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Product Creation - Products and Services

This list of sites should provide a good resource for inventors looking to take a new product idea to market.  Use these product and service companies to get the job done right.

BusinessFinance.com
Helps new businesses understand different financing options as well as where to go for funding.

Delphion
Delphion provides some of the most comprehensive intellectual asset management (IAM) software and services available today. They provide easy access to patent research, IP management and analytic tools that empower enterprises to strategically manage their intellectual property assets.

FedEx
FedEx provides easy distribution possibilities for small, medium, and large companies.  They also provide packaging solutions. FedEx offers a wealth of electronic tools, applications and APIs for customers to integrate into their processes to shorten response time, reduce inventory costs, generate better returns, and simplify their shipping.

Hooker Manufacturing
Hooker Manufacturing specializes in helping manufacturers and producers reduce the cost of making their product.

IBM Research
IBM is at the forefront of new technology.  They invest millions into new inventions every year, and have helped thousands develop new products.

Intellectual Property Insurance Services
The ability to defend yourself in patent infringement lawsuits may be the key to your company's survival. This company helps companies protect their investments in intellectual property.

Invention.com
Specializes in providing intellectual property legal services to individual inventors and small businesses.

ISO 9000
A network of national standards institutes from 140 countries working in partnership with international organizations, governments, industry, business and consumer representatives. A bridge between public and private sectors.

Manufacturing Advising Services
This site is specifically designed to help UK manufacturers, large and small, to identify sources of manufacturing-related support and expertise.

Manufacturing Clinic
Offers advice, articles, and live help on manufacturing techniques.

The China Factory
The China Factory offers consulting services for those who wish to pursue manufacturing, purchase products, or sell products in mainland China, but don't know where to start or who to trust.

US Patent and Trademark Office
Offers inventors, businesses and citizens the ability to protect new inventions and business ideas from competition. Patents and Trademarks are given protection by the USPTO.

2XFR - Intellectual Property Liscencing
2XFR is a business accelerator that vigorously connects prospective technology licensees with licensors - confidentially, and without interference or participation in your transaction. Nothing provides an easier, more efficient, or more immediate connection to transfer patents from imagination to global market.

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Check out the Silent Timer Web site to see the product Erik took to market. Contact him with any questions.

 

 
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