Scamming Inventors: A Look at the Business of Inventing (1978) @ManufacturingIntellect
Scamming Inventors: A Look at the Business of Inventing (1978)  @ManufacturingIntellect
Uploaded February 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Turning a good idea into a successful invention requires more than just ingenuity. For creative geniuses who may lack business smarts, there's something called the "invention promotion company." These firms say they help budding inventors market their ideas -- for a fee, of course.

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An invention promotion firm or invention submission corporation provides services to inventors to help them develop or market their inventions. These firms may offer to evaluate the patentability of inventions, file patent applications and license them to manufacturers, build prototypes, and market inventions. They are distinguished from more conventional consulting firms and law firms offering the same or similar services in that they market their services primarily to amateur inventors through the mass media.

The US government estimates that there are hundreds of companies offer invention-promotion services and that "virtually all of them are either ineffective or outright fraudulent." An official at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office "says he believes there are fewer than a half-dozen legitimate invention promoters in the country."
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