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Resources for Inventors

• Nevada Inventors Association

• UIA/USA

• Inventors' Digest magazine

• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

• Useful Web Site Links for Inventors

• Don Costar on Patent Law Reform July 27, 2005 (PDF)

• USPTO's Inventor Resource Center

• Inventright.com (marketing resource)

• America Invents (marketing resource)

Forms

• Invention Disclosure Form

• Confidential Non-Disclosure Affidavit

Patent searching

• Don's Patent Searches

• Patent and trademark office http://www.uspto.gov/

• How to do a patent search

• USPTO search page (advanced search criteria)

Trademarks

• Trademark Basics

• Trademark Classification List

Inventors

• The Lemelson-MIT Program

• The Nevada Inventors Hall of Fame

• Tom Potter's Reno A&E

• Paul MacCready's AeroVironment Inc

• Smithsonian Institution

Access to books

• Project Gutenberg

PLEASE TAKE SPECIAL NOTE:

Don s Disclaimer:

In today's society, there are those who wish to profit by suing others in court over their interpretation of the effects of their own actions when they try something new because someone else told them to do it. I am not an attorney, and nothing I say here is intended to be construed as legal advice. That is against the law, so I would not do it. My advice is from practical experience and information gathered during prosecution of patent searching, writing my own patent applications, and studies of intellectual property matters, plus talking to other inventors and patent practitioners.

All information herein is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge. My sole intent is not ever to mislead, but to help guide inventors or would-be inventors in the right direction, and hope they may benefit from my mistakes and successes.

I do not intend for anyone to rely on my advice as any sort of legal last word. I suggest that it would be prudent for anyone following my advice to consult with a licensed attorney before assuming my information is correct, timely, or accurately quoted from other sources.

Any person planning to use my advice, or any internet links which I provide, with intent to sue if things don't go the way they planned, are hereby notified they are relying on the advice and/or information at their own risk.

I regret that I must be so blunt, but without this disclaimer, I recognize I could possibly be inviting litigation from some unknown entity, for all the wrong reasons.

Signed// Don G. Costar, January 2002

Who was Don Costar?

Don Costar was a third generation Nevadan and WWII Navy veteran of many accomplishments who will be remembered especially by Nevada inventors for his efforts in support of the independent inventor.

Accomplishments:

• publishing, mining, casino, and construction heritage.

• 12th grade, public schools: Mina and Hawthorne Nevada.

• WWII and Korean conflict, U.S. Navy.

• 30+ yrs in mining, construction, photography and casino work.

• Graduate, Brooks Institute of Photography.

• Instructor, Brooks Institute of Photography.

• Underground Engineering Construction.

• Commercial/Industrial Photographer.

• Founder --- Comstock Gold Prospectors Association. Honorary Life membership

• Founder --- Nevada Inventors Association. Honorary Life membership

• Patent searcher.

• Political Activist, For Independent Inventors Rights.

• Author -- Articles and Newsletter about inventing and inventors.

• Inventor and inventor advisor.

• Bulbie Lifetime Achievement award at National Invention Convention – 1995

• Life membership in UIA/USA awarded Feb 11, 2006

• Lifetime Achievement Award from UIA/USA, Feb 11, 2006

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