Schlagwort-Archive: inventorhaus

Grow your own mushrooms – at home!

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Do you like mushrooms? Ever thought of growing your own ones? With the mushroom garden from Back to the roots it´s pretty easy.

Within ten days the grow-at-home mushroom kit lets you grow up to 1 1/2 lbs of oyster mushrooms per box. Believe it or not, but they grow on recycled coffee grounds.

Want to know who came up with this innovative idea?

As written on the homepage back to the Roots was founded by Alejandro Velez & Nikhil Arora during their last semester at UC Berkeley.


Two months away from graduation, and heading into the corporate world of investment banking & consulting, they came across the idea during a class lecture of being able to potentially grow gourmet mushrooms entirely on recycled coffee grounds.

Inspired by the idea of turning waste into wages & fresh, local food, they experimented in Alex’s fraternity kitchen, ultimately growing one test bucket of tasty oyster mushrooms on recycled coffee grounds. Soon they decided to forget the corporate route, and instead, become full-time urban mushroom farmers.

A book about the goofiest patents

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Where to begin, a lot of inventors wonder. Search the internet or read a book? There are many guidebooks out there, where young inventors as well as adults can find useful and inspiring tips how to turn their idea into reality.

But the invention business has another side too, the funny one and author Ted VanCleave looked at it. His book called Totally Absurd Inventions: America´s goofiest patents is available in English and Japanese.

Just read the description on amazon.com and you know that you have some funny pages ahead of you: „Totally Absurd Inventions offers the best of the goofy from the millions of patents granted during the past 70 years. Each of the nearly 100 off-the-wall inventions unearthed for this collection features the detailed patent application illustration and a lively description of the bizarre proposed creation.


Need to know when your baby’s diaper is dirty? You’ll want to see the plans behind the Diaper Alarm. Little boys wanting to avoid playground kisses may find just what they need in the Kissing Shield. Want to add a unique Wisconsin twist to your cigarette? The Cheese-Filtered Cigarette might do the trick. Super Trash Man, the Cranium Cooler, the All-Terrain Stroller, and the Pet Toilet are just a few more of the zany but fascinating inventions highlighted in this compendium of creativity.


Author Ted VanCleave is himself an inventor of the weird. His award-winning Web site, Totally Absurd Inventions, began in 1997 after he conducted patent research for his own wacky invention, Inflatable Greeting Cards. That research uncovered similarly fascinating inventions that he’s shared with the more than two million people who have visited his web site, which has been named USA Today’s site of the week and attracted the attention of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.“

Many questions? – We have the answer!

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As the United Inventors Association of America blogged today there are some things to think about when looking for one of the many service providers in the inventing industry. Like most industries there are good and bad companies selling dozens of services needed to commercialize an invention. Here are the tips from the UIA:






1.    Ask for their success rate: Ask for in writing the number of ideas they have represented and how many inventors made more money than they invested. This is required information under the Inventor Protection Act and they should provide it to you.

2.    Ask for references: Ask for the names of three satisfied customers that you can talk to. You do this with a babysitter, with a car…why not with your checkbook?

3.    Avoid too much pressure: Are their sales people calling you often using high pressure tactics?

4.    Are they sending you pre-signed confidentiality agreements in their „free kits“? Only sign agreements after you decide you want to use them or anyone else (but before discussion of any ideas).

5.    Have they asked you to write your ideas down and mail them to yourself? This process is a myth; it will not protect your idea.

6.    Early in your discussions, ask what the total cost of services will be. Not just the one they want to sell you first, ask for an outline of all their services and what ones will be required to actually allow you to make money in the end. Any hesitation to answer is normally a bad sign.

7.    Market evaluations provide an objective evaluation of the merit, technical feasibility, and commercial viability of your invention. Ask for their criteria, system of review, and the qualifications of company evaluators.

8.    Do they check on pre-existing patents for your same idea? Some companies will promote almost any idea, without knowing if there is patent infringement involved.

9.    Do their „patent searches“ come without a written opinion of patentability? Do they refuse to provide in writing the resulting number of favorable patent searches vs unfavorable searches they experience?

