You’ve done your homework, you want full control, and you are committed to taking your invention forward.
With our inventing services, the financial investment is your responsibility. and you maintain 100% control of everything from product development to commercialization.
Licensing is the easiest path to profit: get paid while others turn your idea into a product and manage the day-to-day grind.
With licensing, someone else is the invests in your idea and maintains control. Our Brutally Honest Review is a smart and honest way to start your licensing journey.
Our extensive library of invention resources has been developed over more than 20 years to help inventors make great decisions.
Browse our Resource Library for Inventors and build your knowledge about everything from NDA's & confidentiality agreements to patents, licensing, manufacturing and more.
Products created and commercialized by Invention City and its partners have generated over $500,000,000 in retail sales and tens of millions in royalty income. We are actively looking to license new inventions in all categories and all stages of development. When we say "yes" we offer to do it all and pay for everything so that you risk nothing more - we take responsibility for patents, prototypes, engineering, design and marketing, to turn your new invention idea into a manufactured product with a real opportunity for market success. The first step to working with us is our Brutally Honest Review. Click to see the video and read our fine print in bold.
Starting as garage inventors we've had over 25 years of experience creating, developing, licensing and selling inventions to Fortune 100 corporations and start-up companies. This gives us deep first hand knowledge of prior art research, market evaluation, building prototypes, engineering for manufacturing, industrial design, writing and filing US and international patents and trademarks, defending patents and trademarks in the US and internationally, negotiating licensing agreements, managing licensing relationships, sourcing and managing manufacturing and fulfillment, marketing via traditional distribution to mass merchants, chains, individual retailers, direct marketing via DRTV, internet and crowd funding, forming strategic partnerships and launching and selling start-up companies. We don't know of anyone in our industry who's had our breadth and depth of experience. We've enjoyed a lot of success and have learned from failures too. Learn more about us here.
Over the years we've heard from inventors who've wasted thousands, tens of thousands and even hundreds of thousands of dollars pursuing their dreams and failing. Invention City's mission is to help inventors keep money in their pockets, increase their chances of success and commercialize great new product ideas through licensing and partnership deals. The Invention City team is comprised of successful inventors and entrepreneurs who've made their money by bringing new patented products to market. We want to make money with you, not from you. Read about us here .
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Choosing Invention City
The difference between Invention City and other invention companies is the success, depth and unique experiences of the Invention City team along with a business model that's structured to profit with inventors rather than from them. Invention City grew out of WorkTools, Inc., (read about WorkTools here.) We come at this business having been bona fide garage inventors and that's where our hearts remain. These links explain:
We believe that inventors should do as much as they can on their own and then, when informed and ready, seek help and advice from providers who genuinely care. Our Brutally Honest Review is a great way to get professional feedback and a real chance for success. A visit to the info booth is a good way to get started. Be careful about disclosing proprietary and confidential information to anyone. We hope that your visit is productive. Please visit us often and let us know how we can make things better.
Invention City provides inventors and new product idea developers with information, resources and help for each stage of the inventing process. Use the links above to learn how to:
Problem: push broom poles twist and loosen their attachment to the broom head over time. When I started to write this post, I'd just purchased a new push broom from Ace Hardware and was looking forward to using it to sweep a few inches of snow from my driveway. It had a simple innovation that I thought was a great example of the kind of thing that independent inventors invent. Then I used it and my view changed. It's still a fine example of simple innovation, but it's flawed. The flaw is pretty easy to fix, but it's sill ...
Image generated by prompt to Gemini: "create a horizontal photorealistic image 700 pixels wide that illustrates the concept of ai prompts and copyright law." Note that ai produced a square shape 2000+ pixels wide! (reduced to 700 px manually for posting here). The US Copyright Office has just issued a report regarding ai content created via prompts ("prompt engineering"). The conclusion of the report is shown below. Here's the one sentence summary (written by a human):Content produced via a prompt cannot be copyrighted, but if you make changes to the ai-generated output, then those changes can be copyrighted. V. CONCLUSION ...
What do you do when the company licensing your product seems intent on killing it? by Mike Marks As an inventor, you want to believe that once the licensing deal is done you can just sit back and see money roll automatically into your bank account for years and years without lifting a finger.That hasn’t been my experience with any invention and definitely not with the Black & Decker deal. After the deal for PowerShot® was done, B&D gave it a good launch and the staple gun was even featured in B&D’s annual report (Read about licensing to Black & ...
Build a strong team to support your invention idea. If you’re a first-time inventor with a groundbreaking idea, you’re likely wondering how to assemble the right team to help turn your vision into reality. Building a team involves more than just finding people who fill in with experience and abilities you lack - it’s about finding the right people who align with your goals, values, and vision. Whether you’re recruiting friends, colleagues, or hiring service providers, consider their motivations and their goals. 1. Define What You Need First Before reaching out to anyone, take stock of what skills and expertise ...
The story can now be told. "You'll put a crater in Saddle Brook, NJ" - home of Arrow, the market leader (pitching the invention to B&D) This deal took place a while ago, but the basics of deal making have not changed and the story of licensing remains totally relevant today. Summary:Two years after launching the SqueezeDriver® (a squeeze powered screwdriver), the WorkTools team embarked on creating a revolutionary staple gun, CounterPoint, which worked opposite to traditional designs. The forward-action mechanism allowed users to press the lever toward the staple exit point, making stapling easier and improving staple seating. Despite ...
