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7 Stages of New Product Development Process: Introducing New Products

Throughout the new product development process are seven crucial stages that must take place, alongside an organizational mind-set that embraces doing something beyond what has already been mastered, something that will keep your organization relevant in an ever-changing marketplace.  So if you are working on an invention, what would be considered the 7 stages of new …

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Provisional VS Non-Provisional Patent: What Are The Differences?

It’s time to patent your great idea, but there’s two ways to go early on to protect your idea. What’s the difference between a provisional patent compared to a non-provisional patent? You’ve had your eureka moment and thought up a spectacular idea, but there’s still work to be done, questions to be answered and solved as …

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New Product Ideas: Important Ideas to Get You Started Inventing

Most of us are familiar with the popular TV show, “Shark Tank.” People just like you and I present their innovative ideas to some of today’s most successful self-made billionaires in hopes of exchanging a percentage of their company for an investment in their product. For these hopeful entrepreneurs, a deal with one of the …

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Zip It Drain Cleaner (Licensing An Invention, How I Did It)

THE STORY: A local inventor started a nationwide drain cleaning sensation. It all began several years ago when Gene Luoma of Duluth got tired of his bathroom drains getting clogged. His daughter Kim liked long hair, and when he’d take a shower, her long hair blocked the drain, forcing water to slowly fill the tub.  …

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