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  • What Money Do You Spend First

    What Money Do You Spend First

    What Money Do You Spend First I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about what the first steps should be for an inventor and

  • Why Is Joining a Group so Important

    Why Is Joining a Group so Important

    Why Is Joining a Group so Important I’ve been adding on a caveat to all my videos lately about the virtual meetings that are available

  • Be Careful of the Attorney You Pick

    Be Careful of the Attorney You Pick

      So how do you pick a patent attorney?  Over the past 20 years, I’ve dealt with a significant number of attorneys.  I’m even married to one.  He’s taught me a great deal about working with them and how to filter out the good ones. First of all, you need a registered patent attorney.  Attorneys […]

  • Wait I really … I really need a Patent?

    Wait I really … I really need a Patent?

    Filing a patent can be one of the most important aspects of your journey to the marketplace with your invention.  As such, I think it’s a good idea to go over some of the basic terms associated with filing a patent on your intellectual property so that you better understand the options. What is intellectual […]

  • Got an Idea Whats next? Call The Inventor Lady

    Got an Idea Whats next? Call The Inventor Lady

    So You’ve Got an Idea, What’s Next?   One of the reasons I recommend joining some type of inventor’s group is because it introduces you to other inventors and allows the opportunity for you to hear their stories and the mistakes they have made on their journey.  Often times, inventors new to the process can […]

  • The Importance of Joining an Inventor Group | The Inventor Lady

    The Importance of Joining an Inventor Group | The Inventor Lady

    Join an Inventor Group to find resources and help! Getting information you need to make good decisions is critical to your success.  I can’t recommend enough how much joining an inventor groups can benefit you.  Particularly one that is associated with the United Inventor’s Association (UIA).   Our Meetup Groups are a Gold Certified UIA group Participating in […]

  • Inventor’s Galaxy Guide

    Inventor’s Galaxy Guide   We’re going to try and focus on some of the basic early steps in the mind to market process with the next series of videos.  So for all of you newbies out there, these are for you.  If you find you have additional questions, be sure to visit the Inventor Lady […]

  • Too Good To Be True

    Too Good To Be True

    We’ve all heard this before is just above every aspect of life.  And in the inventing process, it is absolutely TRUE as well!  Listen to your instincts.  I talk to inventors all of the time who hear one thing or another about inventing and their question to me is “Can that be true?”  I ask […]

  • Patent Search

    Patent Search

    Search Quest Patents independent comprehensive search includes USPTO by classification not keywords searching the WIPO database and completing a product search.

  • The First $$$ an Inventor Spends: Professional Comprehensive Patent / Product Search

    I frequently talk to inventors who jump into engineering a prototype and / or filing a patent before having the professional product search done. I understand: it’s the fun part. However, it can be a critical financial error. Most inventors are on a budget; and while you can fix anything if you throw enough money […]