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Inventors Forum is a member of the United Inventors Association, www.uiausa.org, a national non-profit inventors' help group. Their website has a tremendous amount of information and many great links to other legitimate inventor groups and service providers.
  
The following links have been recommended by members and former speakers.
  1. List of Patent Attorneys/Agents http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/olia/oed/roster/index.html
  2. Inventor Assistance Center http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapp/pacmain.html
  3. Inventor Resources http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/iip/index.htm
  4. Patent Forms http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/index.html#patent
  5. Patent/Patent Publication Searching http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
    Local Patent Organizations
  1. Orange County Patent Law Association http://www.ocpla.org
  2. Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association http://www.laipla.org
  3. San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association http://www.sdipla.com

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General Invention Assistance

United States Patent & Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov

Patents http://www.uspto.gov/main/patents.htm

AND: http://www.uspto.gov/smallbusiness/

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/

MIT Invention Dimension!
http://web.mit.edu/invent/

Nolo Patent & Trade Secrets
http://www.nolo.com/lawcenter/ency/index.cfm/catID/FD8C060B-5DD4-4809A53ECCF6BBD87E32

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 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/

 
 

 

 

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