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Exploring Invention: Tools for Innovation and Patent Insights

In Week 4 of the "How to Be an Inventor" course with Drew Boyd, we review critical tools for inventors, focusing on Multiplication and Feature Dependency. Participants will engage with their lab books, sharing innovative ideas and inventions. The Multiplication tool encourages imaginative product creation by identifying parts and components and modifying them to envision “Virtual Products.” The Feature Dependency tool aids in analyzing product features and their interdependencies. We conclude with an overview of patents and notable invention examples, setting the stage for future workshops.

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Exploring Invention: Tools for Innovation and Patent Insights

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  1. How to Be an Inventor Instructor: Drew Boyd Week 4

  2. Agenda • Review • Lab Books • Third Tool: Multiplication • Fourth Tool: Feature Dependency • More PATENTS

  3. Review Lab Books • Who has an idea or an invention from their Lab Book that they want to share?

  4. Third Tool: Multiplication • Find a product and list all of its parts • Multiply, or create a copy of one of the parts • Change the multiplied component in some way • Imagine your “Virtual Product” • Ask, “Who would use this?”

  5. Example: Multiply a Part

  6. “Picture-in-Picture” TV

  7. Fourth Tool: Feature Dependency • Find a product and list all of its features (NOT parts). • Take one feature and list it beside the name of all the other features • Pretend that one feature changes when something about the other feature changes • Imagine your “Virtual Product” • Ask, “Who would use this?”

  8. 60-Second Toothbrush • Features: • Rotating brushes • Time • Length • Width • Color

  9. Traffic Light • Features: • Light color • Time • Car’s Waiting • Car’s Moving

  10. Scooter • Features: • Height • Wheel Size • Speed • Road Smoothness • Person’s height

  11. Patents • A patent is a property right • Granted by the Government • Excludes others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention • How? Apply to the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office (USTPO)

  12. Patent Examples

  13. Patent Examples

  14. Patent Examples

  15. Patent Examples

  16. Finger Mounted Toothbrush

  17. Yoyo • Inventor: Donald Duncan • Sold over 100 million • He also invented the: • Eskimo Pie • Good Humor Ice Cream Truck • Parking Meters

  18. Next Week • Review all the tools so far • Invention Workshop • Surprise!

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