YES, we ARE meeting unless I post a cancelation notice on the HOME PAGE!

Our group meets once a month on the 2nd Tuesday of every month.

Our meetings are divided into two parts.  The first part is from 6:30 to 8:00 PM and consists of Dinner and Networking with other members.  During this time, members socialize, discuss, and ask questions, usually related to designing, patenting, financing, producing, or marketing inventions.  New prospective members should try to arrive by 7:00 PM, as we usually gather new members together then.  This is when beginner inventor questions are usually asked and answered from 7:00-7:30 PM.  Starting at 8:00 PM, we usually have a speaker give a talk related to inventing, patenting, or marketing products, and that usually goes for an hour or so. 

Most members skip dinner at home, or eat a light snack, and then eat upon arrival.  The food is usually quite good and consists of your usual Italian fare.  The meeting location is provided compliments of the restaurant, so members are encouraged to support it by purchasing food and beverage during the early part of our meeting.

We almost never cancel meetings.  If we do, usually only because of inclement weather, like heavy snow in the winter, notification will be posted on the home page, and an email will be sent out to members that subscribe to our emails.

Our meetings are currently held in the back room of:

Costa's Restaurant (the restaurant, not Costa's Pizzeria, which is next door)
120 Chestnut Street
Roselle Park, New Jersey‎
908-241-1131

Click on the "DIRECTIONS" tab at the top of the page for directions info and a MAP

YES, we ARE meeting unless we post a cancelation notice on the HOME PAGE!‎
 

Our 2012 Meeting Schedule:

January 10 - Roundtable discussion & networking among members

February 14 - Jim Burrell
Jim discussed the products and ideas he observed the the CES Consumer Electronics Show in January.

March 13 - Roundtable discussion & networking among members.  The differences between a design patent and a utility patent were also extensively discussed.

April 10 - Patent Searching 101: A Patent Search Tutorial - By Mark Annett - Annett Enterprises LLC
Mark discussed various aspects of patent searching including how to do one yourself and why to hire a professional  

Mark is a bio-medical engineer and a registered patent agent #69401.  He is president of Annett Enterprises LLC
Patent Searching 101: A Patent Search Tutorial
Inventors and entrepreneurs who are looking to cut costs frequently want to do their own search. This is a wise first move, but you really need to be careful. It is quite common for inventors to search and find nothing even when there are things that could and would be found by a professional searcher.  However, as good as a professional searcher is there search will never be as good as the one conducted by the patent examiner!
So should you even bother doing your own search? The answer is definitely yes!
This training will cover the reasons to search, the free tools available to you and how to effectively use them.  Additionally, it will also cover advanced search techniques using the Patent Classification System.
Having this knowledge base is a must for all independent inventors!

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June 12 -

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