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8/01/2005

Inventors and Inventions

How to Protect and Benefit From Your Ideas

5 Steps for Commercializing an Invention

Inventor's Handbook

Patent Searching Tips for Inventors

Where Do Patents Go When Inventors Die?

Now is the Time for the Entrepreneurial Inventor

Patenting as Easy as One, Two, Three

Inventors Need to be Flexible

Inventors Need Business Plans

Unsolicited Invention Submissions

Lessons on Turning a New Invention Idea Into Money

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