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About Novice Inventors

Welcome to Idea Next Step.Com

Idea next step.com is “NOT” a submission corporation. For novice inventors, we take the complicated science out of protecting yourself, your pocket book, and your idea.

We show you what a patent search is, and how to perform a basic patent search on the idea next step.com web site. Your preliminary search is performed in the privacy of your own home or office without revealing your idea to anyone until the time is right. We actually have (2) patent search tools available for your use. You’ll search for inventions in the field of your idea to determine if any similar idea has been previously patented.

We also have a trademark search tool available on this site for your use. The trademark search tool allows you to perform a preliminary search of marks from across the globe.

Please click on the advice tab on the home page for more helpful information.

After completing the steps above, you’ll be better equipped to make a personal decision regarding whether or not to seek patent protection for your idea. Professional patent protection will include a thorough and detailed patent search. A typical patent application costs several thousand dollars. A typical patent search costs several hundred dollars. By using the free services and information provided by ideanextstep.com, you should be able to reduce your risk factors significantly before making the necessary investment required to protect your idea. Ideanextstep.com has a goal of helping to prevent novice inventors from spending valuable funds needlessly. This is accomplished by turning an uninformed novice inventor into an informed knowledgeable inventor.

Please explore this site. There is a wealth of information and services available for you. Take the time to review all items referring to patent information. As a service we've provided (2)patent search tools, trademark search tool,patent terms, patent information, message board, blog,forum, personal video,social networking community with private email and messages, photo upload, calender, IP news,locate local patent attorney tab, and much more.

If you decide to move to the next step, you'll eventually need various documents and agreements to complete this task. Depending upon what your goals are, you could need certain types of disclosure agreements, patent assignment agreements, business plans, sales agreements, etc,etc. These documents can be very expensive, however, we have a documents / agreements package available for our members to download absolutely free. There are(9)documents and agreements currently available. Please see the agreements/documents tab on the top right of the home page.

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