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“I thought I would write to tell you a little about the Invent Now Challenge and my experiences in New York City where my DC-AC Soft-Switching Inverter was presented to a final judging panel. The sponsors and administrators for the contest were superb in the way they treated all the semifinalists. I recommend the 2008 Invent Now Challenge to all inventors because it is a fine way not only to show your own invention, but to also meet other inventors and see their enthusiasm and professionalism. (more…)

We’re a nation of inventors in garages and corporate labs, creating new gadgets and services that delight us and occasionally drive us crazy.
USA TODAY chose inventions that changed our lives since 1982.

1Cellphones
Car phones were around in the 1970s, but it wasn’t until 1983 that Motorola introduced the first widely available handheld cellphone. The DynaTAC 8000x weighed almost 2 pounds, but it still cost $3,995.

To see the other 24 inventions click….: (more…)

Question: what steps do I need to take to patent a product improvement idea?

Answer: Contact a patent attorney. I suggest the Law Office of Steven B. Leavitt where you can get your idea analyzed for no cost. Go the website YouInventIt.com and submit your idea. It is confidential and there is no obligation.

Method and apparatus for creating and ordering customized branded merchandise over a computer network. US Patent # 6,845,365

This is one of those great ideas that leaves you wondering why didn’t I think of that first? Oh well…too late, Jones Soda is already cashing in on this idea!  Simple enough but a brilliant idea for a company who’s built a brand on making innovative products.

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The History Channel(R) and Invent Now(R) Inc., a subsidiary of the National Inventors Hall of Fame(R) Foundation,  named the top 25 inventions of 2007 through the second annual Modern Marvels Invent Now(R) Challenge, a national competition searching for America’s next great invention idea.

One of the 25 semi finalist is the inventor of the “DC-AC Soft-Switching Inverter” Mr. James S. Hacsi, Postal Clerk, Pueblo, CO.

The DC-AC Soft-Switching Inverter is an electronic circuit that changes direct current into alternating current. To read more about this patent go check www.shop4patents.com under “Patent for sale or Licensing”, under the “Electronic Hardware circuitry” category. (Sponsor’s note: www.Shop4patents.com is a site that advertises and promotes patents in order to get them visibility and exposure in front of investors, manufacturers and product scouts). (more…)

Google has introduced Google Patent Search, a service that makes it easy to search the USPTO’s 7 million patents. Its based on the same technology they use in their book searches. if you are looking for documentation on a specific patent you can search for them here.

Google Patent Search makes it easy to find your own patent as well as famous patents which have lead to products that have changed our daily lives like Apple’s iPod, Google’s PageRank^TM or Bluetooth. You can search by title, patent number and by keywords found the in the Patent Filing.

From the Google Blog:

It’s a natural extension of our mission to make this public domain government information more easily accessible using Google’s search technology. We’re pleased to have started with over 7 million patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and look forward to expanding our coverage over time.

You can search by patent number, patent title, or inventor’s name. We decided to give Google’s Patent Search a try. Here are a few patents we found using information from the patent web pages on shop4patents.com.

• Electronic Distance Measuring Device – google
• Hairbrush and More… google
• Speed Bandage – google
• Gatekeeper5 – google
• Vehicle Solar Radiation Shield – google