DON MOYER

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	Free Patent Applications		The Patent Clinic at John Marshall Law School writes patent applications for mechanical inventions free for needy inventors who are located in and near Chicago. If you want your invention to be be considered by the Clinic, you must have a working model of your invention and you must have a good story why you can not aford the cost of a patent application. If you are chosen, you will have to pay all out of pocket costs including the filing fee, drawing fees, and the issue fee. Your first step is to contact David Bremer by email via: DJB@sabretechnical.com
	Inventors' Council		The free patent application activity described just above is the only remaining Inventors' Council activity.
	Patent work		You should direct all inquiries about new patent work to my trusted colleague David Bremer via DJB@sabretechnical.com
	GENERAL WARNING		Always remember to worry about the reliability of all information and information sources. The most trustworthy information has been verified by several different and independent tests. The next most trustworthy information has survived rigorous review by independent experts in the field. The least trustworthy information comes from parties who stand to gain if you believe the information. This means that the parties who paid for the information should be clearly identified, and that all interests of the information providers should be clearly disclosed. Here are some sites which can help you evaluate info sources:   http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/url/referenc//judging.htm   http://www.virtualchase.com/quality.shtml#checklist/   http://milton.mse.jhu.edu/research/education/practical.html THESE LINKS AND THE LINKS BELOW HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE DECEMBER 2002 - SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL

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	The US Patent and Trademark Office		This is the PTO home page. This site now has the PTO's full database of patents which you can search for free. The site is loaded with information. You can get some of the latest info directly from the home page. Also, you can work through the site index to find an amazing amount of information from the official source.   http://www.uspto.gov
	Free patent copies		This site has a host of links to patent related sites. And you can download software which you can use to get free copies of patents.   http://www.mayallj.freeserve.co.uk/
	International patenting		The importance of international patents will continue to grow as products are increasingly sold globally. The starting point for good information about international patenting is WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization, because WIPO administers the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PTC) which is a useful way to start international patents. The World Intelectual Property Office (WIPO):   http://www.wipo.org/ The European Patent Office:   http://www.european-patent-office.org Info on intellectual property in Europe:   http://www.cordis.lu/ipr-helpdesk The World Trade Organization:   http://www.wto.org UK patent stuff:   http://www.intellectual-property.gov.uk/ Canada's patent office:   http://cipo.gc.ca/ Patent agents around the world:   http://www.piperpat.co.nz
	Tools for patent searching		The US PTO Index of Classification is an alphabetical list of keywords which gives the class/subclass for that topic. The system is old and the keywords may not be those you use now, so be a clever detective and find the clues that you need. The US PTO Manual of Classification shows the hierarchical arrangement of the classes and subclasses so that you can see how they are related. The US PTO Classification Definitions tell you what is covered in the class/subclass and tell you where else to look. The Index:   http://sunsite.unc.edu/patents The Manual:   http://sunsite.unc.edu/patents/classes.html The Definitions:   http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/clasdefs/index.html There is a great guide to patent searching at this site:   http://spireproject.com/
