Avery has recently teamed up with Evergreen Innovation Partners to make it easier for inventors to present their product ideas to the company. Avery specializes in the production of office supplies, so if you have an idea in this area, this could be an excellent place to submit it for consideration.
High-quality fitness equipment is the focus of Nautilus. They operate worldwide, so if they pick up your idea, a global market may have access to your product. Submit your ideas through the Nautilus website.
Fila receive a vast number of new product ideas and designs every day. However, many of these go unchecked or unused. Fila states explicitly on its website that they only consider patented ideas. They do this to prevent any confusion around compensation, and it also serves to protect the creator further. If you have a patented idea, you can send this to Fila via mail.
New Balance has adopted a similar ethos due to the high volume of unsolicited ideas they receive daily. The company accepts patented ideas for new products through its online submissions form.
Knight & Hale are hunting equipment manufacturers and always looking for new, inventive product ideas. To submit your ideas to Knight & Hale, fill out their online form and wait to hear back to see if they want to move forward with a design.
If you have an excellent idea for a new health or hygiene-related product, sending this to RB might result in your product being manufactured and sold in various countries worldwide. Submit your ideas through the RB website.
WillowWood works alongside clinicians and amputees to develop high-quality equipment and medical products. You can submit ideas for new products or developments on their current products to the company through an online form.
Applied Medical is also committed to developing new, innovative products that can positively impact the work of healthcare professionals and, in turn, the lives and wellbeing of their patients. They welcome new product or enhancement ideas for their current product range. You can submit your ideas through the company website.
If you have a product idea that falls within the pet-care or animal-care categories, you might consider submitting this for consideration to Miller Manufacturing. This large-scale company provides high-quality products in its field. You can submit product ideas via email.
If you have an invention idea that falls within the automotive category, Dorman Products might be interested in hearing from you. Simply fill out the idea form on the Dorman Products website, and a team member will review your submission.
Ford Foundation is an organization committed to tackling global inequality and facilitating new initiatives that will serve to reduce poverty. They accept ideas for new initiatives or programs that fit their mission. You can submit suggestions through their website.
Clash of Clans is one of the most popular gaming apps produced in recent years, with millions of worldwide users. The app, amongst other popular games, was developed by Supercell. Supercell welcomes new app ideas; to enquire about sending yours, contact them through their website or email.
Flippa is the largest global company that facilitates the sale of apps, websites, and companies. If you have fully-developed business ideas that you wish to sell, Flippa has a massive range of potential buyers on its platform. Apps sell on the site anywhere from a couple of hundred dollars to upwards of $100,000, so this could be a great place to sell your app or small business.
Having your idea patent-protected means that the invention cannot be made, used, distributed, imported, or sold commercially by any parties without your formal consent. Once your idea is patent-protected, you are its sole owner and have exclusive rights to any developments.
With such an over-saturated consumer market, you must conduct adequate market research before approaching companies with your creative ideas. This means there will be less time wasted for both you and them on ideas that have potentially already been developed and used.
Your ideas are precious, and producers know this, so they might try to take advantage and include clauses that diminish your rights to compensation or ownership. The only way to prevent this is by reading the small print and flagging any issues.
Once you have considered each of these points, you should be well-prepared to approach companies or developers with your innovative ideas while maintaining a realistic outlook and adequately protecting yourself and your ideas.
Invention City is seeking great new invention ideas to develop and license to manufacturers in the United States and internationally in virtually all fields including consumer, DIY, trade, tech, industrial, medical, sporting goods, outdoor, snack food, apps, and other categories. We are experienced inventors and entrepreneurs who look at opportunities creatively and seek to find the best pathway to profit for each invention submitted to us. Get started with a Brutally Honest Review ("The best deal in the world of inventing") or submit your invention for FREE here (homework required).
Invention City provides great content for you to learn the licensing process and do it on your own (with professional help where needed). It is not rocket science, just hard work and being smart. Prior to doing it on your own, however, we suggest you get a Brutally Honest Review to understand how potential licensees, investors, and others will look at your invention and its profit potential. You may also get an offer from us - which, if you decline, will give you more confidence to move forward on your own. When you sign up for a Brutally Honest Review (just $95) we do a preliminary search of prior art, consider risk and profit potential abd, then share our findings with you. If we say yes, we offer a deal where you do not risk another penny and make money when we do. There is no obligation.
Invention City has had unparalleled success and experience in the business of invention development and commercialization. Over the past 25 years products developed, licensed and manufactured by Invention City and its partners have generated over $500 million in retail sales. We know the inventing business in depth from all angles - as both licensors and licensees - with our inventions sold across every continent on the globe except Antarctica. Read more about us here.
Invention City gives you valuable insight that may help you improve your invention, may cause you to rethink it entirely or just might lead to the offer of a deal. The best way to make money from an invention is to take a hard look at all of the reasons the invention might fail and try to address those reasons before you file a patent, develop a prototype, or pursue a licensing deal. If you've already started on that path you can improve your chances and save money with unbiased input from the outside.
That fact is that most inventions fail. Even the best ones have odds below 50/50. We succeeded through the years because we learned how to fail as inexpensively as possible until a success came along, and then we exploit that success to the stars. It is a great way to prosper in the invention business, quite possibly the only way.
Whether your invention is just an idea or a new product in early production, getting a quick opinion from Invention City is likely to save you thousands of dollars. It is also possible, despite long odds, that invention City could offer you a deal that will make you tens of thousands or just maybe, even hundreds of thousands or more, as we have done with a few of Invention City's own ideas.
Other invention service companies hold out false hopes to encourage you to spend money with them. In fine print they tell you that the odds of success are small (true) and then in phone conversations they flatter you into believing that your invention might just beat the odds. Flattery is easy. All of us like to hear that our ideas are brilliant and that we have a good chance of getting rich. Well, for $20,000 or more you can enjoy the flattery and maybe get a virtual prototype of your idea. But seeing your invention on a retail store shelf and actually making money on it - that is not likely at all. $20,000 is not enough to do the job right. But it is enough for an invention service company to make a nice profit by encouraging you to pursue your idea.
Many patent attorneys are no different. They tell you that the first thing you need to do is protect your idea even before you even have a final product design, or know the details of your invention, or before you go out and get market feedback. If you have a lot of ideas, you quickly figure out that patenting every idea right away is good way to become bankrupt. Even worse, if you file a patent too early in the development process, you are probably not covering the most important details - you will need to file a second patent to cover those!
The risks of going forward with an invention are high. The cost for Invention City and its partners to take a relatively simple idea and turn it into a product on the shelf at Wal-Mart often runs upwards of $200,000. Most people cannot afford that risk. We can because we are very careful about offering licensing deals. You should be careful too and get professional feedback as early as possible.
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