Whether you employ us or you do it yourself, there is a very specific technique that should be followed. The preliminary descriptive material should be brief and to the point, so a manufacturers new products department will instantly get an idea of what your invention is an what purpose it serves.
In our own case, we have been doing this work for over 58 years and have accrued the names of manufacturers in almost every product line. Hundreds of manufacturers have requested us to place their names on our list. However, in addition, we are constantly compiling additional names through directories, trade publications, and manufacturers associations. Our broad knowledge of manufacturers is an important part of our service.
How We Can Help You
Unless you have the time and experience, trying to do the job yourself is difficult. So this is how we can help you, as your employee. But please understand, we are not “promoters,” “developers,” or “brokers”. Our service is exactly as we have outlined it below and as it is clearly stated in our Employment Agreement.
Here is an brief but basic approach of our services:
1.) Compile information as it relates to your product and potential product line.
2.) Study the basic idea of your invention from the drawings and other information you supplied so the descriptive material can be written and prepared.
3.) Compose the basic points of your invention into a “Descriptive Letter”.
4.) Produce “Folio” sets of the drawings and specifications for your invention, together with any other materials you might have supplied us with.
5.) Obtain your approval: send copies of the Descriptive Letter and Folio package to you for your approval, corrections or additions.
6.) Prepare Mailing List: Upon your approval, we select the manufacturers to whom we believe it might appeal.
There will be four groups of submissions to the manufacturers. At the time of each submission, we will send you a copy of that particular list. At this point, you can let us know whether you want us to submit the material to the manufacturers from our office or whether you want to do the submitting/mailing yourself. If you prefer doing the mailings, we will send everything to you in a package, stamped, addressed and ready for you to drop into the mail.
7.) Manufacturers Reviews & Responses: A few days after the description of your invention arrives at the manufacturer, an individual in the New Products Department will read it and decide if they might be interested. If he believes it has possibilities, he will then write or call to ask if drawings and specifications are available. He may also ask if a model is available.
If a manufacturer becomes sufficiently interested in your invention, he will ask you to submit a proposal for a license agreement or an outright sale.
To Begin Our Services
It is very simple to begin our service. You merely fill in the date and title of your invention on the Employment Agreement. At the bottom of the Employment Agreement, please provide your name and address along with the appropriate phone numbers, fax number or e-mail address. When we receive the Employment Agreement, we will countersign it and return a copy for your files.
If you product is patented or patent applied for, send in a copy of either, along with any additional information that you feel will help us in understanding the important features of your product. This material, the Employment Agreement and your payment are all that is needed to start our service.
Our One-Time Technical Service Fee
Because our fee for the technical service is relatively modest, inventors frequently ask if we have any additional fees for that service which we might “surprise” them with later. We do not. We would not stoop to such a practice. That’s why, in the Employment Agreement, our fee is clearly stated for both the technical service and the optional consulting service.
Our Consulting Service
After you become a client by paying our fee and the submissions to the manufacturers we selected for your invention have been made, and if one or more of the manufacturers expresses serious interest in acquiring your invention, you may wish to employ us as a consultant or advisor to you and/or your attorney in working out the terms of the deal.
Some inventors prefer dealing with the manufacturer directly, without any participation by us. Others do want us in the picture because of our many years of experience with manufacturers. It is entirely up to each inventor whether or not to employ us for our consulting services which is carefully explained in the Employment Agreement.
To find out more about our services and to receive our free booklet simply click here or call us. This booklet contains valuable information collected over 58+ years that will show you how you can submit your invention or how we can do the presentation for you.
Either way, we believe you will find the information very helpful with regard to your further work with your invention. Of course there is never any obligation.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Employ A Firm That Manufacturers Respect
To gain the respect of manufacturers, we have never prepared any material for submitting to them that was dishonest or overplayed. We prefer the low-key approach and it has paid off in the compliments we have received from many manufacturers. This has given us a degree of respect that pleases us very much. And having been in the business since 1954, most manufacturers know us from receiving our materials all these years. Hardly a month passes without a manufacturer calling or writing us to request that we send them new products.
Check Our Business References
Our personal integrity as well as the reputation of our service, is something of which we are proud. But if you do not know us by reputation, then please check our business references: Sandusky County Chamber of Commerce, Fremont, Ohio 43420; Your own Better Business Bureau, credit bureau, Chamber of Commerce or your state Attorney General’s office.
Naturally we hope you select us for the assistance we can give you; but if you consider another company, make certain it is a firm who will do what they claim they will. There are all sorts of firms in the business. So, by all means, check on all firms you are considering.
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