	Other search sites and more		There are a number of sites where you can search patents and get information about patents and related matters. You must remember that searching this way has several limits. The database only goes back a little way and there's lots of pertinent patents further back. Key-word searching does not give you the precision you can get by using the classification system. And, your key-word search profile may disclose more about your invention then you want to disclose. Remember to read the General Warning above and read the fool rule and the other four rules which you'll find on our Tips page. The IBM search site:   http://www.patents.ibm.com A university library offers a patent searching tutorial and more:   http://scilib.ucsd.edu/subjectdir/patents.html Software art:  http://www.spi.org A proprietary patents and technology searching site:  http://www.mnis.net A university site:   http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/swain/patent/pattop.html Another university site:   http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sci/ptdl/int-prop.html UK links to patent stuff:   http://www.bl.uk/patents A law school:   http://www.fplc.edu/ipmall A law firm:  http://www.kuesterlaw.com All law:  http://www.law.indiana.edu/v-lib/ Information about lawyers:  http://www.martindalehubbell.com Perhaps the most wide ranging and useful sets of law links:   http://www.findlaw.com/   http://www.legalengine.com/
	You can mess up big time if you aren't careful		The Federal Trade Commission keeps tracks of invention scams. Visit this site and use their search engine to check on invention marketing companies. "Operation mousetrap" is a good term to use to search.   http://www.ftc.gov You might get money back because of this settlement:   http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1998/9811/aia.htm
	Tell policy makers what you need for patenting to continue to feed our prosperity		You can use these links to keep informed about issues which can help or hurt patenting and to communicate with your elected officials and with other policy makers. Daily news effecting patenting:   http://www.ipo.org/whatsnew.html The official Congress site:   http://thomas.loc.gov Basic info for voters:   http://www.vote-smart.org Info on the money in politics and more:   http://www.opensecrets.org Ethical issues in science and invention:   http://onlineethics.org/index.html A terrific guide to government and politics:   http://www.thisnation.com/index.shtml
	The Library of Congress can take you anywhere - others might also		The Library of Congress has been in the info game big time for a long while. It's the best place to start for government info and for almost anything. Other libraries also have very usefully arranged internet information sites. Please be careful with sites where the quality control may not be as reliable. LOC:   http://lcweb.loc.gov The portal to all US government info:   http://www.firstgov.gov/ Great guide for finding information:   http://spireproject.com/ The Scout project - latest news about new info sites:   http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ Find sites of universities anywhere:   http://www.braintrack.com/ U Cal Riverside:   http://infomine.ucr.edu/Main.html U Mich:   http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/ MIT's inventor site:   http://web.mit.edu/invent/ The National Inventors Hall of Fame:   http://www.invent.org/ The US Government Printing Office portal to govt info:   http://www.access.gpo.gov/ Another very useful portal to US govt info:   http://fic.info.gov/ A virtual library:   http://vlib.org/ A commercial searching guide:   http://www.searchengineguide.com/ A do everything site for inventors:   http://www.patentcafe.com Internet videos by and for inventors:   http://www.fromusalive.com/invent/invent.htm A national inventors organization:  http://www.uiausa.com/ Minnesota Inventors Congress:   http://www.invent1.org/

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	Modeling engineering manufacturing		The key step toward new product success is making models. You should do some of this yourself. It may be best to then engage a professional model maker. You might need some engineering. Sooner or later you will want to work with the appropriate manufacturers to get your product in top form. Here are links to people who we've had good luck with: Model making supplies:   http://www.edsci.com Find all sorts of science equipment here:   http://www.sciquest.com/ Surplus science stuff:   http://www.sciplus.com/ Find gizmos:   http://www.globalspec.com/ A catalog of design mistakes you don't want to make:   http://www.baddesigns.com/index.shtml An inventor friendly engineer, David Bremer:   http://www.sabretechnical.com Another inventor friendly engineer, Joe Born:   http://www.machineresearch.com And another inventor friendly engineer, Al Kishpaugh:   http://www.arksvc.com A plastics manufacturer who has helped many of us, Ken Cooley:   http://www.Shape-Master.com A metals manufacturer interested in new products:   http://www.tjfab.com Another manufacturer eager to help people with new products:   http://www.wbm-inc.com/ The design engineering show:   http://www.manufacturingweek.com An invention program for engineers:   http://www.iit.edu/~invention A guide to our National Institute of Standards and Technology:   http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/guide/index.htm A site for game inventors:   http://www.discovergames.com
