Join us on May 23, 2013 in Denver, CO at 6:30Pm, see www.rminventor.org under "Event" for details.
Join us on May 23, 2013 in Denver, CO at 6:30Pm, see www.rminventor.org under "Event" for details.
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Join us in Denver, CO on May 9 at 6PM-see www.rminventor.org under "Event" for details.
Come learn about the five types of prior art, the basic process of searching, how to use the Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) system, all on the US Patent Office website, also this can better prepare you for the PUB West search system that the Patent Office Examiners use, of which we will have another class on in about two months, which will be announced. If you are a Rocky Mountain Inventors Association member who has paid their annual dues, there is no charge for meetings.
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Join us on May 2nd in Loveland, CO at 6PM, see www.rminventor.org under "Event" for details.
Speaker: Bonnie Kaake
Topic: Power Tools for Inventors (via Skype)
Have an idea? Provisional application filed? Prototype working reasonably well? If you have been anxious about what to do next, this is the presentation for you. Straight forward answers to the questions you didn’t even know to ask. Learn the most powerful ways to accelerate success and conserve capital whether you intend to license your intellectual property or launch a product based business. Bring your questions.
Bonnie has 30 years of experience working with innovative product based businesses small and large, including the General Electric Company, and inventors. She is the current President of the Rocky Mountain Inventors Association and a former President and Executive Director of the national United Inventors Association (UIA). Bonnie is a published author, national speaker, guest lecturer at the university level, a frequent contributor to forums and blogs, an inventor, entrepreneur, and inventors’ advocate.
Her company, Innovative Consulting Group, Inc., is an out-sourced marketing arm that accelerates product commercialization. By leveraging their capabilities, strategic partnerships, 16 years of key industry contacts, the latest technology, best practices, and creative methods, they get results.
Bonnie Griffin Kaake
President & CEO
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Innovative Consulting Group, Inc.
"Marketing for Results"
303-980-5567 office
www.icgProductMarketing.com
E-mail: bgkaake@biz-consult.com
www.linkedin.com/in/kaakeicg/
Skype: bonnie.griffin.kaake
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Join us on May 15, 2013 in Colorado Springs at 6:30Pm, see www.rminventor.org under "Event" for details.
Speaker: Eric Cernyar
Topic: First-to-file changes to patent law. What you need to know.
Eric is a patent attorney with 14 years of practice. He works and resides in Cripple Creek, CO, where he can be reached at (719) 689-0700. Eric will discuss legislation that recently went into effect converting the U.S. from a first-to-invent to a first-to-file system. He will also discuss strategies for responding to that change, as well as the potential impact of the new fee classification for “micro entities.”
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Join us in Denver, CO on April 25, at 6:30PM see www.rminventor.org for details.
Denver Metro Area Inventors Meeting on Thursday, April 25th;Speaker: Edie Tolchin
Topic: The Real Nitty Gritty Details on Souring in Asia, what you didn't know to ask and more... (via Skype)
Edith G. Tolchin, “The Sourcing Lady” (SM),“invented” EGT Global Trading in 1997, with a goal to link U.S. inventors with Asian manufacturers, to provide an exclusive import service for sourcing, quality control, production testing and safety issues, manufacturing, international financing, air/ocean shipping, customs clearance arrangements, and dock-to-door delivery. Edie began her career in import and international trade in the 1970s, fresh out of NYU, with a NYC importer of frozen fish and bicycles. She has worked with both large and small importers, handling commodities from salted nuts to chemicals and waxes, to wearing apparel and toys. Ms. Tolchin holds a prestigious U.S. Customs Broker License, and has extensive experience with U.S. Customs and Customs Brokers in various products and issues, including binding rulings, duty protests and drawbacks. She is an Officer Emeritus of the Board of the Directors of the United Inventors Association, and is an expert in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act’s requirements for product safety issues, the General Conformity Certificate and Tracking Labels.
