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Foreword. <p>Introduction.</p> <p><b>Part I: Making Your Idea Yours.</b></p> <p>Chapter 1: The Innovation Process.</p> <p>Chapter 2: Patent Basics.</p> <p>Chapter 3: Conducting a Patent Search.</p> <p>Chapter 4: Applying For and Receiving Your Patent.</p> <p>Chapter 5: Maintaining and Defending Your Patent.</p> <p><b>Part II: Securing Other Intellectual Property.</b></p> <p>Chapter 6: Trademarks and Trade Secrets.</p> <p>Chapter 7: Stopping Copycats with a Copyright.</p> <p>Chapter 8: Mum’s the Word: Keeping it Confidential.</p> <p><b>Part III: Developing Your Idea.</b></p> <p>Chapter 9: Prototyping: Making It Work.</p> <p>Chapter 10: Hiring Helpers and Working with Work-for-Hire Agreements.</p> <p>Chapter 11: Evaluating Your Invention’s Potential.</p> <p>Chapter 12: Looking at the Production Process.</p> <p><b>Part IV: Commercializing Your Invention.</b></p> <p>Chapter 13: Developing a Business Plan.</p> <p>Chapter 14: Finding Funding.</p> <p>Chapter 15: Keeping Control with Your Own Business.</p> <p>Chapter 16: Partnering and Manufacturing Arrangements.</p> <p>Chapter 17: Preparing to Take Your Invention to Market.</p> <p>Chapter 18: Marketing Your Product.</p> <p>Chapter 19: Advertising Your Product.</p> <p>Chapter 20: Licensing Your Product.</p> <p>Chapter 21: Negotiating a License.</p> <p><b>Part V: The Part of Tens.</b></p> <p>Chapter 22: Ten Key Contacts.</p> <p>Chapter 23: Ten Inventions (and Inventors) That Changed the World.</p> <p>Chapter 24: Ten Inventors to Emulate.</p> <p><b>Part VI: Appendixes.</b></p> <p>Appendix A: Sample Agreements.</p> <p>Appendix B: Online Resources.</p> <p>Index.</p>

<p><b>Pamela Riddle Bird, PhD</b> is the founder and CEO of Innovative Product Technologies, a Florida-based company that assists inventors in marketing their inventions.

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