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A Recap of INPEX® 2007 For the inventing community, INPEX® is a chance to potentially network with fellow inventors, manufacturers and company representatives. This year's INPEX® followed in the tradition of bringing innovators and industry together under one roof. Held June 6-9, 2007, INPEX® featured over a thousand inventions from around the world. This unique environment is designed to help inventors gain exposure and obtain feedback on their ideas. Read more about INPEX® 2007 America's Largest Invention Trade Show |
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Coming Soon...INPEX® 2007! If you have an invention, INPEX® is just around the corner. INPEX® is America's Largest Invention Trade Show, and it offers inventors an opportunity to obtain feedback and attempt to gain exposure for their ideas. The good news is that it's not too late to sign up for INPEX®, the Invention & New Product Exposition. This year's show will be held June 6-9, 2007 at the Pittsburgh ExpoMart, a unique facility located just a short walk from shopping, restaurants and entertainment. Learn more about INPEX® America's Largest Invention Trade Show |
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World Business Review Selects InventHelp® as Invention Industry Expert What do companies like Apple Computer, Inc., Coca-Cola and InventHelp® have in common? They've each been selected as experts and leaders in their respective fields by the television series World Business Review. Hosted by General Norman Schwarzkopf, the weekly series is among the longest running programs utilizing the newsmagazine format. Read more about InventHelp's World Business Review appearance |
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Exhibiting Opportunity for Inventors If you have a housewares product or invention, join INPEX® and display it in the Inventor's Corner at the International Home and Housewares Show, March 11-13, 2007 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. Sponsored by INPEX®, Inventor's Corner is a special program for inventors who would like to exhibit at a national trade show. Learn more about exhibiting at the 2007 International Home & Housewares Show |
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Health Food Junkies Beware: It's National Cookie Month! It's October, where sweets, tricks and treats reign supreme. This Halloween, children everywhere will don their best pirate, princess or punk rocker costumes and hit the streets in search of candy and more candy. With all the sugar-induced excitement around, another interesting holiday could slip right past you virtually unnoticed: National Cookie Month. Read more about the interesting histories of two cookie classics |
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Inventors Reflect on the INPEX® 2005 Experience This past June 8-11 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, InventHelp® held its annual invention trade show, the Invention/New Product Exposition (INPEX®). For the 21st year, America's largest invention trade show provided a forum for inventors and entrepreneurs to exhibit their inventions and attempt to make personal contacts with business representatives. The show floor had a constant buzz as exhibitors sought to demonstrate their inventions, and attendees offered their feedback. Read what inventors are saying about the 2005 Invention Show |
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Summertime, and the Livin' Is Easy Ah, summer. Time for swimming, picnics, baseball games and all sorts of other fun in the sun. Throughout the long winter months, millions of people eagerly await the opportunity to partake in their favorite warm-weather pastimes. Some things are so ingrained as a part of summer tradition that it's hard to imagine the season without them. And yet, our enjoyment of the dog days wouldn't be quite the same if not for various summer-related innovations that we now take for granted. Read about some unlikely inventions that became summer favorites |
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The Legend of Louisville Pete "The Old Gladiator" Browning stalked to the plate, eyes squinted, bat resting on his shoulder, ready to swing at his pitch. A warm spring breeze graced the field in Louisville and the late spring sun already promised the warmth of summer. It made Browning feel good, but didn't ease the doubts already creeping into his head. Find out how a teenager's invention changed the game of baseball |
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Thomas Edison Adds Motion To Pictures As inventors go, Thomas Edison's contributions are undeniable. But beyond his inventions of the light bulb and phonograph, his development of fully functional research and development laboratories in Menlo Park and West Orange, New Jersey resulted in some of his greatest overall achievements. By hiring and directing others in their work, his support of innovation and scientific discovery created many more inventions than any one person is capable of. One such invention from Edison's brood was the development of motion pictures. Learn how Thomas Edison paved the way for the modern film industry |