10. If they claim to have a special relationship with a manufacturer, ask for proof. Watch out, if they ask you to submit your idea to a manufacturer before you have properly protected it.

11. Avoid a jack-of-all-trades. No one is an expert in all those fields, ask them how they can evaluate many different categories of innovation.

12. Watch out for addresses that don’t match, they claim to be in one state but the mailing address is different. The same for no direct phone contact, are you always reaching their voicemail?

13. Ask all the above questions and be on triple alert if you’re responding to a slick TV, radio and magazine ad – the real guys have to advertise too, so know what to look out for.


And here is the inpama recommendation:

The company and its professional inventor consultants have more than 13 year of experience in the invention industry, lot´s of successful inventors, do not use high pressure tactics or send pre-signed confidentiality agreements.

InventorHaus Inc. is a dedicated invention marketing and consulting company possessing a unique advantage over other related firms: it is the only marketer who can guarantee to place your finished product into a store.

In addition to guaranteeing market placement for your invention, InventorHaus, Inc. offers a full range of services to help inventors bring their ideas into reality. From project planning and management to prototype construction, InventorHaus, Inc. supports you through each step of the inventing process, even offers market evaluation and checks pre-existing patents!

Interested? Then check out the services or visit the website.

About the importance of a patent attorney

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We already told you about Patents and Utility models and gave you Sales and Marketing suggestions. Remember: The goal of inpama.com is to provide inventors a platform to present, sell, and market their patented inventions on their own.


Today we want to explain you the importance of a patent attorney.

It´s just like Mary Bellis on about.com writes: „As the inventor you know the scientific and technical knowledge involved in your invention.




However, the preparation of a patent application and conducting proceedings with any patent office requires a knowledge of patent law and rules and the patent office’s practices and procedures. The knowledge that a patent attorney has.“

Without that knowledge you might be granted a patent and later find out that it doesn´t protect your invention properly!

In the United States, the USPTO makes the rules and regulations governing any patent attorney or patent agent. To find one click here.

SIP-CORE: An innovative hydration system

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Sure it happened to you too. While driving a car or doing sports you opened a can of coke or a water bottle and splash – spilled the liquid all over you. Well, here´s an innovative solution: SIP-CORE.




SIP-CORE is a hydration system with which all kinds of liquids can be absorbed without spilling. When using it you don´t even need your hands!

SIP-CORE can be screwed onto any standard bottle. In combination with a flexible liquid container (pouch), with and without hose connection, SIP-CORE is a very safe and versatile system for easy, hand-free drinking. It can be used in the geriatric care, for children, on trips, while driving a car, riding a motorbike or doing sports, even to supply military troops.

Since the SIP-CORE hydration system can be produced from biodegradable materials, it also provides a significant ecological advantage. Furthermore the liquid absorption in small sips prevents from dehydration and improves concentration and performance.

The „Dog Walker“

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According to the Human Society of the United States there are approximately 78.2 million owned dogs in the United States and in Australia 63% of the 7.5 million households own pets. The Australian Companion Animal Council Report shows that there are 3.41 million dogs in Down Under or in other words: 36% of the Australian households own a dog.

Dogs are cute and they are man´s best friend. But have you ever thought how to get rid of their excrements? An innovative Australian did and invented the „Dog Walker“.

It´s a new device to collect dog waste. Through rotation the excrements are carried directly in a container. This means that the invention is very hygienic, because one has no contact with the excrements.

As mentioned before unfortunately dogs are not always preparing joy – the problem with the dog excrements is the most unpleasant. In the wake of the growing dog ownership in cities and small towns, the mess problem on roadsides and in parks has become huge.

Specially build bag dispenser or warning signs are only moderately well received. Many dog owners just leave the excrements of their pets behind. On the other hand, many old people who have dogs have difficulty to bend over and collect the waste.

Help is on the way! The new „Dog Walker“ permits a simple and hygienic removal of dog waste and contributes to the improvement of “land mines” on sidewalks and in parks. It is operated electrically, which means that without effort and without contact the dog waste can be transported into a container.

To operate the “Dog Walker” the user barely has to bend down, so especially for older people this device could be a great relief.

