{"product_id":"inventing-for-dummies-isbn-9780764542312","title":"Inventing For Dummies","description":"Full coverage of the ins and outs of inventing for profit\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Protect your idea, develop a product - and start your business!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Did you have a great idea? Did you do anything about it? Did someone else? Inventing For Dummies is the smart and easy way to turn your big idea into big money. This non-intimidating guide covers every aspect of the invention process - from developing your idea, to patenting it, to building a prototype, to starting your own business.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Dummies Way\u003cbr\u003e * Explanations in plain English\u003cbr\u003e * \"Get in, get out\" information\u003cbr\u003e * Icons and other navigational aids\u003cbr\u003e * Tear-out cheat sheet\u003cbr\u003e * Top ten lists\u003cbr\u003e * A dash of humor and fun\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Discover how to:\u003cbr\u003e * Conduct a patent search\u003cbr\u003e * Maintain your intellectual property rights\u003cbr\u003e * Build a prototype product\u003cbr\u003e * Determine production costs\u003cbr\u003e * Develop a unique brand\u003cbr\u003e * License your product to another company  Foreword.  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Making Your Idea Yours.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The Innovation Process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Patent Basics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Conducting a Patent Search.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Applying For and Receiving Your Patent.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Maintaining and Defending Your Patent.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Securing Other Intellectual Property.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Trademarks and Trade Secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Stopping Copycats with a Copyright.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Mum’s the Word: Keeping it Confidential.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Developing Your Idea.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Prototyping: Making It Work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Hiring Helpers and Working with Work-for-Hire Agreements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Evaluating Your Invention’s Potential.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Looking at the Production Process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Commercializing Your Invention.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: Developing a Business Plan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Finding Funding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15: Keeping Control with Your Own Business.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Partnering and Manufacturing Arrangements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17: Preparing to Take Your Invention to Market.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18: Marketing Your Product.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19: Advertising Your Product.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20: Licensing Your Product.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21: Negotiating a License.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: The Part of Tens.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 22: Ten Key Contacts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 23: Ten Inventions (and Inventors) That Changed the World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 24: Ten Inventors to Emulate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Appendixes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Sample Agreements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Online Resources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"The advice within its pages is easy to read, and well worth the ??15.99 cover price.\" (Eurekamagazine.co.uk, Tuesday 22 May 2008) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[The book is] the only guide you need to help you make the jump from 'thinker' to 'doer.'\" (UKBusinessExchange.info, Tuesday 29 April 2008)   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePamela Riddle Bird, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder and CEO of Innovative Product Technologies, a Florida-based company that assists inventors in marketing their inventions.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFull coverage of the ins and outs of inventing for profit\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProtect your idea, develop a product —and start your business!\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid you have a great idea? 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