National Inventors Month

August is National Inventors Month. Inventors come from all walks of life. Consider 12 year old Austin Meggit. Like other boys, Austin loves baseball. One day he noticed the difficulty carrying his baseball equipment on his bike. Other kids had the same problem. Austin turned to the craft of invention to solve his problem. Today Austin holds the patent for the "Glove and Battie Caddie." It's never too early to start inventing.

According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the number of patents filed in the U.S. increased from 186,507 in 1992 to 356,493 in 2002. IBM set the record in 2003 as having the most patents filed in a single year; 3,415 U.S. patents. In this growing competitive environment, what patent information do you need to succeed? "Your Patent Information Plan"