Famous Inventions By Timeline or A - Z
The world is made of famous inventions, easily research this history and find any famous invention with A-to-Z lists, famous invention timelines, and history essays.
Famous Inventors : Nationality or A - Z
A complete resource for you to research any famous historical inventor. Includes biographies, A to Z directory, timelines, sections on Australian, Chinese, Hispanic, Native American and more nationalities.
Famous Black Inventors
Famous black inventors - a database list of African American patent holders and individual biographies of African American inventors. Black History month and the historic contributions of black scientists and engineers. African American women in technology.
Canadian Inventors & Inventions
Information on Canadian inventors and inventions, patent resources for professionals, historical timelines, Canadian accomplishments, patent holders, biographies, and lesson plans.
Chinese Inventions
Learn about ancient Chinese inventions and technology and the history of Chinese inventors. Learn about the kite, chopsticks, umbrellas, gunpowder, firecrackers, the steelyard, abacus, cloisonné, ceramics, papermaking and more.
Women Inventors
Famous women inventors - learn about women inventors inventing in traditionally male fields and why women are a minority of patent holders and how that is rapidly changing.
Professional Inventors
The basics, first steps for inventors, definitions, examples of forms, articles on the invention and business process, creativity and contact points.
Invention Funding
Invention funding - obtaining government grants small business loans scholarships and other programs and sources for funding.
Marketing and Licensing Inventions
Learn to locate manufacturers, prepare marketing material, submit marketing material to manufacturers and negotiate licenses for youe new ideas. Intellectual property business strategy for the independent and small business innovator. Use technology transfers to your advantage.
Invention Company Fraud
Invention company promotion firms to avoid and red flag warnings. Learn the signs that warn you not to do business with a certain company and learn the right questions to ask an invention company.
Trade Shows & Conventions
How to find trade shows and invention conventions of interest to inventors.
Intellectual Property Magazines
Best rated online magazines for inventors, intellectual property, patent law and patent and science news.
Inventor Organizations
Inventor support organizations and invention clubs. These are local groups that you can join and find support. This is a fantastic way for a new inventor to learn more about the process of inventing.
Invention Industry Services
Technology commercialization, marketing and new product development firms. Licensing patented technology for inventor clients. Patent, trademark, and intellectual property commercialization. Some low fee and shoe-string budget specialists.
Copyright Law and Copyright Protection
Copyright information and copyright law information, copyright protection, fair use and abuse, copyright offices, registration and application forms.
Patents
Basic and advanced information for filing a utilty, design, or plant patent application - find an attorney or agent - drawings - searches - translations - provisional and non-provisional - United States Patent Office and international offices.
Patent Searches
How to conduct a patent search, legal references and classifications, free online patent search databases, and professional search providers.
Trademarks Registration & Application
Trademarks issues - trademark search - registration at the United States Patent and Trademark Office - forms applications and classification - trademark infringement and the law.
Lesson Plans
Find a lesson plan for teaching about invention and inventors and other science lesson plans for grades K to 12.
Young Inventors Universe
Great sites and fun experiments all about inventing. Websites illustrating inventions made by kids. Workshops, courses and summer camps for kid inventors and contests kids can submit their inventions to. Lesson plans for teachers.
Ask An Expert
Science questions answered with ask an expert and science fact finder websites.
Brain Candy - Weird Science
Brain candy is weird science fun for inventors. Brain candy is science entertainment. Brain candy is radio shows, quizzes, puzzles and fun.
Robotics and Robots
Professional and amateur robotic sites. Ordering robot kits, parts and general electronic supplies. How to build a robot. Robot wars and places to compete with other robot makers. Robot demos and robotic inventions in action. Robotic model competitions.
Clipart - Free Science Clipart
Free science clipart to use with a science or invention theme.
Wacky Patents
Wacky patents and gadgets of an unconventional and humorous nature.
Today In History
Today-In-History sites spotlight famous events for every date (Today In History) for politics, birthdays, famous inventions and more.
Science Museums
The strangest science museums in the world.
Before You Buy
Important tips and resources to aid you in buying products and services related to inventors' needs, as well as inventive new products.
Top Picks
Product reviews and book reviews on inventor products and inventor history books.
Product Reviews
Reviews and product profiles - innovations.
Alphabetical List - Famous Inventor
From A to Z you can research the history and biography and photos of any famous inventor - just select the first letter of the name you choose to look for.
Alphabetical List: Famous Invention
Research the history about any famous invention. Just select the first letter of the choice you are looking for. Remember to look under the most generic term for your choice i.e., "nuclear submarines" might be under "submarines" but try both.
Very First Steps Inventors Have To Take
The very first and basic steps an inventor has take, written by the experts - the relationship between patents and the market value of inventions, the need for counsel, the need for prior art searches and being skeptical of invention promoters.
The USPTO Disclosure Document Program
To legally establish the date of your idea's conception, you may consider registering a Disclosure Document with the Patent and Trademark Office. An inexpensive service provided by the USPTO that provides for the acceptance and preservation for two years of a invention disclosure document.