	Basic science and technology information		Your product can't violate laws of nature, and you don't want to use second best technology. While you're perfecting your product you need to check the basic science and technology to make sure that things will work as you hope they will. These sites will help. All sorts of technology info:   http://www.globaltechnoscan.com/ Great links to all sorts of science info:   http://www.scicentral.com/ Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology:   http://www.harcourt.com/dictionary/ Science reference sources:  http://www.asu.edu/lib/noble/chem/property.htm A huge archive of science, technology, & medicine journals with much free:   http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl Measurement standards:   http://www.nist.gov/ Comparisons among standards organizations:   http://icdb.nist.gov/ Latest values of physical constants:   http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html Manufacturing standards:   http://www.iso.ch/infoe/stbodies.html Testing Laboratories:   http://ts.nist.gov/nvlap Engineering fundamentals:   http://www.efunda.com/ Gateways to engineering resources:   http://arioch.gsfc.nasa.gov/wwwvl/engineering.html   http://www.eevl.ac.uk/ A science and engineering search site:   http://searchlight.cdlib.org/cgi-bin/searchlight Great links to physics info:   http://www.ala.org/acrl/resmar00.html Research in physical sciences (like pubmed in the health cluster below):   http://pubsci.osti.gov/   http://www.osti.gov/preprint Science behind the news:   http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu An amazing potpourri of science resources:   http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/Ref.html Physics info:   http://physicsweb.org/TIPTOP Chemistry info:   http://chemfinder.camsoft.com   http://www.cas.org   http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/links.html Info on polymers & liquid crystals:   http://plc.cwru.edu/tutorial/enhanced/main.htm Materials science info:   http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/ Biology info:   http://sing.wistar.upenn.edu/ Biomedical engineering:   http://www.bmenet.org Biotechnology info:   http://www.nbif.org/   http://biotech.chem.indiana.edu/ Chicago Biotech Network:   http://www.chicagobiotechnetwork.org Information about nanotechnologies:   http://www.almaden.ibm.com/vis/stm/gallery.html Locations of nanotechnology research:   http://itri.loyola.edu/nanobase Physical geology:   http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/physgeog/ US Department of Energy's research portfolio:   http://www.osti.gov/portfolio/   http://www.osti.gov/rnd/dbhome.html   http://www.doe.gov/bridge Renewable energy research:   http://www.nrel.gov Fuel cells:   http://education.lanl.gov/resources/fuelcells   http://www.fuelcells.org   http://www.hydrogen.org Energy statistics:   http://www.eia.doe.gov Lifecycle energy and waste costs:   http://www.eiolca.net Nifty energy education site:   http://www.energy.ca.gov/education/index.html MIT's Technology Review   http://www.techreview.com Environmental data - NASA's site:   http://gcmd.nasa.gov Environmental data - A not-for-profit site:   http://www.cnie.org Environmental maps:   http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/branner/vegmaps.htm Innovations in education - The main US govt site:   http://www.ed.gov/index.html Nifty site run by students answers science questions:   http://www.madsci.org Nobel prizes - the official site:   http://www.nobel.se Nobel prizes - a glitzey site:   http://nobelchannel.com Nobel prizes - a gosipy site:   http://nobelprizes.com A site dedicated to exposing bad science:   http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/BadScience.html The main bad science debunking site:   http://www.improb.com This can be addicting:   http://sodaplay.com/index.htm
	Health and medical information		Almost every product has something to do with health. Thus you will want to keep up with the latest health and medical information. These sites will help. Each has a slightly different slant, so by using them all you're unlikely to miss the info which you need. Terrific health info search sites:   https://www-commons.cit.nih.gov/crisp/   http://bioinformatics.weizmann.ac.il/cms/   http://www.pubcrawler.ie/ National Library of Medicine:   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ National Library of Medicine search site:   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ National Library of Medicine consumer site:   http://medlineplus.gov/ Info on all US clinical trials underway:   http://clinicaltrials.gov/ A major archive of life sciences journals:   http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/ A huge archive of science, technology, & medicine journals with much free:   http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl A govt site fed by several