---- The United States of America contains over *300,017,583 people and you may think that this is a lot? The World contains over *6,854,901,988 people .. and THAT is a lot! [*07/10/2010] - Over 95.37% more people than your conceptual market for business. --

-- Census, Scope, Census 2000 Data, Charts, Maps and Rankings

-- To impress you further, there are 140 patent offices of which the United States Patent Office is only one among the many of them. -- To impress you still further, there are over 30-million patents filed in those foreign patent offices. -- There are a lot of creative people dreaming-up new ideas that lead to inventions that are worthy of obtaining "Patents."

--> To prove to the USPTO that 'you' deserve a patent, you have to provide the examiners - from your research - the "prior art" of the many issued U.S. Utility Patents, the found non-patented inventions relating to your "idea," and the found foreign patents pertaining to your invention as well. -- To do this monumental task, use both the research facilities of the PTO and the assistance of Delphion, Inc. -- Go to: --> www.delphion.com

-- -- The Delphion Web site was charging $29.00 for use of a 1-Day Patent Pass in its search facility prior to July 2002. That fee has been waived. You may now use the "Basic service" on its site for FREE. -- You will find that Delphion goes further in depth with their research than the USPTO and provides a more useful research source (at this time.)

THE KEY TO SUCCESS:
-- You've almost worn yourself out and now you are about ready to take-on the world. -- Start with one person. Sell him or her your product. Now find number two; more people. Sell them. Keep going. Keep selling your product one-at-a-time. -- After you've sold twelve dozen, you can provide a 'track record' of your 'nailed-down' proven sales. You'll have product acceptance. --> Yes!! You'll Have Product Identity Proof!! ----> ---> You are on your way --> on the road to millions.

-- You say that there is a company out there on the Internet that says it will help you obtain a patent and that they can 'do it all for you'? Don't you believe this, no company can do that.
-- You say that if that company sends you a hand signed Nondesclosure form, that you can trust them? :-( Again, don't you believe them. That's the hook to pull you in. They have provided you with a ND form that is a 'lose-lose' for you. You better read the fine print and ask a lawyer what it means?
-- When you want an honest answer to an Invention problem, call upon a Patent Attorney or a Patent Agent and ask him or her your inventive questions. Most legal problems about Inventions will be answered over the telephone and by going to see them at their offices. Stop worrying. Most patent practitioners won't charge you for their first half-hour.

-- And it's best getting a second and even a third opinion.

-- Read: --> "2,500 Years of Communications History" Part 1: 500 BC - 1899 AD" -- --> Continue Reading:
--> " .. Part 2: 1900 to the present day"

-- "St. Louis Small Business Monthly" --

-- --> "Robots wimp out in desert run"
-- --> "DARPA Report" -- --
-- --> Robot R&D Races Forward: -- OCT 2005: Last weekend, 23 teams competed in the DARPA Grand Challenge, a race of robot cars across a complicated, 130-mile, off-road course in the Mojave Desert. The winner was "Stanley," a highly modified Volkswagen Touareg entered by a team from Stanford University. To win, Stanley had to handle the desert course without any human help--using only the artificial intelligence his engineers gave him, plus what his learning software gleaned from practice in the desert. For their efforts, Stanley's builders win $2 million, plus a significant spot in the history of robotics. Until this year, no robot car had ever finished such a race.

-- "Driverless SUV wins $2 million Pentagon race - Invention - MSNBC.com" --

-- "Darpa Puts On Contest to Find 10 Red Balloons Across U.S. - NYTimes.com" --

-- "Balloon hunt nets $40,000 for MIT-led team - Innovation" --

-- "Robot maker’s fortune built on a simple idea" --

-- "Internet lending sites come under stress - International Herald Tribune" --

-- "FBI says Dark Market sting netted 56 arrests" --

-- --> How to find out what certain pre-owned computers, lap-tops, printers, etc., are worth?
-- -- "People who need to justify the value of computer equipment that they donate to charity, frequently use prices cited by Internet recycling services, such as, www.recycle.net/computer/-- used to estimate a computer's value.
-- A more precise approach is to pay $9.95
to the American Computer Exchange (www.amcoex.com)for an online appraisal that evaluates the features in a given computer system and estimates what it should be worth as salvage. [intelligentmailbag@flogo.com]

--{ NEWS FLASH - READ BELOW }--

-- Hold it!! -->
-- -- We've just learned of another company that is aggressively seeking new products from inventors. M&M Fitness Equipment, which is a licensee of Everlast, is looking for folks who have new fitness and cardio equipment. If you don't recognize the name Everlast, you should! It's synonymous with boxing. If you have something in the fitness and cardio equipment line, contact M&M Fitness at 212-822-1566 or send an email to ronk@msgmail.com.

-- I received a request from Patent Attorney, Charles Mc Closkey on 10/19/2006:
-- "Bob:
A local business broker firm seeks patentees with patents in soy based oil for elevators. If you know of anybody, have them give me a call. Chuck" legale@socket.net - 314-872-8136 - Charles Carroll McCloskey IV

-- Some have asked whether they can get a patent for an existing invention? The real question to ask, "Why would I ever want this invention patented?"

-- -- Manny Fink the Tailor -- --

-- One can't be prepared for every eventuality and this story has to do with an executive having to step-in and give a lecture at his company's business meeting:

-- It was a very important speech that he alone would have to give and his company depended upon him. The problem was that he had lost quite a bit of weight from dieting, around sixty pounds, and his suit fit him terribly--he needed a tailor, quickly!!

-- The executive remembered seeing a tailor shop in his neighborhood and he rushed right out with his oversized suit.

-- Sure enough, the tailor shop was there just where he remembered it. There was that almost faded large sign painted on the weather-worn brick wall:

** FINE TAILORING **
{{{* MANNY FINK *}}}
~ WHAT YOU THINK
I DO MENDING FREE

-- Manny said to the Executive, "Vell, you vant it qvick. I can do that. I make it ready in four hours. - Here, let me try it on for you.. -- I'll make some adjustments to fit you."

-- The Executive could hardly believe his ears.
-- [He thinks to himself, "I need it done, I need it done quickly. And I need it done by a professional who knows what he is doing.. and from the looks of this tailor shop, this Manny Fink must have been in business for years.. And he'll do it RIGHT - for FREE!! -- The sign says so on the wall."]

-- When the Executive gets back to Manny Fink's in about four hours, he is pleased to try-on his altered suit.

-- It looked and fit perfectly. It looked like a new custom made suit. He was overjoyed.

-- "Wrap it up. I'll take it," said the Executive.

-- "That suit vas very hard for me to do. I verked mine fingers to the bone. I even had mine assistant help me out and ve rushed to get dis suit done in-time. - Single needle threads.. Dat vill be $435.00 for mine labor for mine verk. For you, still a bargain."

-- "What are you saying!! The wall sign says in big bold letters, "Manny Fink, what you think? I do mending for Free!!"

-- Manny Fink looks him straight in the eyes and says: "Mr. Bigshot, who-who, you crazy? You can't read? It says, "Manny Fink. What!? - You think I do mending for Free!?" -- Gimme mine $435.00 for mine mending NOW or you don't get mine suit. Ver did you go to school ver dey say you can get sumting fer nuting?"

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