Non Disclosure Agreements
A Non-Disclosure Agreement (also known as a Confidentiality Agreement) is used when someone with an unpatented idea shows it to another party and wants that party to maintain as confidential any information. Find non disclosure forms and samples.
Entrepreneur
It is quite an undertaking to manufacture, market, advertise, and distribute your own invention or intellectual property. Ask yourself, "do you have the spirit necessary to become an entrepreneur? If the answer is yes - here are the resources to self-educate yourself in the art of becoming a successful entrepreneur.
European Inventions By Country
European inventions listed by country.
Timelines of Invention and Technology
Invention and technology timelines tell the history of famous 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th century inventions.
Utility Patents - Patent It Yourself
Can you file a patent application without an attorney? How to patent an invention.
Provisional Patent Application
Filing a provisional patent application and the advantages and disadvantages of a provisional patent application.
Plant Patents - Biotechnology Biopiracy
The controversy surrounding biotechnology and biopiracy. The USPTO guidelines and how to file a plant patent application.
Basic Patent Information
Basic information on what kind of intellectual property protection do you need and how do you get it - frequently asked questions and tutorials.
Patent, Trademark & Copyright Offices
International listings include WIPO, USPTO, and EPO with intellectual property offices for every country.
First To Invent Rule
The United States uses the first to invent rule granting rights to the first inventor who conceives and reduces the technology or invention to practice, for example a working prototype or well-written description. Other countries use the first to file rule granting a patent and all rights to the first person who files a patent application for an invention.
Patent Law
Avoiding patent law problems - attorneys and agents - patent law in different countries.
Get Patent Forms and Software
Official forms from the U.S. Patent Office - PrintEFS software provides you with a convenient way to author and print the U.S. national patent application - PatentPro and other patent application software.
International Patents - PCT - EPC
International protection - basic facts about the patent cooperation treaty or PCT, the European Patent Convention or EPC, foreign applicants to the USPTO and international protection of software.
History of Patent Copyrights Trademarks
The history of patenting, the origins of patents, copyrights, and trademarks. Read about the history and view historical images of early patent offices and drawings.
Patent Related Services
Patent attorneys and agents - patent drawings - patent searches - patent translations.
Alternatives to Patents
"I want to make money before/without having a patent." This is a controversial issue, however, many successful inventors do follow this path. Here are few articles that support this school of thought.
Trade Secrets
Trade secrets are information that companies keep secret to give them an advantage over their competitors. The formula for Coca-Cola is the most famous trade secret.
Free Patent Search
A list of online databases for a free patent search covering Canada - United States - Europe - WIPO and the EPO free patent search, Japanese abstracts, and USPTO Depository Library Program.
How To Conduct A Patent Search
Learn strategy for patent searching as outlined by the USPTO. Using the USPTO public search room. Patent searching tutorials and techniques. The difference between a patentability search and an infringement search. Patent Classification Systems worldwide.
Professional Patent Search
Professional specialists in patent, trademark, and literature searching - international service.
Trademark Basics
Understanding trademarks. What are trademarks. What is the difference between a trademark and a copyright or a patent.
Trademark Application Forms
Check the current status of a pending trademark application or registered mark in the TARR system. You can fill out, validate and print trademark and service mark applications electronically via the PTO Web site for your own trademark registration with PrinTeas or e-TEAS.
Professional Trademark Searches
Professional US and international trademark search and trademark literature searching.
Trademark Classification and Searches
Trademark databases and tutorials for doing a trademark search or trademark classification search online. The United States Patent and Trademarks Office's official classification list of goods and services by international class. Find the international trademark classification number(s) that apply and must be stated in your trademark application.
International Trademark Searches
Do a trademark search online with this listing of free international online trademark searches.
Trademark Symbol Use and Trademark Law
Guides designed to help with accuracy in dealing with common-place, everyday subject matter trademarks symbols. Trademark law governs disputes between business owners over the names, logos, and other trademarks symbols they use to identify their goods and services in the marketplace - understand U.S. Trademark Law.
Venture Capital - Firms and Sources
Invention Funding - Venture capital financing sources and expertise on the lenders database and venture capital database with expert advice for getting business loans, commercial real estate loans, venture capital, technology incubators, IPO financing and more.
Grants, Loans, and Government Programs
Invention Funding - Community of Science (COS) funding and grant opportunities for research and development, the Defense Department's SBIR and STTR programs, the Department of Energy (DOE) grants, the National Institute of Health grants, SBA procurements and grants hot list.
Student Programs for Invention Funding
Invention Funding - Student programs and invention competitions including the B F Goodrich Collegiate Program and the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance.
Research Your Market
Online technology databases and marketing database like the industry research desk. Research your market online.
How To Keep An Inventor's Log Book
The patent system in the United States rewards the first person that invents a new product. An inventor's log book or journal helps you prove that you were first.
Workshops and Classes for Inventors
Innovation workshops, patent workshops and low cost seminars, and courses on new business orientation and new enterprises.
Toy Designing and Game Inventors
Basic steps and guides for toy and game designers to follow, including safety and design guidelines, toy manufacturers and interviews with successful toy designers.
