American Inventors Protection Act of 1999
Your ideas are safe.
You should know that the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 provides inventors with certain disclosure rights. This Act is an attempt to provide some regulation in an area where the process of creating a new product/concept and developing it into a commercial success is extremely difficult, time consuming, often frustrating, confusing and usually costly. To succeed, inventors normally must accomplish, at a high level: the legal process (patents, copyrights, trademarks, etc); engineering, scientific or technical factors; production concerns; and, market distribution. For a Asmall-entity@ inventor, this can be a daunting task and should be carefully considered before risking talents, time, energies and capital.
The United States Patent & Trademark Office examines and licenses Patent Attorneys and Agents to represent inventors. An inventor can always represent themselves. As a point of information, Registered Patent Agents are technical specialists, not attorneys, who are licensed to perform most, but not all, of the same duties of a Patent Attorney. Because inventors are strongly encouraged to seek advice and assistance only from licensed professionals, InventSAI Network, LLC employs the services of independent Patent Practitioners for their clients through Montgomery Patent & Design, LLC. Both InventSAI Network and Montgomery Patent & Design are part of Montgomery IP Associates, LLC family of companies.
The InventSAI Network specializes in consulting, performing research and coordinating the invention process for small-entity inventors. InventSAI employs Montgomery Patent & Design and their Registered Professional Engineers and other degreed engineers as well as their registered Patent Practitioners for patent and engineering services. Advertising, product promotion, websites and representation are provided by Advertising & Business Generation, LLC, also part of Montgomery IP Associates. This process ensures confidentiality and a coordinated effort.
InventSAI, nor any entity of the Montgomery IP Associates family either singularly or collectively, considers themselves to be just an invention promoter or developer; regardless, in the spirit of complete and full disclosure, the following information is provided and is regularly updated.
From January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2009, it is estimated that InventSAI has received over 212,000 inquiries by telephone, mail, fax, internet or in person. Once educated about the inventive process and the risks, +/-36,500 (17%) submitted invention ideas from which +/-31,000 (14.5%) were offered a contract for services. 4259 (0.02%) decided to hire our staff to perform certain research services. Following research, 2031 (0.01%) elected patent and/or commercialization assistance through InventSAI.
An exact number of inventors commercializing their inventions can only be estimated because InventSAI clients are not obligated to disclose financial data. Nevertheless, based upon client feedback, of the 2031 total InventSAI clients contracting for patent or commercialization services, at least 181 (.001%) have reported commercial success with many cases still active. It should be carefully noted that past performance of services can provide no guarantee of future profits or that a manufacturer will agree to purchase, license, produce or distribute any invention idea. Bringing an invention from an idea to marketed product is a high risk venture.
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