The USPTO Independent Inventors site has been updated recently with the complaints from a number of inventors against invention promoters/promotion firms. Both the complaints (and in due course) and the invention promotion company’s response are available for viewing (even though the USPTO’s links appear to be mixed up..some of the complaints are linked to responses, etc.)
Complaints filed in 2004 include complaints against: Advent Product Development, American Inventors Corp., Davison & Associates Inc., International Patent Consultants, Invent-Tech, Invention Consultants, U.S.A, IP&R, New Product Advisory Group and Patent Trademark Institute of America.
Some interesting quotes from the more recent complaints:
- “spent over one hour on the phone persuading me that my idea was a “grand slam” and sure to make me lots of money once his company assisted me in the patent process”
- “gave me advice not to file for a provisional application told me disclosure agreement was good enough”
- “They promised to actively promote my inventions, but they have done very little in that record. They have put me into financial distress. Whenever I call their office on ____, I always get the runaround. When I went to their office in New York City, back in early 2001 Mr. _________ made it sound as if my ideas were sure fire winner and that I should expect to start seeing income within a period of 1 year.”
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