1. Inventing is fun You can do it

2. What is an invention? New Useful Not Obvious

3. Getting inventions See problems as opportunities Know something: Math, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Engineering, Woodworking, Machining, Hydraulics, etc. Do brain storming in your head

4. Next Step Research literature www.uspto.gov Literature of the field Chemical Abstracts etc. Read catalogues Use Bing or Google Read www.life401.com Downloads, life401, Chapter 11www.life401.com

5. File Provisional Read many patents in the field to get the feel of writing one www.uspto.govwww.uspto.gov Write a provisional just like a patent Throw in everything, Think of ways around the patent and add those also. Do a brain dump Do it yourself or use a lawyer on www,uspto.gov

6. Make a prototype Test the prototype Market test the prototype Keep your day job but, move fast Start work on the formal patent at least two months before the provisional lapses

7. Run Fast