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#402 - Missouri engineer devises an innovative way to wash cars in 10 minutes - Allen Boldt

Inventors Helping Inventors - April 29, 2024 07:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan interviews Allen Boldt. Allen Boldt grew up in St. Louis and retired from a career as a product design specialist. A car enthusiast, he found it took too long to wash cars and wasted lots of water and soap. So, he invented the Dirt eRacer, a product that washes cars with minimal water...

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#401 - Never, Never Give Up - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - April 25, 2024 07:30 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Thursday Thought episode. Alan shares how critically important that serious inventors never give up on themselves or their inventions. In 1941, Winston Churchill spoke forcefully about never giving up. The British had to face far more challenges during the Blitzkrieg th...

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Who Owns Your Strawberries? A Plant Patent Conversation with Dr. Dale Hunt. Bonus Episode 7

Patenting for Inventors - April 23, 2024 23:03 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Learn the steps of how to patent your invention, from initial concept to issued patent. Host and registered patent attorney, Adam L. Diament, J.D., Ph.D., guides you through the complicated process of patenting your invention. This podcast starts from the beginning of what to do when you first h...

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#400 - Busy mom of 4 invents Clasp Magic for bracelets - Alison Brett

Inventors Helping Inventors - April 22, 2024 07:30 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan interviews Alison Brett. Alison Brett grew up in Ontario. She graduated from Queens University then began teaching children in Singapore and later Zurich. The busy mom of 4 now sells her invention, the Clasp Magic, globally. Make sure to subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, o...

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#399 - Coaching and Community - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - April 18, 2024 07:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Thursday Thought episode. Alan discusses why coaching and community - are essential to invention success. Inventors are viewed as "loan wolves" - working alone at night creating their inventions. Successful inventors, however, learn from coaches and get together with li...

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#398 - 3 Proven Steps to Your Invention Success Now - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - April 15, 2024 07:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Me on the Mic episode. Alan debuts a new program offered exclusively to podcast listeners - 3 Proven Steps to Your Invention Success. Alan shares 3 steps inventors must take to get their invention on a solid course to success. The course has a limited enrollment of the ...

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Why I Like Phone Calls From The 571 Area Code - Patent Examiner Amendments. EP141

Patenting for Inventors - April 12, 2024 02:46 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
In this episode of the "Patenting for Inventors Podcast" I discuss why I get excited when I see a phone call coming from the 571 area code. Usually it means a patent examiner is calling me to make an "Examiner's Amendment." Why is that good and what are examiner amendments about? Listen to the l...

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#397 - The Most Dangerous Myth About Licensing - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - April 11, 2024 07:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Thursday Thought episode. Alan shares the most dangerous myth about licensing. It leads many to choose to venture their product - without understanding the significant capital risks. Alan debunks the myth and shows how licensing can be quite lucrative. Be sure to subscr...

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#396 - Career nurse now has 4 solutions to the 'dirty tissue issue' - Evelyn Wilson

Inventors Helping Inventors - April 08, 2024 07:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan interviews Evelyn Wilson. Evelyn Wilson grew up in Philadelphia and has been a nurse for over 30 years. One morning, taking her grandson to school, her nose was running, and she was "blowing and throwing" dirty tissues into the passenger seat. She cleaned it up when she got home and s...

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What is Analogous Art for Patents? EP140

Patenting for Inventors - April 04, 2024 20:47 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Your patent application can be rejected because your so-called invention is "obvious." But how is obviousness determined? What's the difference between "prior art" that can be cited to reject your invention for lack of novelty, and "analogous art" which is the requirement to reject your inventio...

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#395 - Be an Inventor - Change the World - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - April 04, 2024 07:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Thursday Thought episode. When you create a new product and get it into the market - you'll change the world. I promise! Alan shares 3 examples of inventions - including his Wonder Wallet - that have changed the world.  Isn't it nice to know you will change the world in...

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What innovators need to know about the Competition Bureau

Canadian IP voices - April 03, 2024 04:00 - 28 minutes
Alan Gunderson, senior economist and coordinator at the Economic Analysis Directorate at the Competition Bureau explains the Bureau’s mandate and actions when it comes to intellectual property. Explore online: Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines

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#394 - Italian inventor creates Bendy Butler to clean hard-to-reach spaces - Serena Fadlun

Inventors Helping Inventors - April 01, 2024 07:30 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan interviews Serena Fadlun. Serena grew up in Italy, then moved to New Zealand to finish high school and college. She returned to Italy and got married. She invented a unique broom called the Bendy Butler - to clean even hard to reach spots of her home. She launched Bendy Butler succe...

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5G Advanced, 6G and Beyond - Discussion with Qualcomm R&D Head

Tantra's Mantra with Prakash Sangam - March 31, 2024 08:10 - 28 minutes
After the successful launch of eMBB, everybody is eagerly looking at the next phase of 5G. Industry observers are wondering where the subsequent growth will come from, how the mobile network operators will recoup the enormous investments they have made in deploying 5G, when the exciting applicat...

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Clause 8: IBM's Chief Patent Counsel for Americas Mark Vallone on Changing Patent Portfolio Strategy

Clause 8 - March 28, 2024 10:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratings
For almost 30 years - under the leadership of giants like Marshall Phelps, David Kappos, and Manny Schechter, IBM led in obtaining the most patents per year. However, in 2020, IBM made the decision to no longer pursue the goal of “numeric patent leadership.” It went from obtaining over 8500 pat...