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An Invention Made For Valentine's Day Ahh, Valentine's Day: a time for helpless romantics to send flowers, profess their undying love and pass out heart-shaped candy inscribed with coy little missives of devotion. Foodgeeks.com writes, "Those little candy hearts with Valentine quotes could possibly be the greatest thing invented to celebrate Valentine's Day." Find out how candy Conversation Hearts became a Valentine's Day staple |
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How To Photograph Your Invention Model Or Prototype Photography for most of us is simply a way to preserve family memories. But inventors, too, may find a use for a photograph of their invention. Accordingly, independent inventors can attempt to harness this tool without hiring a professional photographer. Just follow the tips here. Read InventHelp's tips on how to photograph your invention prototype |
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The Man Who Saved Christmas A.C. Gilbert is a famous toy inventor credited with 150 patents. In 1918, he also became known as "The Man Who Saved Christmas." However, Gilbert followed an unexpected path to receive this title. Find out how A.C. Gilbert became known as "The Man Who Saved Christmas" |
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A Turkey Renaissance According to Barbour International's Web site bayou-classics.com, their invention of a new cooking tool has caused a new method of cooking turkey to sweep the nation that may affect your Thanksgiving dinner: deep frying the Thanksgiving turkey. In spite of its growing attractiveness as an alternative to traditionally baked bird, most people meet the concept with skepticism. They believe it will be done "Pittsburgh Rare" (burnt on the outside and raw in the middle). Find out how Rodney Barbour helped redefine the art of cooking turkey |
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Celebrating Harvesting Milestones In They Made America, a book about innovators who helped build America, author Harold Evans paints Cyrus McCormick as an innovative businessman who pioneered practices such as extending credit, providing after-sale service and authorizing agents to sell his products to increase the reach of his business. But Evans notes that none of it would have been possible unless McCormick was first an inventor. Read more about how inventions have impacted the way crops are harvested |
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Inventions and the Presidency Ever since George Washington signed the first Bill into law establishing the US patent system, the office of the presidency and the world of inventing have been forever entwined, either directly or indirectly. In this election year, InventHelp® is pleased to share these invention stories and how they relate to our United States presidents. Learn how inventions influenced Washington, Van Buren, Reagan and others |
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Sloan's Conception of the Corporation "His ideas were so clearly correct that we have forgotten that they were an invention." These are the words Dr. Schein of MIT's Alfred P. Sloan School of Management uses to sum up the contributions of Alfred Sloan. Sometimes inventions that come in the form of ideas are so significant to our society that we actually forget they were invented at one point in time. Alfred Sloan's conception of the modern American corporation is one of these inventions. Before Sloan, people had a totally different concept of the Corporation |
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Chester Carlson and the Invention of the Photocopier At the age of 12 Chester Carlson told his cousin Roy, "Someday, I'm going to make a great invention." Throughout his life, Carlson would walk from place to place with a notebook in his hand and jot down ideas for changing the world. He was always looking for ways to make life easier for people. Learn how Chester Carlson came to invent the photocopying process |
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Contests for Inventors Did you know there are contests for inventors? Some are geared towards high school students, some are run by corporations and some are sponsored by universities. |
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One Man's Mistake is Another's Inspiration They are probably all over your computer at work. You use them at home to post the shopping list on the fridge, to leave a telephone message where it will be seen, or to flag a page in a catalog. They even come in a software version so you can remind yourself of tasks and appointments right on your computer screen. Have you guessed yet? That's right, we're talking about – Post It® Notes. Art Fry gives his 'Characteristics of Inventors' at INPEX® Inventors University™ |
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InventHelp's Opinion: United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2003 On April 3, 2002 Bill H.R. 1561 entitled the "United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2003" was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. This Bill outlines a schedule of increased patent fees to help fund the USPTO's "Strategic 21st Century Plan." Read InventHelp's opinion on the US Patent Office's Fee Modernization Act of 2003 |
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