Online Invention Classes

FREE Invention Classes

After 18 years of teaching in colleges and for the SBDCs (Small Business Development Centers), our classes go to an online format.

All classes are *FREE with a live student/teacher interface. Invention protection classes held every other month.

Experienced instructors teach how to protect your inventions, package them for partnering, patent them, and prepare them for launch.

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Innovation webinars
 
Summer - fall classes 2013
   
Bookmark this page. Registration opens late April.
   
Protect Your Ideas and Inventions (download class description).
Use the new first-to-file law to your advantage. Thoroughly describe all of your patentable subject matter. Covers all forms of intellectual property: patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and more.
Material requirement: Scientific Journal and Idea Accelerator.
Presenter: Bob DeMatteis, inventor, author.
Dates: May 18, 9:00AM-11:30AM (filled); Jul 13, 9:00AM-11:30AM; Sep. 7, 9:00AM-11:30AM; Nov. 2, 9:00AM-11:30AM.
Market Research
Identify competition and their response. Research and apply the correct market model (distribution, catalog, internet) and price structure for your innovation. Be prepared to conduct an exact pricing structure for domestic or foreign costing.
Material requirement: Scientific Journal and Idea Accelerator.
Presenter: Bob DeMatteis, inventor, author
Date: September 7, 1:00PM-3:00PM.
   
Design, Prototype, and Manufacture
Apply up-to-date lifestyle and workstyle principles, identify manufacturing, and prototype an innovation for presentations. Learn how to make all the right design decisions to appeal to your customers.
Material requirement: From Patent to Profit.
Presenter: Bob DeMatteis, inventor, author.
Date: Sep. 14, 9:00AM-11:30AM.
Presentation Preparation and Communication
Learn the $Million$ communication skills to attract partners. Qualify sales potential, identify and interview prospective partners, learn the secrets of innovation websites, and formal presentation skills.
Material requirement: From Patent to Profit.
Presenter: Bob DeMatteis, inventor, author.
Date: Sep. 14, 1:00PM-4:00PM.
   
Write a Patent Application
Learn how to write a solid, broad scope provisional patent application that prospective partners will respect. Use the standard format of the US Patent Office. It may later be seamlessly converted to the permanent, regular patent application. This class can save you thousands.
Material requirement: The Patent Writer book and Patent Writer CD templates
Presenters: Bob DeMatteis, inventor, author, and; a patent attorney TBD
Date: Sep. 21, 9:00AM-12:00PM.
Marketing, licensing and product launch
If you plan to go into business or license your inventions, don't miss this exciting class with knowledgeable, successful entrepreneurs who tell you how. You will learn incredible inside marketing secrets and details on how to license your inventions.
Material requirement: From Patent to Profit.
Presenters: Bob DeMatteis, inventor, author, and; Jon Mogck, marketing guru.
Date: Sep. 21, 1:00PM-4:00PM.
   

Classes are limited in size, sign up early. Students must be at least 18 years old. Attend video conferencing via computer, tablet, and smart phone, or without video via telephone. Expect specific homework assignments. Presenters are experienced inventors, marketers, and patent attorneys active in the field of invention and innovation.

*Some material requirements may apply. FAST TRAC subscribers: All material requirements are fulfilled.

   
 

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