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| ICKC values our relationship with our sponsors and encourages a mutually beneficial connection with our members. ICKC only recommends ICKC sponsor companies and members of the United Inventor's Association (UIA), which functions as a watchdog organization for inventors. Our board of directors screens all sponsor and does not list any company that has been reported to provide poor customer service. Find out more about Donations and Sponsorships . The companies listed below are ICKC Platinum, Gold and Silver Sponsors. Contact information for Meeting Speakers, who are not Corporate sponsors can be found by searching our Previous Meeting agendas. Companies are listed only once, even though they may provide expertise in many areas of the invention process. |
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Inventing 101
Listenas Steve Pope and Carrie Jeske talk Basic Inventing on National Public Radio (NPR) KCUR.
Testimonial
"I was delighted to listen to your session on “up to date.” I am currently teaching a course on creative thinking and learning , and have been for decades. In all the years of teaching this course, I have never heard an interview that was so focused on the heart of what we need to do and value in education." Associate Professor, University of Kansas
Idea Development Process
"Successful inventing is as much an art, as a science! There is an established project
sequence to be implemented. There's also something to be said for unpredictability
of the right idea at the right time with the right people." Carrie Jeske, ICKC president
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| 1. VALIDATION If an idea is unique and marketable or already available online? |
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| 2. EVALUATING If the idea could become a profitable business? |
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| 3. SEARCHING For and idea's prior art or intellectual protection. |
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| 4. FUNDING The development of an idea into a patent or product. |
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| 5. PROTOTYPING An idea into a 3D product. |
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| 6. PATENTING An idea for intellectual protection. |
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| 7. MARKETING A product to start a business and sell or license the patent rights. |
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