A perfect pancake plate

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Do you like pancakes? As an American you almost have to… Here´s a plate that makes it much easier to enjoy them.

In his quest to create the perfect plate for devouring pancakes, designer Jon Wye broke down the elements of what makes a pillowy stack so comforting. After a lifelong love affair with breakfast, Wye pin-pointed the crux of satisfaction: syrup.

Designed with a raised edge that gently slopes the plate toward the diner and an ingenious reservoir for pooling loose syrup, this plate was made for slicing, dipping and delighting in each bite of pancake goodness. But the best part? This plate enhances any saucy dish down to the last drop.

Eating with chop sticks can be so easy

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When it comes to eat Sushi or other Asian food do you also envy those you can eat with cop sticks? Here´s a pair which is easy to handle.





This knife and fork set made from reusable, dishwasher-safe plastic comes with a handy rubberized grip and interlocks to become a pair of easy-to-use, spring-loaded chopsticks!






Look how easy eating with chop sticks can be:


It´s time for the Berlin Standard Time!

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Do you know what time it is? It´s time for the Berlin Standard Time!

„Standard Time is a performance lasting exactly 24 hours and recorded on film. However, this film is much more than just the recording of an action, the recording of something that has taken place in the past; it is also a clock. A clock for use right now and in the future which, as each day goes by, extends further into the past, but is still up-to-date and punctual”, says Mark Formanek, who came up with the idea for the artwork.





As you can see all together 70 workers are building a wooden 4 x 12 m „digital“ time display in real time: a work that involves 1611 changes within a 24 hour period. What an innovative idea! And that´s not only our thought.

Remember we told you that we were at the Ambiente in Frankfurt, Germany and that we presentend some of our exclusive products? The Berlin Standard Time, for which we have the exclusive distribution rights in Austria, was one of them.

And guess who stopped by at our stand and was faszinated about the artwork. The head of Fred & Friends, Mr. Fred himself! So chances are good that the Berlin Standard Time will soon be also part of his product line.

India cancer ruling opens door for cheaper drugs

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As the press agency Reuters announced today, the Indian Patent Office yesterday effectively ended German drugmacker Bayer’s monopoly for its Nexavar drug and issued its first-ever compulsory license allowing local generic maker Natco Pharma to make and sell the drug cheaply in India.


It is only the second time a nation has issued a compulsory license for a cancer drug after Thailand did so on four drugs between 2006 and 2008, also on affordability grounds.

„This could well be the first of many compulsory rulings here,“ said Gopakumar G. Nair, head of patent law firm Gopakumar Nair Associates and former president of the Indian Drug Manufacturers‘ Association. „Global pharmaceutical manufacturers are likely to be worried as a result … given that the wording in India’s Patent Act that had been amended from ‚reasonably priced‘ to ‚reasonably affordable priced‘ has come into play now.“

The new wording is seen as a lower threshold for compulsory licenses, which can be issued under world trade rules by nations that deem major life-saving drugs to be too costly. The licenses allow them to authorize the local manufacture or importation of much cheaper, generic versions.

India has one of the world’s fastest-growing rates of HIV and heart disease is another big killer, but widespread poverty in Asia’s third-largest economy makes many non-generic drugs unaffordable for millions. Bayer’s Nexavar cancer drug costs around $5,500 a month in India, making it „not available to the public at a reasonably affordable price“, the patent office ruled.

Natco’s finance chief, Baskara Narayana, told Reuters that sales of the generic version of Nexavar, whose chemical name is sorafenib, were expected to be about 250 million to 300 million rupees ($5-6 million) a year once it is launched.

Bayer, which developed Nexavar with U.S. biotech firm Onyx Pharmaceuticals, said it was evaluating its options. „We are disappointed by the decision of the Patent Controller in India to grant a compulsory license for Nexavar,“ Bayer said in a statement. Tapan Ray, director general of the Organization of Pharmaceutical Producers of India, an industry group of multi-national drugmakers, said the Bayer ruling was disappointing. „The solution to helping patients with innovative medicines does not lie in breaking patents or denying patent rights to the innovators.“

To read the full article pleace klick here.