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#393 - Make Your Invention Compelling for Buyers - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - March 28, 2024 07:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Thursday Thought episode. How can you make your invention compelling for buyers - so it will be a success? Alan shares 3 ways you can make your product compelling, so buyers will say, "yes." It seems obvious you must highlight the attractive benefits of your product - b...

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How Do I Know if My Design Is Patently Obvious? Episode 139

Patenting for Inventors - March 25, 2024 15:44 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
The law may be changing soon on how to determine whether your new design is patentable. Learn what the controversy is behind the patentability standard for design patent obviousness. Does the case of KSR v. Teleflex apply to design patents like it does for utility patents. Or will the Rosen/Durl...

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#392 - Austin inventor brings his COVID zapping robot to daycare schools - Duncan Ashworth

Inventors Helping Inventors - March 25, 2024 07:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan interviews Duncan Ashworth. Duncan Ashworth had a 41 year career in the semiconductor industry. After retiring, he began developing a Roomba-like robot that destroyed COVID on floors automatically. Today, he is testing and selling his SaniBot robot that kills up to 100 pathogens - in ...

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Now Innovating: Improving Balance and Mobility with Dr. Ryan Peters

Now Innovating - March 21, 2024 11:00 - 19 minutes
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Ryan Peters, PhD, an associate professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Human Performance Lab. His research explores the neural control of balance and mobility that has led to the commercialization of a wearable technology to support balance impairments ...

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Now Innovating: Moving and thriving with Dr. Nicole Culos-Reed

Now Innovating - March 21, 2024 11:00 - 23 minutes
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Nicole Culos-Reed, PhD, a professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and director of the Health and Wellness Lab. Her research is dedicated to improving the quality of life for those impacted by cancer through the development of movement-based programs.   We l...

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#391 - Trial and Error - Costliest Path to Success - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - March 21, 2024 07:30 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Thursday Thought episode. Alan shares that many inventors feel they can save money by - "figuring it out on their own" - rather than paying for help. In fact, trial and error is the costliest path and the longest path to success. He discovered that from his own experience...

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Patents and AI: Current Tools, Future Solutions

​​Patently Strategic - Patent Strategy for Startups - March 20, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
We’re talking about AI and its impact on the patent system. This month's episode evaluates where we presently are and considers where it could all be heading. Dr. David Jackrel and Dr. Ashley Sloat lead a two-part discussion with our all-star panel that begins with a deep dive on the present st...

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USPTO - History Matters

IP Goes Pop - March 19, 2024 10:00 - 33 minutes
Dive into the rich history of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) with this episode of IP Goes Pop!®, guided by USPTO historian Rebekah Oakes and co-hosted by Intellectual Property Attorneys Michael Snyder and Joseph Gushue. Explore the USPTO's impact on innovation and the inte...

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#390 - Minnesota inventor solves messy caulking problem with InstaTrim - Greg Amundson

Inventors Helping Inventors - March 18, 2024 07:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan interviews Greg Amundson. Greg Amundson went from shopping center management to custom home building. The 2009 housing bust transformed him into an inventor. Greg has transformed messy caulking to a simple task for anyone with his product - InstaTrim. Today, he sells InstaTrim strip...

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How to Search the New Trademark Search Website. EP138

Patenting for Inventors - March 18, 2024 03:37 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently got rid of their old trademark searching website called TESS. In this episode learn how to use the new and improved government trademark search website to see if the name of your product, business, or service has already been taken! ...

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Chief Counsel John Lee on Bicameral, Bipartisan Efforts to Advance Section 101 & PTAB Legislation

Clause 8 - March 14, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 79 ratings
J. John Lee is the Chief Counsel for IP in the US House of Representatives and helms the House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, which is chaired by Congressman Darrell Issa.  In that role, he is one of only four staffers in Congress who focus on IP issues and help...

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Clause 8: Chief Counsel John Lee on Bicameral, Bipartisan Efforts to Advance Section 101 & PTAB Legislation

Clause 8 - March 14, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 79 ratings
J. John Lee is the Chief Counsel for IP in the US House of Representatives and helms the House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, which is chaired by Congressman Darrell Issa.  In that role, he is one of only four staffers in Congress who focus on IP issues and help...

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#389 - Shotgun versus Rifle Licensing - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - March 14, 2024 07:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Thursday Thought episode. What is your approach towards licensing your product: the shotgun approach or the rifle approach? Alan describes 2 divergent approaches to licensing your product. One approach is more passive, whereas the other is more active. Alan shares which...

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Episode 19: Women's IP World Annual 2024

Northon's Media PR & Marketing Ltd - March 12, 2024 00:00 - 5 hours
Celebrating Women's Excellence in Intellectual Property     As we proudly present the fifth annual edition of Women's IP World, it is with immense gratitude and admiration that we extend our heartfelt thanks to all the remarkable women who have graced our pages, both in this edition a...

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#388 - Mass Market versus Aspirational Buyers - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - March 11, 2024 07:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Me on the Mic episode. Alan discusses two different market segments for inventors: mass market versus aspirational buyers. The mass market segment offers a potentially huge number of buyers who are price sensitive. The aspirational buyer segment offers a smaller market ...