Showing posts with label invention promotion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label invention promotion. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Invention Promoters/Promotion Firms Complaints

Please see the following announcement in the Federal Register  
regarding “Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
Review; Comment Request; 
“Invention Promoters/Promotion Firms Complaints.”
 
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18266-18267]
From the Federal Register Online 
Please see [FR Doc No: 2019-08674]

Friday, February 15, 2019

Invention Promoters/Promotion Firms Complaints

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3417-3418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01948]
 
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
Patent and Trademark Office
 
Invention Promoters/Promotion Firms Complaints
 
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.
 
SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites comments on a 
proposed extension of an existing information collection: 0651-0044 
(Invention Promoters/Promotion Firms Complaints).
 
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before April 15, 2019.
 
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
    Email: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-0044 
comment'' in the subject line of the message.
    Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
    Mail: NaThanya Ferguson, Supervisory Innovation and Development 
Program Specialist, Inventor Education and Outreach, United States 
Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to NaThanya Ferguson, Supervisory Innovation and 
Development Program Specialist, Inventor Education and Outreach, United 
States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 
22313-1450; by telephone at 571-272-5517; or by email at 
Nathanya.Ferguson@uspto.gov with ``0651-0044 comment'' in the subject 
line. Additional information about this collection is also available at 
http://www.reginfo.gov under ``Information Collection Review.'


For detailed information please go to: 
SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites comments on a 
proposed extension of an existing information collection: 0651-0044 
(Invention Promoters/Promotion Firms Complaints).
 
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before April 15, 2019.
 
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
    Email: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-0044 
comment'' in the subject line of the message.
    Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
    Mail: NaThanya Ferguson, Supervisory Innovation and Development 
Program Specialist, Inventor Education and Outreach, United States 
Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to NaThanya Ferguson, Supervisory Innovation and 
Development Program Specialist, Inventor Education and Outreach, United 
States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 
22313-1450; by telephone at 571-272-5517; or by email at 
Nathanya.Ferguson@uspto.gov with ``0651-0044 comment'' in the subject 
line. Additional information about this collection is also available at 
http://www.reginfo.gov under ``Information Collection Review.'
 
 
For detailed information please go to: here
 
 
 
 

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Second Annual Inventors Tradeshow - Houston

On Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008 the Houston Inventors Association and the University of Houston Small Business Development Center are hosting the Second Annual Inventors Tradeshow at the Bayland Park Community Center Building, 6400 Bissonnet from 5 to 9 p.m. A list of speakers and more information about displaying an invention is available at http://www.inventors.org/HIA-UHSBDC-Tradeshow.html or from the Houston Inventors Association or the University of Houston Small Business Development Center.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Chat with USPTO Officials

On Tuesday, April 15th, from 2 to 3 p.m. (EST) senior officials from the United States Patent and Tradmark Office (USPTO) are offering independent inventors a chance to ask them questions via live chat. Instructions for signing up for the chat will be posted on the home page of the USPTO web site http://www.uspto.gov/ at 10 AM that morning. Inventors can begin logging on for the chat at 1:30 p.m.

Transcripts and frequently-asked questions from previous chats are also available on the Independent Inventors page.

According to the USPTO, "the independent inventor online chat is part of the USPTO's continuing efforts to promote and protect America's independent inventors. . . including educating inventor-entrepreneurs about the risks of working with invention development companies."

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Complaints Against Invention Promotion Companies

A dilemma new inventors seeking help from invention promotion companies often face is how to chose a reliable and honest company. Help is available from the USPTO's complaint section. In order to comply with the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999, the USPTO publishes both complaints and responses from invention promotion firms. The site also contains a link to the Federal Trade Commission's consumer alert entitled "Spotting Sweet-Sounding Promises of Fraudulent Invention Promotion Firms."