AboutPenny Ballou Expertise The Invention Process; Royalties; Licensing Inventions/Products; Pricing; Direct to Market; Marketing/Promotions; Patent Searching; DIY patent writing; Types of patents/costs/how to's; Funding (grants and Angel investors); Prototyping; Off-Shore sourcing.
Experience I am founder of an inventors group; Advisory Board President of www.inventored.org; former Licensing Executive Society member; researcher for www.piausa.org and a consultant; plus moderate and contribute to several online inventor discussion groups.
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Education/Credentials Invention development: well-studied and applied in all aspects of the process and an inventor myself with one invention in patent pending and others ramping up. Lived and attended schools in Mainland China and the UK.
Question Hello
We recently received literature from Davison companies regarding a new invention. I am happy I have done some research on this company because it sounds like there have been lots of problems and not too many successes. How do you go about finding someone or company to bring an idea from conception to market?
Answer We recently received literature from Davison companies regarding a new invention. I am happy I have done some research on this company because it sounds like there have been lots of problems and not too many successes. How do you go about finding someone or company to bring an idea from conception to market?
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Hello Michelle,
Glad to find there are some inventors who know how to use Google and are willig to do some research before turning over monies. Well done!
There are so many ways to find and directly contact companies all involved with the word "research". Some would be :
Research publications in your product category to see who manufactures and distributes them. Another is to use Google to find who produces them. Yet another is to inspect similar products sold in stores or learn who distributes it then call them to see who the manufacturer is (work the channel backwards).
Likely you'll run across lots of other invention companies in your research most if not all of whom will ask for monies up-front. Steer clear of those outfits.
In closing, visit a local inventors club in your area to learn some of the basics as well as a public library.
