still dealing daily with engineers, investors, attorneys and

t”. It is the world's first and only “intelligent medical alert device”. It is worn as jewelry. It has a computer chip and is completely automated. It monitors all vital signs, has satellite gps tracking to pinpoint where you are at all times, and actually “dials” 9-11 if there is a problem (even if you are unconscious). It stores your past medical records. It text-messages your loved ones with location and problem.

I am very proud of it and had investors lined up before I even incorporated it (I incorporated it as a sub chapter “s” (for tax purposes) in Delaware. You can do that too if you wish.

I try to go on with my daily routine. If I think too much about it, my ego gets tied up and I forget all the little and big steps ahead before bringing it to market. I had to find an engineering company, an investor, I have to get FDA approval, it helps to have UL (Underwriters Laboratories) approval. Lots to do and I'm just a “person” (remember the word “person” in the definition of inventor). Being an inventor does not make me any more special than a non-inventor. It simply means I found a niche and learned the steps of turning an idea into a tangible product. Any person can do it if he/she goes the extra mile to make it happen.

Now that the word is out I continue to send out press releases and blog about it to build name brand recognition and hopefully increase the stock value.

Next you want to think of a name for your corporation. You can name it whatever you want, but my suggestion is to think of something professional that helps describe the product. Though my product's name is “Insert Alert”, common sense told me not to name it “Insert Alert, Inc” for a myriad of reasons. What if I think of another invention, or someone on my board or in my group does? Are we stuck with Insert Alert, Inc? I hope not. But how does North American Satellite Systems (NASS) sound? I would much prefer to invest in such a company, plus, the name and brand allows us to explore further into satellite systems and see what is out there for other similar inventions.

Now that I (sort of) know what I am doing, does that mean the game is over and I “have it made”? Not quite. I am still dealing daily with engineers, investors, attorneys and

f turning an idea into a tangible product. Any person can do it if he/she goes the extra mile to make it happen.

Now that the word is out I continue to send out press releases and blog about it to build name brand recognition and hopefully increase the stock value.

Next you want to think of a name for your corporation. You can name it whatever you want, but my suggestion is to think of something professional that helps describe the product. Though my product's name is “Insert Alert”, common sense told me not to name it “Insert Alert, Inc” for a myriad of reasons. What if I think of another invention, or someone on my board or in my group does? Are we stuck with Insert Alert, Inc? I hope not. But how does North American Satellite Systems (NASS) sound? I would much prefer to invest in such a company, plus, the name and brand allows us to explore further into satellite systems and see what is out there for other similar inventions.

Now that I (sort of) know what I am doing, does that mean the game is over and I “have it made”? Not quite. I am still dealing daily with engineers, investors, attorneys and the like to make sure everything is done the way it is supposed to be done. It is certainly a humbling and learning experience, sometimes scary, sometimes exhilarating

I highly recommend a website called http://www.Inventionconvention.com It is run by a Paul Gnass in Los Angeles and he has all the information you need on the site to see your product to market and to keep the predators at bay.

Good luck with your venture!