This is a compiled list of the most useful innovative inventions launched recently. Feel free to visit each link.

1.Easy-to-pack Shoes by Timberland
You can fold the shoes and zip it shut to save some space in your luggage.

Link:http://practicaltravelgear.com/timberland-radler-trail-camp-shoes-zip-and-pack/

2. Toothpaste Squeezer
A rolling…[Read more]

If your company is a consumer internet property, a product designer is needed immediately. Consumers are a fickle bunch and many web properties have raised the standards of a good website. A good product design is one of the most important tool in pleasing the masses for your business.

The product designer must be present from the beginning…[Read more]

There are different methodologies to consider which determine the needs at various stages of your business, product and marketing development.

First, a syndicated/secondary research is a research conducted on a specific target market that gives you the market size information, penetration data and trending data. Look for existing researches at…[Read more]

Patents registered in the U.S. or made by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) are only valid in the country (U.S.).

A U.S. patented product gives its owner an exclusionary right. The owner has all the rights to exclude others from making or reproducing the product in the U.S. It is also up to the owner to exclude others from…[Read more]

The government filing fees charged by the USPTO for a utility patent application is $730 and a design patent application is $380.

The above fees can be reduced if your client qualifies for a micro-entity status (have previously filed no more than 4 patents and makes no more than $150K per year), resulting in $400 for utility and $190 for design patents.