Effective September 26, 2011, the USPTO increased the U.S. provisional patent application filing fee from $110 to $125 for small entities.  You can view the new USPTO fee schedule at http://www.uspto.gov/about/offices/cfo/finance/fees.jsp Not a huge increase, just $15 but don’t make the mistake of paying more than you should to draft the provisional patent application. Use [...]

Regular readers on invention addict know that I run hot and cold when it come to Quirky.com, the Social Product Development Community Open Innovation Website now TV show. I think Quirky is a great concept and for the casual or accidental inventor to offer them chance at success as long as they understand the limitations [...]

I started with the Kindle app on my Droid Smartphone. Then the PC app and when I got an Android Tablet for Father’s day, I got the Kindle and the Nook app on there too. I’ve been reading like a mad man. I like to read but this took it up a notch. Also getting [...]

Here’s a list (Excel document) with a list of companies that accept inventor submissions. I categorized the list to make it easier for you to find what you need. I also checked each link to see that they worked. In some cases, I provide the link directly to the invention submission page that some sites [...]

When it Comes to Sell Sheets and Getting Your Invention Licensed–The Medium is the Message Marshall McLuhan coined this phrase in the 1960’s meaning that the form, or the way a message is communicated, becomes part of the message. It creates a relationship where the medium influences how the message is perceived by the recipient. [...]