NEVADA INVENTORS ASSOCIATION
"Education, Assistance, and
Networking for the Inventor"
Architect to Share Creative Process which led to Revolutionary Observatory Design
Max Hershenow a local architect and partner in the Reno firm, Hershenow and Klippenstein, will speak to the
NIA at the March 24th meeting. Hershenow volunteered to design, Pro Bono, an observatory for the Western Nevada
Community College. The observatory will house 3 telescopes. The telescopes will be fully integrated with the internet
so the observatory will be linked to Carson City schools for student observation. Research and open discussions
with telescopic experts from Virginia City led to this innovative wedge shaped design.
Meeting Schedule
Regular meeting scheduled (dates and room) has been changed slightly to accommodate expeced larger attendance
for upcoming meeting and room availablity's.
New members and students are encouraged. Bring a friend! Anyone interested in inventing or who has a service that
might benefit inventors is Welcome. Our meeting is a protected place and everybody as expected to sign the confidentiality
ageement at the meeting entrance.
March Meeting
Saturday, March 24, 2001
9am to noon Room 102
Featured Speaker: Max Hershenow
Topic: The creative process that lead to innovative design
April Meeting
Saturday, April 28, 2001
9am to noon, Mack Auditorium,
Washoe Medical Center
Featured Speaker:
Dave Capper,
Markting Director for Hasro Toys
UIA Bulletin Board
• Glamour Magazine is looking for female inventors between the ages of 20 and 35 who have invented something
within the last year or two. They need to know the woman's name, age, invention and the city she lives in. Contact:
Maura Kelly, (212) 286-7283
• Inventor's Showcase, June 23 - 24 / June 20 - July 1 / July 7/8 Alameda County Fair in California
• ABC TV-7 Chicago IL exposes invention promoter: The American Dream is inventing your own product and making a
fortune, but ABC7 I-Team has discovered hundreds of inventors who say they were cheated by a company offering to
help market their invention. Read more about it at http://abclocal.go.com/wls/features/IT_022801_patentpending.html
• It's worth the trip to California to attend the Third Annual Conference of TRIZ, March 25-27. It's sponsored
by the Altshuller Institute for Triz Studies. Call; (508) 799-6601
• If you have a specific problem you like solved, send it to me at Question 4 ID@aol.com and I'll send it to our
3000+ alert list. Someone out there somewhere will probably be able to help you. (Please no questions about how
to patent or find a licensee. There's lots of help on the web and at inventor's groups for those type of questions.
Go to www.uiausa.org)
Mail Order Digest Announces Made in America Contest
We are searching for the most unique and interesting products made in America. We're searching every state
in the Union to find the best products. With serious competition from foreign imports, American Manufacturers need
all the assistance they can get. All valid entries will enjoy being featured FREE in Mail Order Digest, the National
Mail Order Association's international newsletter. Mail Order Digest is read by mail order companies, catalog companies,
infomercial companies, web merchants and other direct marketers. To ensure maximum exposure for their products,
winners will also have their
products featured On the National Mail Order Association's website for an entire year. Winners will also receive
a
certifcate of recognition and a winners publicity kit. All inventors are invited to participate.
Awards will be given to: Best Product from each State and Best of Category.
Entries must be submitted no later than Dec. 31, 2001.
Entry forms available at
http://www.nmoa.com/contest
or by sending a SASE to NMOA
headquarters, 2807 Polk Street NE,
Minneapolis, MN 55418.
Frequently Asked Questions About Patents
Answered by Randy Sloan NIA President
Q. Will the Patent and Trademark Office advise me as to whether a certain patent promotion organization is
reliable and trustworthy?
A. No. The Office has no control over such organizations and does not supply information about them. It is advisable,
however, though check on the reputation of invention promotion firms before making any commitments. It is suggested
that you obtain the information from the Better Business Bureau of the city in which the organization is located,
or from the bureau of consumer affairs of the state in which the organization has its place of business.
You may also ask your own patent attorney or agent or bring up the question at our NIA monthly meeting.
Imagination and Seeing Creatively
Imagination and Seeing Creatively
How does one think of a Wedge shaped Observatory? What is the Creative Process? According to an article in
Celebrate Creativity, a newsletter published by the National Association for Gifted Children it all begins with
an mental picture. Eileen E. Cooper writes about the power of cognitive imagery in the Summer 2000 issue. I think
it will be interesting to most of you in light of this months meeting topic. An excerpt is printed below. For the
entire article and related topics please see http://www.uiausa.org/CreativityNewsletter.htm
What happens inside the brain of an inventor? Is she contemplating square roots, recalling how to decode words
or sequencing steps to solve her problem? Probably not. Instead she is using her right brain nonverbal imagery
as a basic method of thinking....
All highly original inventors possess an imagery encyclopedia. Imagery used by inventors is eidetic, colorful,
three dimensional, and dynamically living in space-time. It is the foundation of imagistic knowledge inventor's
draw from and work in. The inventors I interviewed had sophisticated mental laboratories in which they worked.
One inventor mentally shrunk himself down, saw himself in imagery, stepped into his invention, smelled the oil,
heard the workings of the mechanism and was present to all problems and to the possibility of a new invention being
born in imagery. He was part of the invention; it was part of him.
... How do we develop cognitive imagery in children? First educators must embrace the assumption that right brain
intelligence using imagery as a
reasoning tool is complementary to left brain rational, analytical intelligence using words and numbers as reasoning
tools. Next, it must be accepted that cognitive imagery is at the heart of developing original ideas....
Teaching students to use imagery encyclopedias and mental laboratories gives them an opportunity to transcend time
in order to couple the best of the past with the surprises of the future while accurately interpreting that which
will enhance society.
Hammacher Schlemmer Search For Invention 2001
From now until May 14, 2001 we'll be accepting patented inventions as candidates in a contest that offers a
First Prize of $5,000. Any new product that offers a unique, innovative or functional benefit to the general household
market will be considered for the competition. (Sorry no industrial or trade-related inventions.) Final judging
among the semi-finalists will take place
in early September in our New York store.
Write for an entry form to:
SEARCH FOR INVENTION 2001
C/O Hammacher Schlemmer
303 W. Eerie Street
Chicago, IL 60610
or call 733-INVENT-I
or visit www.hammacher.com
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