-- At our meetings, guest speakers, members, and patent attorneys offer free advice. They will help you by presenting facts needed by you to make your invention a rewarding reality. You will feel comfortable being among your trusting friends and will find the support and information that is surely needed. We will help you to bring your inventive ideas into reality..honestly.

-- Our mission statement is to help educate future generations of innovators. This includes how to invent, think for yourself, maintain control of your inventive efforts and fend off those who will rip you off..

-- Our IASL Website, for one, is the beginning and end-all for creative Intellectual Property information. It is a thousand piece jigsaw puzzle. Each fact was inserted with determined correct fit, which came from literally dozens of 'invention resources' that came from Internet networking.

-- The reader may say that it is a Blog, which it is. It wasn't created as a verbose multi-tasked inventors' encyclopedia, but is set simply as a travel novel: You will find many fine examples/places/items of interest and then, areas that won't interest or excite you in the least, and will move on.

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I've been asked, "How the hell do you find anything on your website? There's too much there.. I can't spend a lot of time 'searching.'"
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- So, this is what you do:
1. Research Google - print http://www.google.com - then
2. Print the words "inventors association of st. louis" and then the name of what you are looking for - example: "prototypes"
3. This should land you on the Inventors Association of St. Louis page containing the word "prototypes." Scroll down and read information.
4. You say that this is still too much work for you to do.. O.K. Just click the word prototype and I'll hyperlink you there.
5. Advice
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-- If all that you may want from us at this time is to recommend three books that would be considered the top three for researching intellectual property, then read in order:
- "Will It Sell?" by James E. White,
- "Patent It Yourself, Thirteenth Edition" by David Pressman,
- "Marketing Your Invention, 2nd Edition" by Thomas E. Mosley, Jr. - [Marketing Your Invention is out of print but really worth reading at your library.]

-- -- IASL INVENTOR TOPICS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- QUALITY RESOURCES -- -- -- -- --

-- For all you "Idea People" -->
Let's start from the beginning: --
-- @ #One --

{:-> Bizarre names not where it's @, China says

-- And to Dan and all those Inventors who can't wait to read it: Patents Inventors Resources and Information
-- "USPTO Products and Services Price List" --

- "We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here." -- Susan Taylor

-- NEXT MEETING at St. Louis County's Library Headquarters: -- --> 1640 South Lindbergh Blvd - this MARCH in the EAST Meeting Room (on north side of the library,) 6:00 to 9:00 pm on Thursday evening, March 18th, 2009. All are invited. This means YOU -

MEMBERS, we will attempt to begin promptly at 6:00 pm. Please arrive on-time, sign-in, and be seated.

Note the IASL's pattern of Meeting Dates during 2010, when all will fall on the third Thursdays of the month.
BE CERTAIN - ATTEND MONTHLY MEETINGS IN 2010 ON ------ Thursday, March 18th, 2010 in the Library's EAST Meeting Room ---- ---- April 15th, May 20th, June 17th, 2010 in the Library's EAST Meeting Room --- GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR INVENTION
-- and on into the Future -->
-- Check your calendar: -->

-- The IASL CONTACT HOURS: Voice-mail - 24 hours a day, everyday. Your messages will be responded to promptly, whenever possible.

-- Following a good suggestion, for our first hour for 'First Timers' we will recite the basic steps for obtaining a patent, peppered with mutual "Brainstorming," followed by our Guest Speaker session at 6:45 pm. [__]

'First Timers' are enrolled promptly at 6:00 p.m.
>> Having our Speaker begin the 2nd portion, gives our steady members time to get through heavy traffic and be on-time ;-) >> We expect them by 6:15, and no later than by 6:30. >> A quorum of attendees is necessary in order to hold our meetings.

This February at the Library, Carol Giles-Straight, subject specialist from St. Louis Public Library's Business, Science & Technology department, talks about African American inventors and their inventions.
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-- -->> About our IASL Guest Speakers:
-- Years ago, I would spend many tiring hours typing and printing-up The Big Idea Newsletter, which was mailed to all the IASL Membership, a large mailing of 500 to 700 people.
-- With the convenience of the Internet, I now, in a fraction of the time and cost, make the Monthly Announcements inviting everyone to come.. you included ;-)

- The Speakers that I attract for all of us to hear, travel many miles and expect large appreciative/inquiring audiences to be listening to them. - I know you do understand this and won't disappoint our speaker. I'll be looking for you.
-- Please be there on March 18th, 2010 at 6:00 pm.

