MIDWEST INVENTORS CONFERENCE
SEPTEMBER 15,
2001 - Washington University School of
Law, St. Louis, MO
PROGRAM (to register click here)
" IDEAS
INTO INCOME… "
Note: Due to air traffic problems resulting from Tuesday’s tragedy,
one of our speakers is stranded in Brazil, another in New York, another in
Washington, DC, and yet another in Boston, so changes may occur.
8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast & Check-In
8:30-4:30View display tables and network with
other inventors
9:00- 9:10 Introductions - Conference Chairman
Founder, Illinois
Innovators and Inventors Association
9:10-9:40 Beginning the Process - Don't Get
Scammed, How to Evaluate Your Invention
Brice Washam of SW Mo State Univ. and the Innovation
Institute.
9:45-10:15 The Importance of Inventions and
Individuals
James E. White, Inventor,
Marketer, and Author of "Will It Sell? How to Determine If Your Invention
Is Profitably Marketable (Before Wasting Money on a Patent)" www.willitsell.com
10:20-10:50 "Patent
Searching at a Patent and Trademark Depository Library."
President , Patent & Trademark Depositary
Library Association
Director, Patent & Trademark Depositary
Library, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis,
MO
11:00-11:30 - Patent Depositary – Suggestions for Using.
11:30-12:30 How the Patent Office Works,
Independent Inventor Office at the Patent Office , and the American
Invention Protection Act
Deputy Director, Independent Inventor Program
and Supervisory Patent Examiner
United States
Patent and Trademark Office, Arlington, Virginia
12:30-1:30 LUNCH in Law School Courtyard and
Commons
1:30-2:00 Success Story I
Speaker – Don Weder, of Highland Supply Company in nearby
Highland, Illinois, the most prolific living American inventor with 1068
patents (and 22 published patent applications), second all-time only to Thomas
Edison’s 1093 patents.
Highland Supply Corporation
2:00-3:00 Legal Options for Protection
Bruce Burdick,
Burdick Law Firm, St. Louis, MO and Alton, IL beb@burdlaw.com
and
3:00-3:30 Business Resources for
Small Businesses & Entrepreneurs
Speaker – Judy Meador
Publisher of the St. Louis Small Business
Monthly and Executive Director of the Missouri Venture
Forum
3:30-4:00 Panel Discussion
4:30-4:45 Close
A Public Relations Program of
ILLINOIS
INNOVATORS & INVENTORS
P.O. Box 623, Edwardsville,
IL 62025
( For details, e-mail invent@charter-il.com or
telephone Mr. Phil Curry at 618-656-7445.)
In cooperation with
THE
INVENTORS ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS
P.O. Box 410111; Saint Louis, Mo 63141
( For details, email dayjobIASL@Webtv.net or call Mr.
Robert Schienkman at (314) 432-1291)