My longtime client Quint Higgins of Raleigh, NC recently obtained a registered trademark for 3RD DEGREE FIN SYSTEMS. My client is in the business of manufacturing and selling paddleboard fins; surfboard fins; fins for body boards; fin boxes for paddleboards; fin boxes for surfboards; fin boxes for body boards; surfboard accessories, namely, leashes, repair patches, traction pads, storage racks, carriers worn on body, holders worn on body, paddles, kits for building surfboards, bags, hydrofoils, deck grips. The trademark can be seen here.
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Client receives registered trademark for his restaurant House of NAAN
My client, MITTAR, INC. of New Haven, CT recently received a trademark for their trademark HOUSE OF NAAN. House of Naan is a restaurant in New Haven, CT. I prepare and guided the trademark application throught the USPTO. The trademark can be seen here.
SQUARE BARREL Trademark Registered for client
My client Jonathan Steeves of Sandy Hook, CT recently received his registered trademark from the USPTO for SQUARE BARREL. I prepared and prosecuted his trademark application through the USPTO. The trademark can be seen here. My client is in the business of making and selling containers for transport, commercial or industrial use.
Boost Oxygen CEO receives new design patent on Oxygen Mask!
I would like to congratulate my client Rober Neuner, the CEO of Boost Oxygen, on receiving a design patent on his new mask design. I filed and prosecuted Robert’s patent application with the USPTO, and the patent was issued in February of 2022. The patent can be seen here. Boost Oxygen and Robert Neuner were recently seen on the Shark Tank. Boost Oxygen is headquartered in Milford, CT.
Clients obtain patent for Food Scale Invention
My clients Sylwester Sudol and Ireneusz Sudol from the Naugatuck Valley Connecticut recently received their Patent from the USPTO for their Food scale with adjustable brackets I prepared, filed, and prosecuted the patent application on their behalf. You can see the patent here.
Be wary of invention promotion and invention submission companies!
I was recently thinking about the television and internet advertisements I have seen recently for invention promotion and invention submission companies. You know the ones, where they say “Do you have an invention, or product?” or “We can submit your product to companies!”
Please be careful.
I have had at least 4 or 5 clients come in after spending thousands of dollars with such companies, and who received very little in return. Usually they get a beautiful hard-bound report that gives a short summary of their product or invention, then has a “market analysis” section that talks about how gigantic the market is for that product in the US or the world, and how they could possibly make hundreds of thousands or more if they pursue their product or invention. When I look at these pretty reports, this market analysis is almost always little more than boilerplate language with no real analysis of the client’s invention or product. When I talk to the clients they invariably tell me that they only talked to a salesperson on the phone, and they salesperson says something like “If you want to take this product to the next step, you need to pay us ____ thousands of dollars”. But they never talk to a patent attorney at the invention promotion company.
Numbers I have seen show that as little as 0.035% (that is less than 1/10 of 1 percent!) and up to 0.37% of clients of invention promotion companies ever make more than what they spend in fees to the invention promotion companies. IPWATCHDOG has an article on these percentages that can be seen here.
Making money on inventions is hard, but using invention promotion companies can end up costing you a lot of money with very little to show for it.
What I recommend for inventors to achieve success is that they generally have to do the leg work on their own. They have to go out and hustle their inventions themselves, and get their products made and put on store shelves, or sold through the internet. Paying a lot of money to an invention promotion company gives you well less than a 1% chance of making more money than you spend on fees.
If you talk to a registered patent attorney, they have a duty to give you honest counseling on the best way forward. As a patent attorney, I take a critical look at all my clients’ inventions and give them my best advice on whether it is worth pursuing the invention.
New Patent Issued for Milford, CT Client!
My client Ronald J. Reuter was recently issued a United States Patent on his Mooring apparatus and system. His patent can be seen here. I prepared his patent application and prosecuted it to issuance at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Pataka Indian Restaurant in New Haven obtains 2 registered Trademarks!
I would like to congratulation my client, INDIAN VEGETARIAN LLC, the owner of Pataka Indian Restaurant in New Haven, CT, for recently obtaining 2 registered trademarks. The first trademark was for “PATAKA”, and the second trademark was for a logo showing a cart, see below:
Client obtains a US Patent for her SIGNABLES business
My client Lauren Cecchi and her business SIGNABLES, LLC recently obtained a design patent for their Memorabilia Ball Simulacrum Stand. I prepared and prosecuted the patent application before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent can be seen here.
Client obtains a registered trademark for UVC POWER
I would like to congratulate my client Bruce Beutler of Sherman, CT for obtaining a registered trademark for UVC POWER. I prepare and prosecuted the trademark application for Mr. Beutler. The trademark can be seen here.