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-- And keep attending each month.. Hey, look - I don't get paid for this. My gratification has been in helping you. - Robert Scheinkman

P.S. - Please remember your yearly dues may be now due.
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"DON'T GIVE UP" - This should be the motto of all creative Inventors. - And to all my Future Members, it is my pleasure to welcome you to your inventive organization website.
It was created for you in helping you to succeed with your invention.

While waiting for the IASL meeting night, you should spend time reading from this website. Most everything that you may want to learn about inventing will be in here. And if you are an IASL Member and can't find it, just drop me an e-note and I'll try to find it for you.

Keep a pen or pencil handy to write down your moment of inspiration. Don't let that moment get away from you.

Take the time to research. Verify the resources of your facts. Keep a verified diary of your research. Keep your mouths shut and don't blurt out your secrets. Use a 'Letter of Confidentiality in your dealings with others. Its purpose is to not start a one-year time limitation. Start your invention conversation with: "I want you to hold what I say in strict confidence in order to secure my patent." when presenting your Letter of Confidentiality.

Relax. Sleep on it. Rewrite and rework it. Visualize it and perhaps build a prototype. Don't re-invent the wheel; check the Patent Office, because somebody may have previously invented it (or very close to it.)

Think positive. Work on the idea that will give you 'the most bang for your buck,' i.e. the biggest return on your dollar. Don't juggle too many things -- put away the ones that will follow in turn. Budget the money.

Keep good records. Enjoy Inventing as a hobby. Follow good advice. Learn from others successes and failures. Make it as good as it may sell for. Be price conscious, for the fact that if it costs too much to make, it won't sell for the opportune price.

Be aware of competition. Knowing your competition is an advantage. Track them. They made a pathway for you.

Make friends. Keep friends.

There is so much to do and remember :-))

Robert Scheinkman, President
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-- I'll admit "I talk too much !" But, this is my blog and I can do what I want.

-- There is method to my madness:
1. I have to read-over this body of information time-after-time again. To keep it from being boring, I throw tidbits into it to spice it up.
2. You remember things better when you read the joke with it.

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-- -- PREVIOUS IASL GUEST SPEAKERS:

-- Inasmuch as the IASL presents a benefit to the community at large and wishes everybody to gain from the possible knowledge of having correct invention procedure, we invite all "Idea People" to freely attend their first meeting.

-- You will find it worthwhile to contribute to our present and future projects by offering your remittance donation of $5.00. - It takes planning and money to run a quality organization. - Ours is different from other charitable organizations, for you-yourself will become the recipient of your own charitable donation. And it's Tax Deductible.
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-- "It is YOU, the ever-so-often tinkerer that makes that leap of progress that moves ahead our real world."

PATENT LAWYERS & AGENTS: Intellectual Property Practitioners

-- You are welcomed to come to our monthly IASL Meetings, but please leave small children and babies at home. Thank you. -
-- Romantically creating your best invention, you've done enough inventing for that one night.
-- Now, leave your design & prototype at home. ;-)

-- Arrive here prepared to go back home; being stimulated to work on your newer conception.

-- -- "There is no limit to what a man or woman can do if they put their mind to it."

-- "Everything is within walking distance, if you start off now." -- Stephen Wright

-- When you put your mind to attending the IASL Monthly Meeting, you will be there on-time--that is, if you start off [walking] now :-))

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-- Smith goes to see his supervisor in the front office. "Boss," he says, "we're doing some heavy house-cleaning at home tomorrow, and my wife needs me to help with the attic and the garage, moving and hauling stuff."

-- "We're short-handed, Smith," the boss replies. "I can't give you the day off."

