Utility Models that DO NOT work
Hi, there:
This week, for the umpteenth time, I had to explain to a client why their invention is NOT viable.
Hold on!
I am referring to inventors who already come with their Patent or Utility Models under their arm.
Just as I tell you. Scandalous!
Red faces and feeling of "hair taken". That's what I see at the time.
Friend, I decided to tell you because it is no longer an isolated case.
We get customers every week, with Utility Models whose technical descriptions are close to being a "joke":
- Memoirs that contradict basic principles of physics.
- Memories that with the justification of "we must be open" to protect more, say absolutely nothing.
- Memories that get into very little thought out technical descriptions, typical of those who have never installed a sensor or tightened a screw.
As you can imagine. This situation does not leave me a little calm.
So, in these last two weeks, I have reviewed almost fifty Utility Models.
Dude, I think I've found two very damaging errors for your project:
- The art of saying nothing.
Both in the Patents and Utility Models report, there is a section that is the key.
In other words: "the chicken of rice with chicken"
I refer to the Innovation Claims.
This is the section where the description of what your invention makes different is required.
Attention friend, is the section where your advisor must describe what you are really protecting and what you hope to get a monopoly on for X time.
What I found in this section... It's surreal.
Claims that, in their four lines, come to describe scissors.
Just like that. And they stay so wide.
It is true that they season it with all kinds of elaborate words, but, if you draw what they describe, they are scissors of a lifetime.
Of course, the title of Utility Model is achieved, but in the face of litigation, how do you defend that in the middle of 2022, they claimed a mechanism of scissors of a lifetime?
After thinking about it a thousand times, I think I can summarize the two most common mistakes:
- The art of not claiming anything.
As incredible as it may seem, this is the most common way for goals to slip through our doors.
If nothing is claimed, because we are very "open" in descriptions, or describe mechanisms older than coal.
Obviously, no one will object, and...
BINGO!
Granted Utility Model = Money Collected.
Friend, if you already have a Utility Model, open the "Innovation Claims" section.
Forget the technical and elaborate words, which far from clearly explaining the novelty of your invention, it seems that it is written so that nobody understands it.
Draw on a sheet, BLACK on WHITE, what is described in each claim.
If the result of this description is NOT really what you consider novel and different in your invention, you should consult an expert to really explain what you have protected.
Fingers crossed.
2. Magic or Engineering.
This second error is a common patch in almost all Utility Models or Patents that have not been demonstrated before in a prototype.
But, since it's Sunday, I'd rather not steal another minute 🙂 from you.
I will tell you in great detail next weekend.
Remember... With these tips, I don't intend to sell you anything.
I already got into your head that you're a tough nut to crack.
Only with my commitment to support our community of inventors. Of which you, you are part.
Warm regards
Erick Remedios Muiños
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Business Director - Inventors' Advisor at Let´s Prototype
Erick Remedios has been linked to entrepreneurship and the launch of innovative projects and inventions for over a decade. His start in the entrepreneurship sector began as the Project Management Director at the network of Private Investors, Business In Fact, S.A., a club of private investors specialized in high-risk investments, which he ended up managing as General Director for at least 5 years.
As the director of the Private Investors network specialized in innovative projects in the startup phase, Erick Remedios participated in more than 40 investment operations, with his main functions being: advising entrepreneurs and inventors, as well as private investors interested in investing in such projects.
Erick Remedios has been one of the influential figures in the development of the ecosystem of entrepreneurs and private investors in Spain. Since 2012, he has participated in numerous private investment forums, has advised entrepreneurial projects as a member of their Boards of Directors, and has served as a lecturer in numerous Public and private Universities, specialized public centers in entrepreneurship, and internationally leading business schools, such as It Aérea Business School, where he leads the management of the Business Model Design Module for entrepreneurs, mostly Aerospace Engineering graduates.
Specialized Centers in Entrepreneurship and the Launch of Innovative Projects where Erick Remedios has participated:
- Direction of the Program - Sanse Emprende from the City Council of San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid.
- Direction of the Espoban Program – Diputación de Córdoba and European Center for Business Innovation. Training of entrepreneurs and inventors and preparing them to attract capital through private investors.
- Speaker on the subject of launching innovative projects at Universities such as: Pablo Olavide, University of Seville, University of Málaga, University of Cádiz, University of Huelva, University of Almería, University of Jaen, University of Granada.
- Direction of the Entrepreneurship Module – IT Aérea Business School.
- ENyD Business School: Professor and lecturer in the area of Entrepreneurship and Private Investment.
- Avanza Castellón - Mentor of entrepreneurs and inventors in the program of the Diputación de Castellón.
- Ávila Emprende – Program of the City Council of Ávila. Mentor of entrepreneurs in sales processes and product development.
- Aula UGR- Professor of entrepreneurship and management of launching innovative projects in programs aimed at training teachers from the University of Granada.
- Master Up - Professor of entrepreneurship and investment management in the Official Master's for entrepreneurs from the University of Cadiz.
At the same time, numerous companies have signed Erick Remedios as an advisor and member of their Board of Directors, companies in which Mr. Remedios has also acted as the representative of the private investors who have placed their trust and economic resources, including:
- Tu Fabrica de Eventos
- Baby Radio
- Graffos
- Neurobia Research
- HitsBook
- Bit Credit
- Glelemo
Currently, Mr. Remedios is leading the international expansion of Let´s Prototype in the United States, while also advising inventors on startup processes for projects related to innovative Hardware or Software elements, both in terms of product design, a specialty of Let´s Prototype, and in terms of designing strategies for selling inventions and patents.
Interviews with Mr. Remedios and publications authored by him in Media:
- School of Business and Management: [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch3nRTFvxhw)
- Diputación de Córdoba. Training for Investors: [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj2fvxkD-zI)
- Spanish Television - Program Emprende: [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZRi98CE20M)
- TV2 - Spanish Television: [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms22bxyllKc)
- University of Cadiz: Article for Inventors: [Link](https://emprendedores.uca.es/lean-prototyping-el-puente-entre-el-concepto-el-prototipo-y-las-patentes/)
- University of Granada: Article for Inventors: [Link](https://ugremprendedora.ugr.es/6-tips-para-convertir-tu-idea-o-concepto-en-prototipo-lean-prototyping/)
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