Readers Respond: The Best Inventor Service Providers

Responses: 35

By Mary Bellis, About.com Guide

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I hired Davison (Invention Help Company) in 2007 after receiving my patent through an attorney. The attorney fees came to around $5,000. I did the search myself to save a couple thousand. I have laid out over $15,000 with Davison and have gotten a lousy 37 second video and low quality prototype. They have yet to secure a company to license and manufacture my product. They are a legit company though as is InventHelp. Good luck to you all!
—Guest Telecover

NO ONE TELLS YOU. The first thing to do is pay for a full search, in UK about £800 you will then know if your idea has any future, most Company's will fleece you for expensive marketing pics etc, leaving search til last. You can put in your own Patent claim initially & once search has been done then pay a patent attorney which will cost you another £2,000 approx. (UK) Why don't people give costs on these sites? A good Company UK 'InventionsUK' straight talking tells you as it is.
—timemouse

I need recommendations for good invention companies that can help me patent and sell my invention.
—Guest Jose

I crafted my own patent app in 2001 -- using a similar patent on the USPTO.gov website as a template. You'd be 100% protected with that hard evidence of your filing. You will definitely get a "Office Action" from the USPTO -- and that's when you need to contact a patent attny (...jibberish fron the USPTO). You'll need to do your own exhaustive patent search with summaries; your own drawings (very detailed artwork); you need a ton of BS to fill-out the application. Only a real patent attny would bother with it all that -- and I imagine the initial app is worth several thousand at least -- it's a lot of work! I abandoned my patent app by the time the office action came in (6 mo. later). I'm about to do it again. Maybe this time I'll have an Attny just approve my initial application -- after I've done most of the hard work -- and gotten a non-disclosure from them. That should save some money. My 2 cents.
—Guest RonpinTX

Thanks for the help. This is something that i have been looking into for some time now.
—Guest Brandon

I'm trying to find a good Inventor Service for my invention, but now I read that there are alot of spammers out there. Who are the best and who should I stay away from.
—Guest mfineandandi@aol.com

need info 4 legit invention company...i need good reccomendations for my idea and it will work great just dont want to waste time n money...
—Guest jasmine

Mary Bellis
Inventors Guide