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All the information you need to help you through the invention development and commercialization process is right here or a link away. No matter what stage you are in the invention process, these hand-picked links to articles and invention service providers will help you on your way.

If you have special needs, or find that your questions are not answered from this site, please contact us and we will either get you an answer, or tell you where to find it.

• Advice for your Stage of Development
• Resources and Service Providers
• More Ways to Learn About Promoting Your Invention

Where you are in the stages of invention development can have a significant impact on your steps toward commercialization. Choose from the selections below to find the articles and resources that will best help you at your stage of invention development.

• I have an idea
• I’ve applied for or received a patent

• About Patents and Patenting
  • What are Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights?
  • Provisional Application
  • FAQ’s About Patents
• Patent Searching
  • About Patent Searches
  • The Benefits of Patent Searches
    
  • Ways to Perform a Patent Search
• Tips for protecting...
  • 4 Quick Steps to Protect Your Idea 
  • Documenting Your Idea
  • Inventor's Logbook – 16 Tips
  • Confidentiality Agreements – an Overview
    
• More that an Inventor Should Know
  • 6 Common Inventor FAQs
  • The 5 Steps of Invention Development
  • 3 Ways to Commercialize Your Invention
  • Will My Invention Sell?
    

• What Every Inventor Should Know at This Step
  
  • 6 Common Inventor FAQs
  • The 5 Steps of Invention Development
    
  • 3 Ways to Commercialize Your Invention
  • Will My Invention Sell?
  • Inventor's Logbook – 16 Tips
  • The Benefits of Patent Searches
  • Confidentiality Agreements – an Overview
    

• Essential Reading to Keep Informed
  • The Inventor’s Bible – Quick Reference Guide
  • The Inventor’s Bible - Glossary
  • The Inventor’s Bible – Resources
  • List of Invention Service Providers
    

• The Inventor’s Bible: How to Market and License Your Brilliant Ideas, is available at Barnes and Noble, other bookstores, Amazon.com, online, and at libraries. It includes a Workbook that guides you step-by-step through the process of making your invention profitable. You can also find many excerpts from The Inventor’s Bible on this site.
  
• MY DIMWIT Self Help for Inventors helps guide you through the inventing process and creating a professional marketing presentation for your invention project, leading you to commercialization and potential profits.
  
• The DIMWIT Inventor's Package (DIP) includes downloadable and printable PDF versions of most of the articles on DIMWIT.com website, coupons and savings on many services such as patent searching, patenting, invention evaluations, and more.

Contributed by Ron Docie, President, Docie Development, LLC, Copyright 2009, All Rights Reserved.