agencies:   http://www.healthfinder.gov/ The Center for Disease Control:   http://www.cdc.gov/ Medical proceedures and patient data:  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/hdasd/nhds.htm Medicare, Medicade, Child Health:   http://www.hcfa.gov/ FDA regulations:   http://www.fda.gov A very helpful FDA regs consultant:   http://www.mcs.net/~dbright Nutrition information:   http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/   http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~food-lab/   http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/ Medical Design Technology:   http://www.mdtmag.com Commercial health and medical sites:   http://www.healthgate.com   http://www.mwsearch.com   http://www.medscape.com/   http://bmn.com   http://www.intelihealth.com   http://www.bmj.com All sorts of info about medical devices:   http://www.devicelink.com/ The human genome project:   http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/ Rehabilitation products - The main US govt source:   http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/ Rehabilitation products - A university source:   http://wings.buffalo.edu/ot/cat/index.html
	Lots of technology databases		Each of these sites has its own strength so among them they cover the field. Some charge a fee but offer lots for free. The main US govt tech site:   http://www.fedworld.gov US federal research projects:   http://www.osti.gov/fedrnd/ US federal research results:   http://www.osti.gov/graylit/ A universities site:   http://www.autm.net/ Maybe the biggest list of federal projects:   http://www.rand.org/radius Info on funded research and lots more:   http://fundedresearch.cos.com A bunch of databases:   http://www.knowledgeexpress.com/index.html NASA Tech Briefs:   http://www.nasatech.com NASA technologies available for license:   http://technology.jsc.nasa.gov/ European Space Agency technologies available for license:   http://www.mst-aerospace.de/test7/welc_tst.htm They say 1,000 new products weekly:   http://productnews.com Aimed at manufacturers:   http://www.techexpo.com Manufacturing news:   http://www.manufacturing.net Argone National Laboratory:   http://www.anl.gov/ Track research in Europe:   http://www.cordis.lu Science and Industrial research in Australia:   http://www.csiro.au/

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	People looking for new products		I am not able to keep a current list of people looking for new products, so I direct you to two sites where you can find current lists. A do everything site for inventors:   http://www.patentcafe.com A national inventors organization:  http:/www.inventorsdigest.com/
	Find US government money here		Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) means that federal agencies will pay you to perfect products which they want perfected and it's a very big pot of dough. There are also lots of other programs you can use. You should check out all agencies individually to find what they've got. SBIR guides:   http://www.sba.gov/sbir An SBIR compendium:   http://www.nttc.edu/solicitations.html More SBIR info:   http://www.sbir.dsu.edu/   http://www.seeport.com Energy related products:   http://www.oit.doe.gov Rehabilitation products:   http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/NIDRR/programs.html Advanced Technology Program:   http://www.atp.nist.gov SBA loans:   http://www.sba.gov/financing A portal to many sources of funding for research:   http://www.grantsnet.org
	Basic Information		You can find information at these sites which will help you put your plan for finding money on a solid footing. A breakeven calculator and more:  http://www.cba.uiuc.edu/~jrosa/BreakEven/BreakEven.html Small Business Development Centers (SBDC's):   http://www.sba.gov/sbdc The US Department of Commerce:   http://www.doc.gov All US govt agencies list here:   http://www.business.gov The Small Business Administration:   http://www.sba.gov   http://www.sba.gov/advo The Service Corps of Retired Executives:   http://www.score.org Our local SCORE advisors - a good place to start:   http://www.scoreillinois.org/ Illinois resources:   http://www.ilcoalition.org Low cost business legal help from Northwestern U:   http://www.law.nwu.edu/small-business/
	An honest evaluation of your invention		These innovation centers will do an honest evaluation of your invention and help you plan a way forward. Don't use this as a substitute for your own research but as a cross check on your work. The Wisconsin Innovation Service Center:   http://www.uww.edu/business/innovate/innovate.htm The Canadian Innovation Center:   http://www.innovationcentre.ca Evaluations here also:   http://www.sbdc.wsu.edu/innovate.htm

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	Don Moyer Physicist and Patent Agent 431 South Dearborn 705 Chicago Illinois 60605 DJB@sabretechnical.com