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| How to Get Your Great Ideas on the Road | |
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| How to Realize Your Full Potential | |
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| Overcoming Naysayers | |
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| The First Pitch | |
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| America, the Land of Opportunity | |
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| Answering the Call | |
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| Investing in Your Invention | |
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| Education Isn't Everything | |
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| Levy's 10 Commandments for Success | |
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| Beware of Invention Marketing Flimflam Artists | |
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| Attack of the Killer Patent Attorney | |
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| Flimsy Firms | |
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| Operation Mousetrap | |
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| The Price Is Not Always Right | |
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| Inventors Awareness Group | |
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| A Step in the Right Direction | |
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| What Comes After the Pitch | |
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| Heads Up | |
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| Before You Contract for Services | |
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| Who Are These Parasites? How to Tell the Pros from the Cons | |
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| New Twist to an Old Scheme | |
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| How Do They Get Your Name? Profile of an Honest Broker | |
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| What to Do if You Are a Victim | |
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| States (Inventor) Rights | |
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| How to Find an Honest Broker | |
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| Licensing vs | |
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| Venture Capital | |
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| Business Options | |
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| The Licensing Option | |
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| The Advantages of Licensing | |
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| The Disadvantages of Licensing | |
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| Whooah, Not So Fast! Doing It Yourself: The Venturing Strategy | |
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| Prerequisites Common to Licensing and Venturing | |
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| Other Factors in Choosing a Commercialization Strategy | |
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| Think About Costs, at All Costs | |
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| If You Are Still Not Sure | |
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| Getting High Marks | |
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| How to Find a Home for Your Brainchild | |
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| Finding a Licensing Partner | |
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| Attend Trade Shows | |
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| Conferences and Meetings: Networking Meccas | |
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| Big Companies vs | |
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| Small Companies | |
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| So, What's the Answer? Public Companies vs | |
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| Private Companies | |
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| Where to Find Product and Corporate Profiles | |
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| Does the Shoe Fit? | |
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| Knock | |
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| Knock | |
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| Buy My Invention, Please! First Impressions | |
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| N.I.H. Syndrome | |
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| Choosing Your Target and Making Your Mark | |
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| The Corporate Culture | |
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| Lookin' to Hook 'Em | |
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| Sign on the Dotted Line | |
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| How to Turn a Proposal into a Marriage | |
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| Honesty Is the Only Policy | |
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| You Should Hear a Pin Drop | |
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| The Three Ps | |
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| Multiple Submissions | |
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| Unfavorable Odds | |
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| Your Champion | |
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| How to Negotiate Your Deal | |
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| On LawyeringOne Man's Opinion | |
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| Should You Use a Lawyer to Approach the Company? Do You Need a Lawyer for Contracts? Do You Need a Lawyer for Patents? Conducting Business | |
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| Winning at What Cost? Agreeing to Agree | |
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| Advances | |
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| Royalties | |
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| Guarantees | |
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| The Option Agreement | |
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| Levy's 10 Commandments of Contract Negotiation | |
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| Terms of Endearment | |
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| Patents | |
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| Trademarks | |
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| Who Pays? | |
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| Key Deal Points | |
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| I Do Not Have All the Answers | |
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| Show Me Yours, I'll Show You Mine | |
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| Fairness and Flexibility Rule | |
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| Management by Objectives | |
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| The Spirit of Agreement | |
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| Setting the Scene and the Mind | |
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| Goin' for the Gold | |
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| The United States Patent and Trademark Office | |
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| The Big Three in IP | |
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| Keepin' a List and Checkin' It Twice | |
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| Definition of a Patent | |
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| The Patent Law | |
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| What Is Patentable? | |
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| The Examiners (Say Ah!) | |
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| Established by Law, Built by InnovationThe USPTO | |
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| Only Inventors Need Apply | |
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| Copy Documents, Not Ideas, Please! Disclosure Documents | |
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| Submarine Patents (Periscope Up!) | |
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| Office of Independent Inventor Programs | |
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| Coming Attractions | |
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| It All Begins with a Patent Search | |
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| Looking for a Green Light | |
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| How to Conduct a Patent Search | |
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| Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries | |
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| Electronic Databases | |
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| PTDL Publications | |
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| Patent Search Steps | |
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| Patent Classification System | |
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| How to Order Copies of Prior Art | |
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| What to Do with Your Search Results | |
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| Searching Trademarks | |
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| The Last Word | |
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| How to Hire a Patent Attorney | |
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| Do You Need a Patent Attorney? Is That Your Final Answer? Levy's Rules for Hiring a Patent Attorney | |
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| Another Money Saver | |
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| Uncle Sam Wants (To Help) You! | |
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| How to Apply for a Utility Patent | |
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| Provisional Application for a Patent | |
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| Filing Date | |
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| Nonprovisional Application for a Utility Patent | |
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| Models Not Generally Required | |
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| Solamente Ingles, Por Favor | |
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| The Rules of the Game | |
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| I Do Solemnly Swear | |
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| Pate | |