Sample Forms, Agreements, Templates
Business plan templates for the inventors self assessment and the invention assessment market - commercialization confidential disclosure agreements - selected collection of books about the business of inventing - non-disclosure agreement samples.
Glossary of Patent Terms and Definitions
Intellectual property - definitions of patent law terms and a glossary of patent and intellectual property terms.
Creating Creativity and Innovation
Creativity and innovation - problem solving insights on creativity and innovation techniques, essays, exercises and more.
The Next Steps Inventors Need To Take
Can you apply for a patent yourself? - get the money - articles explaining the benefits of prototypes - research your market - licensing/marketing - non disclosure agreements - the USPTO's disclosure document program - inventor services.
Invention Assessment
Consumer, commercial, government and inventor groups with reasonable priced invention assessment and evaluation packages.
Invention Management Specialists
Technology commercialization, marketing and new product development firms for licensing patented technology for inventor clients. Patent, trademark, and intellectual property commercialization. Low fee and shoe-string budget specialists.
Technology Transfers
The Innovation Relay Centers IRC in Europe. Technology transfer companies including the University Technology Transfer Directory with over 3000 sites and articles explaining the technology transfer process.
Prototypes for Inventions
Information on plastic and other prototypes with articles explaining the benefits of prototypes and how to find the right prototyper.
Patent Attorneys and Agents
Patent lawyers and agents, a recommended directory and advice on how to select the right patent attorney or agent.
Patent Drawing - Trademark Illustration
Patent drawings - professional illustrations - self drawing software - correct patent or trademark illustration requirements.
Patent Translations
Patent translations from and into nearly every language, corrections to client produced texts, certification of translation for patent attorneys.
National Groups - United States
Champion organizations fighting and lobbying for inventors rights - Inventnet - Intellectual Property Owners - Inventors Assistance Resource Directory - Inventor Organizations U.S. - Cerf - National Congress of Inventor Organizations - The United Inventors Association Of The USA - National Patent Association - More
Local US & Canadian Inventor Groups
Inventor organizations and support groups for independent inventors for local U.S. and Canadian groups.
International and Multi-National Groups
International inventors' associations and organizations.
World National and Local Inventor Groups
National and local inventor organizations for countries other than the U.S., includes local funding and business support.
Newsgroups and Mailing Lists
Get current news concerning inventors or patent laws, join discussions and post questions, join mail lists and newsgroups full of information about inventors and learn the proper Usenet netiquette.
Our Readers' Inventions
Today's inventors - our readers have submitted their own websites for this list.
Activities For Young Inventors
Resources for the younger inventor and great sites about inventions that can help the younger reader.
Kid Inventions
Websites illustrating inventions made by kids.
Young Inventors Science Fun Experiments
Fun experiments you can do to help safely learn all about inventing and science.
Camp Invention - Workshops & Contests
Workshops, courses and summer camp invention for kid inventors. Contests kids can submit their inventions to.
Science Fair Projects
Easy to use kits, books, and downloads for building science fair projects.
Professional Robotics & Robots
Professional robotic sites listed with technical and trade related information and robotic research and development sites.
Amateur Robotics and Robots
Amateur robotic clubs for local hobby robot fans.
Robotic Kits
Places to order robotic kits and finished robots, parts and general electronic supplies. How to build a robot.
Robot Wars - Battlebots
Places to compete in robotic demos and watch robot wars in action. Groups that engage in robot model competitions and building Battlebots.
The History of Robots
Who invented the term robots? In 1956, George Devil and Joseph Engelberger formed the world's first robot company, but writers have been dreaming about robots long before that.
Robbie The Artist - Robot Art
Robotic art includes robot exhibitions, demos, toy robots and bot created art and tradeshow robots.
Industrial Revolution
The famous inventions of the Industrial Revolution - American - British and European - the Industrial Revolution defined was the widespread replacement of manual labor by new inventions or machinery.
German Inventors
A list of German inventors and inventions from germany.
Inventions of France - French Inventors
The accomplishments of famous French inventors - inventions from France.
Famous Belgian Inventors
Famous Flemish or Belgian inventors - great inventions from Belgium.
British Inventions - British Inventors
British inventions and famous inventors from the United Kingdom: England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland.
Italian Inventors
Famous Italian inventors - great inventions that originated from Italy.
Swiss Inventors
Swiss inventors - famous inventions originating from Switzerland.
Russian Inventors
Russian inventors and the history of famous inventions originating from Russia.
Australian Inventions
From the boomerang to the bionic ear, famous inventions and inventors from Australia.
Native American Inventions
Biographies of Native American inventors and the history of their achievements in science - native technologies ancient, modern or revived.
More History of Inventions
Additional databases, history, and specialized information on different types of famous inventions.
Famous Hispanic Inventors
Biographies of famous latin or hispanic inventors from around the world: Narciso Monturiol, Ellen Ochoa, Baruj Benacerraf, Carlos Finlay, Bernardo Houssay, Luis Federico Leloir, César Milstein, Severo Ochoa de Albornoz, Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Miguel Servet. Countries of origin include: Argentina, Cuba, Spain, United States and Venezuela.
More History and Biography Listings
Additional biography and history databases with indexed and alphabetical listings.
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