Inventing for Dummies

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 384 pages
• Published by: For Dummies May 7, 2004
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0764542311
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764542312
• Book Dimensions: 10.6 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 1.2 pounds

Product Description
Full coverage of the ins and outs of inventing for profit

Protect your idea, develop a product - and start your business!

Did you have a great idea? Did you do anything about it? Did someone else? Inventing For Dummies is the smart and easy way to turn your big idea into big money. This non-intimidating guide covers every aspect of the invention process - from developing your idea, to patenting it, to building a prototype, to starting your own business.

The Dummies Way
* Explanations in plain English
* "Get in, get out" information
* Icons and other navigational aids
* Tear-out cheat sheet
* Top ten lists
* A dash of humor and fun


Discover how to:
* Conduct a patent search
* Maintain your intellectual property rights
* Build a prototype product
* Determine production costs
* Develop a unique brand
* License your product to another company

Book Info
Easy-to-understand guide covers every aspect of the invention process, from developing an idea to building a prototype. Softcover.

Reader Reviews
The book offers a good explanation to the tyro of what it takes to protect your invention. The book is not really about inventing, per se. Despite what the title says. A careful read of the contents reveals relatively little discussion about the raw inventing process. That is, how does one come up with an original idea that can be patentable? It may well be that such a question has no answer. Rather, the book's contribution is to show the reader that, if you make something that you think is worth patenting, what are the necessary steps to do so. It explains how you can protect your invention from others. It focuses on steps that can be specifically described to you, and then performed by you. Like how to file a Provisional Patent Application. And how you can now do this electronically. (Which wasn't always the case.) While some of these steps are unique to the United States, in general they apply in most countries. There is also a brief discussion about copyright issues in the book. But it is tangential to the main topic.