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The independent inventor's handbook by Louis J. Foreman and Jill Gilbert Welytok is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The independent inventor's handbook about?

How do you actually turn a million-dollar idea into a million dollars? From scribble-on-the-napkin to product-on-the market, The Independent Inventor's Handbook explains everything a potential inventor needs to know and the tools he or she needs to use to take a raw concept and turn it into reality. Written by Louis J. Foreman, creator of the PBS series Everyday Edisons and a holder of multiple patents, together with patent attorney Jill Gilbert Welytok, here's a book that speaks directly to the inventive American—the entrepreneur, the tinkerer, the dreamer, the basement scientist, the stay-at-home mom who figures out how to do it better. (over one million of them file patents each year.) Here is everything a future inventor needs: Understanding the difference between a good idea and a marketable idea. Why investing too much money at the outset can sink you. The downside of design patents, and how best to file an application for a utility patent. Surveys, online test runs, and other strategies for market research on a tight budget. Plus the effective pitch (hint: never say your target audience is'everyone'), questions to ask a prospective manufacturer, 14 licensing land mines to av

Author

Louis J. Foreman and Jill Gilbert Welytok

Publisher

Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780761159735

Subjects

Engineering, Marketing, Management

Rating

4.3 / 5 (140 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14