Members almost unanimously agreed the move to new facilities at Washoe Medical Center it was a giant plus for NIA. Although the classroom itself doesn't allow much growth, availability of the auditorium across the way is encouraging. It doesn't have all of the pizazz of the Atlantis but members liked the desk type chairs and other facilities. Convenience of the cafeteria and restrooms can't be beat.
Apparently some members didn't get the correct location and went to the Atlantis instead. To repeat, if you were standing outside facing the main entrance to the hospital and simply raised your right arm to a horizontal position, you would be pointing at the door that says "auditorium." We're just inside in the classroom 101. That's it!
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Over 3.5 million small business people received free advice from SCORE, (Service Corps of Retired Executives) since its inception in 1964. The organization, administered by the Small Business Administration, offers free counseling to small business owners. Most of their members are retired executives who know a little about small business after spending their lives in it.
* During the first three months of fiscal 1997, SCORE counseling has increased 12 percent.
* Fifty percent of SCORE clients are start-ups; the other half are growing companies.
*SCORE provides about 4,000 workshops each year for nearly 100,000 entrepreneurs.
Your nearest SCORE chapter can be reached through the Small Business Administration office at UNR or call (800) 634-0245.
Unfortunately we're losing member Julia Pavliga who is relocating to Texas. We'll miss her! Still, she has planned our August 23rd meeting /pot luck picnic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Galena Park seven miles up on the Mount Rose highway.
The picnic ground has 9 tables and 3 barbecue grills, a horse shoe pitching field and volleyball court (we bring the ball). She suggests you bring you favorite picnic dish or dish from your national heritage. Further details in the next issue of the Nevada Inventor.
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J.H. (Chris) Christianson, president of Concept Support and Development
Corporation (Nevada's Business Incubator) supplied the following information:
The term of a federal trademark registration is 10 years, with 10-year renewal terms. Between the fifth and sixth
year after the date of original registration, however, the registration must file an affidavit setting forth certain
information to keep the registration alive. If no affidavit is filed, the registration will be canceled. If your
business has trademarks, check to make sure they are up to date and all maintenance affidavits have been filed.
NIA members looking for a search engine may want to point their browsers to : http://www.search.com (lists over 250 search engines). Book lovers point your browsers to: http://www.amazon.com http://www.barnesandnoble.com
Help is needed in design and building of the NIA display at the new College of Education building on the UNR campus. Contact Don Costar for further information.
Bill Young's Airbag
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Arthur D. Little Enterprises (ADLE) the invention management arm of the international consulting firm, Arthur D. Little, Inc., has a new web page which gives instructions on invention development and cites sources available to inventors as they try to move their inventions from the drawing board to the production line.
The site also provides in-depth background on ADLE's highly selective Invention Management Program. With as many as 1,000 ideas submitted to the program annually, ADLE chooses fewer than a dozen for its commercialization services: The company then invests the time and financial resources necessary to develop each selected invention.
Inventors pay no fees for submission or for ADLE's services: Compensation typically takes the form of a percentage (50%) of licensing revenue
"For inventors, inspiration must be followed by a lot of hard work. There's no easy path to bringing an invention
to market, and inventors face the challenges inherent in patenting, prototyping and marketing," says Bernard
Lacomis, president of ADLE. "This Web site is designed to light that path and help inventors learn more about
the licensing and commercialization process."
Editor's note: I registered my invention with them in less than ten minutes on the internet. If the invention is patented initially, there is no opportunity to send them information of any kind. They apparently will look at the patent themselves and make their initial decisions from that. Since my patent attorney did a terribly intricate and convoluted job of writing my patent for two simple barbed hooks, I have little hope...but who can tell? Perhaps there perceptive. It's worth a try.
Page done by Vince Chemist.
Created on July 25, 1997
Updated on November 29, 2005