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Our Next Meeting

Date/Time: 3/11/10, 7:00 PM
Location: St. Michael's College, The Vermont Room
Speaker: Michelle Hobbs
Topic: "Design: Enter the Market with Gusto"

Inventor Resources and Help

Books and Magazines
Patent it Yourself - David Pressman
Winning at New Products - Robert Cooper
How to License Your Million Dollar Idea - Harvey Reese
Marketing Your Invention - Thomas Mosley
Inventors Digest Magazine - Louis Foreman
Inventor's Desktop Companion - Richard C. Levy

Web Sites
www.uspto.gov - the US Patent and Trademark Office can help you find patents, patent forms, patent fees, guides, rules and other resources.
www.cipo.ic.gc.ca - Canadian Intellectual Property Office
www.espacenet.com - European Patent Office
www.ipo.org - World Intellectual Property Office
www.freepatentsonline.com - Free Patent Downloads
www.patents.com - Patent Searching
www.google.com/patents - Patent Searching
www.vermontinnovation.org - The Vermont Innovation Market Place
www.uiausa.com - United Inventors Association
www.inventorsdigest.com - Inventors Digest Online
www.InventNet.com - inventors forum - ask your questions here - after searching archives.
www.InventorEd.org - inventor forum and other info sources.
www.ipbookstore.com - has many books on inventing subjects and reviews
www.patentcafe.com - has forums and lots of information
www.wini2.com - the WIN innovation center
www.money4ideas.com - Harvey Reese web site - Neustel-Zimmer approach

Local Information and Assistance Sources

OrganizationContactPhone #
SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) 828-4422
SBDC (Small Business Development Center) Pat Travers 223-4654
or
888-4542
EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competative Research) 656-7669
VBIN (Vermont Business Incubator Network)Mark Blanchard(802) 295-3710
ThinkVermont (Vermont Business Resources Site)
CVEDC (Central Vermont Economic Development Corp) Richard Agney 223-4654
VMEC (Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center) Patricia Giavara (802) 279-6103
VPTDL (Vermont Patent & Trademark Depository Library) Scott Schaffer 656-2503
Hampton Direct (Product Manufacturing & Marketing) Deb Peterson (802) 876-1594
North Country Angels Fred Wainwright (603) 646-0107
Granite State Angels Fred Wainwright (603) 646-0107
Vermont Venture Network Kenneth Merritt (802) 658-7830
Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship
Information on patenting James Leas 864-1575
Information on patenting and business issues Larry Meier 863-2375

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