Ms. Tolchin is co-author of Sourcing Smarts: Keeping it SIMPLE and SAFE with China Sourcing and Manufacturing, along with Don Debelak and Eric Debelak. Edie is Contributing Editor and freelance writer for Inventors Digest Magazine. She has over 35 years of international trade experience, and has worked exclusively with China and Taiwan for the past 22 years.
EGT Global Tradingspecializes in offshore manufacturing services for inventions of textiles and sewn-items, bags, baby and fashion accessories, unique arts & crafts items, and household inventions. Edie Tolchin regularly provides pro bono presentations for inventors’ organizations and trade shows throughout the USA on topics such as “Importing Basics for Inventors™,” “Offshore Manufacturing for Inventors™, and on the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.
Watch for Edie’s new venture with her partner, Ken Robinson: www.widgetsontheweb.com... Website design, development and web hosting for inventors. “Got an invention? Get a website!”
For free brochure and lit packet, please contact: EGT Global Trading, P.O. Box 5660, Hillsborough, NJ 08844 USA. Phone (845) 321-2362, e-mail: EGT@egtglobaltrading.com, webpage: www.egtglobaltrading.com
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Join us in April 11, 2013 at 6:30PM in Denver, see www.rminventor.org under "Event" for detail.
The creativity of inventors is beyond limits. They don't have just one idea...they are full of them. So, how do you decide which to pursue and which are not worth the time to take the next step? This presentation will give you a list of screening questions that will help you decide where to go from where you are. We will cover each question and why it is important for you to answer.
Bonnie has 30 years of experience working with innovative product based businesses small and large, including the General Electric Company, and inventors. She is the current President of the Rocky Mountain Inventors Association and a former President and Executive Director of the national United Inventors Association (UIA). She continues to be actively involved in the inventor community nationally. Bonnie is a published author, national speaker, guest lecturer at the university level, a frequent contributor to forums and blogs, an inventor, entrepreneur, and inventors’ advocate.
Her company, Innovative Consulting Group, Inc., is an out-sourced marketing arm that accelerates product commercialization. By leveraging their capabilities, strategic partnerships, 16 years of key industry contacts, the latest technology, best practices, and creative methods, they get results. The company is launching a new ground-breaking informational service in the next few months.
Speaker Contact:
Bonnie Griffin Kaake
President & CEO
Innovative Consulting Group, Inc.
“Marketing for Results”
Phone: 303-980-5567 Office
Email: bgkaake@biz-consult.com
Website: www.icgProductMarketing.com
Skype: bonnie.griffin.kaake
Join us on March 28, 2013 in Denver at 6:30PM for this presentation by Attorney Roger Jackson, see www.rminventor.org under "Event" for detail.
Most likely at one time or another you will be outsourcing work-typically manufacturing to a contractor either domestic or overseas-so this concerns the agreement you will have with your contract manufacturer-we will discuss what these terms mean and how to protect yourself.
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Join us on April 17, in Colorado Springs, CO at 6:30PM to learn more about this subject, see www.rminventor.org under "Event" for details.
Speaker: Eric Cernyar
Topic: First-to-file changes to patent law. What you need
to know.
Eric is a patent attorney with 14 years of practice. He works and resides in Cripple Creek, CO,
where he can be reached at (719) 689-0700. Eric will discuss legislation
that recently went into effect converting the U.S. from a first-to-invent to a
first-to-file system. He will also discuss strategies for responding to
that change, as well as the potential impact of the new fee classification for
“micro entities.”
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Join us in Loveland, CO on April 3, at 6:00PM for this tour, see www.rminventor.org under event for detail.
Steve Tungesvick, owner of Soft Touch Manufacturing in
Loveland will be giving a tour of his facility. Steve has 30+ years of
experience in plastic molding business. He will be showing the group some of
the machinery used in building plastic injection molds as well as the molding
process and answering your questions. This will be a very informative meeting
and should help to shed some light on the plastic molding process and the
reasons why molds can be such an expensive investment.
Please meet at the Loveland Public library by 6:00 pm, we
will leave as a group no later than 6:15. The trip to Soft Touch should only
take about 5 minutes.
The map and directions to Soft Touch can be found here.
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