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Welcome to Zen Engineering's ZENware Invention Orientation page!

This page was created for your benefit.

There is quite a bit to know about the subject of inventing beyond just the mere occurrence of an idea about a new product, so we developed this page to stimulate thinking and answer some questions about this industry.

This area of the ZENware site is our place to capture some of the important topics and present various pieces information to you about what we've learned. You can expect that this section of our site is likely to grow and grow as we dig deeper and deeper into these waters.

Before you move onto the information that we've presented here you should know that there are thousands of web pages and organizations involved in the 'invention business'. We've only captured the one's that caught our attention during our own research into these areas.

If you are interested in the subject of inventing, or were instructed to review this material, you should get started on the information below which will set the stage for some success in this area.

This site currently contains information on:

Introduction

Overview

Ideas versus Inventions

Invention = Millions: A Reality Check

The Inventors Log Book

A Little History Lesson

Standard Protection

More about Patents

Design versus Utility Patents

Summary of Initial Protection

Online Preliminary Patent Search

Patent Searching at a US Patent & Trademark Library

Prototyping

Prototype Resources

Disclosure Document

Non-disclosure Contracts

Patents & Co-inventors

Business Organization

Licensing Versus Self-Produced

Marketability

Marketing & Promotion

Surveys, Market Research & Testing

Website Development & Artwork

Manufacturing

Funding

Packaging

Distribution

Contributing to your Failure

Inventor's Conventions