-- "Thanks, boss," says Smith, "I knew I could count on you!"
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-- "Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike." -- Alexander Hamilton

-- "Get a little extra help - Cool Sites from The Kim Komando Radio Show & Web site" --

-- ""To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe." -- Anatole France

-- When something is repeated to you, at least three times, you tend to remember it.

-- Third party trademarks, brands and images are the property of their respective owners.

-- There are always those that want everything on a silver platter. -- Inventors, on the other hand, want everything on a golden platter.

-- It's only the beginning of the incipient challenge. You have to know today's basic invention costs. --

ON FEBUARY 14, 2006, THE U.S. REACHED 7-MILLION PATENTS

-- "When one door closes another door opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us."
-- Alexander Graham Bell

-- "The USPTO receives about 400,000 patent applications a year. The agency publishes patent applications eighteen months after they're filed. It takes about thirty-one months on average to get a patent." Learn how this waiting time may be used to your advantage.

In September, 2009, Paul L. Jacoby, was appointed to be our First Community Representative. He will be our emissary to local organizational invited events.

** "Volunteers are unpaid not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless."

-- Glossophobics need not apply.
{*one who fears public speaking}
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-- Think about this: -- In your mind's eye a light flickers on/off; -- turn on this light -- -->

-- Aha! Another brilliant idea. -- Now for the reality check. Ask yourself this: --
"Am I about to re-invent the wheel?"
-- You just better do your research... "Why," you ask?
-- "Because I have seen on tv that Cavemen are still around. They may have thought of your idea eons ago, so, do your research, find them and communicate."

-- Go to the IASL TOPIC INDEX. --
-- Do the developmental research and modification.

-- "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." -- Walt Disney

-- To gain a quick overview, go to: --> "Glossary of patent terms" at Delphion.com @ --> Delphion Glossary

-- "Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind." -- Samuel Johnson

-- Please contribute at meetings or mail-in donations to: IASL, PO Box 410111, St. Louis, MO 63141.

-- Our fifty-five dollars IASL Membership to join and thirty-five dollars renewal per year is little to ask from you. A true inventor in the years to come will no-doubt be spending hundreds and thousands of dollars persuing his and her inventive fortune. Please give a little extra to the IASL, knowing that it goes towards your own future behalf.

-- A patent attorney or two may be in the audience to respond to questions from the participants. It's FREE--No Charges for Legal Advice that will save inventors thousands of future dollars. Therefore, your altruistic donation (which is tax deductible) is greatly appreciated.

-- After our second hour's speaker, a roundtable open discussion and personal help for all our participants is conducted, when all who attend must sign a non-disclosure agreement that binds the secrecy of the group. The IASL Meeting closes at 9:00 pm. -- Often, a few of our members continue networking outside on the library parking lot. They've found a kindred spirit. :-)

:: Those coming from Interstate Hiway 70 from Saint Charles County, should go directly to Hiway 270/SOUTH, the American Veterans Memorial Highway, to Hiway 64-40/EAST to Lindbergh, and then proceed south to the
St. Louis County Library Headquarters at 1640 South Lindbergh Blvd.

-- "Hiway 64-40 Repair" --

For you St. Louisans: -- When going to Lindbergh Blvd and then to 1640 South Lindbergh. --> Lindbergh, in our illustration, is shown in Yellow on the Aerial Map. The Library, (not visible) would be found (if shown) about a quarter-block further below map's Bottom Right side.

---> Send your inspired thoughts by electronic mail to: --> --> --> --> --> . . . . . . . President@inventorsconnection.org . . . . and YOUR MEMBERSHIP DUES of $55.00 by snail-mail to: IASL,
PO Box 410111, St. Louis, MO 63141

-- Join and become a Member:
-- INVENTORS and Everyone who attends an Inventors Association of St. Louis Meeting will be given as his and her reward for joining and becoming an IASL Member, a light-bulb-shaped car antenna-topper, representing the quality, "Lightbulb of Genius" - It will travel with you as you carry the mark of recognition of "The IASL Inventor"

-- MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM --

ALL RIGHT, YOU "IDEA PEOPLE" --> ENTER THE INDEX OF ADVENTURE, ESCAPE, WONDER AND FULFILLMENT --
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