{"id":875,"date":"2018-11-06T19:24:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T03:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savingusmanufacturing.com\/blog\/?p=875"},"modified":"2018-11-06T19:24:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T03:24:42","slug":"innovative-products-featured-at-san-diego-inventors-forum-invention-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savingusmanufacturing.com\/blog\/innovation\/innovative-products-featured-at-san-diego-inventors-forum-invention-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovative Products Featured at San Diego Inventors Forum Invention Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s invention contest held on October 11, 2018 by the <a href=\"https:\/\/sdinventors.org\/\">San Diego Inventors Forum<\/a> was incredible. I\u2019ve been attending the contests for nine years, and this year, there were so many unique, useful inventions that it was very difficult to vote for my favorite invention.<\/p>\n<p>The mission of the San Diego Inventors Forum is to help inventors to become entrepreneurs to create new companies and jobs here in San Diego. Monthly meetings have been held on the 2nd Thursday of each month. Meetings are held at AMN Healthcare,\u00a012400 High Bluff Drive, San Diego, CA 92130.The next meeting will be this Thursday, November 8, 2018.\u00a0 Networking starts at 6:30 pm, and the meeting starts at 7:00 pm.<\/p>\n<p>At the monthly meetings, inventors meet other successful, local inventors in many different fields and learn how they developed their marketable products. The give inventors the opportunity to network with fellow creative people and get guidance and encouragement to take their first or next steps necessary to turn their ideas into a reality.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of each meeting, new attendees are able to introduce themselves and ask financing, business, licensing, marketing, legal and engineering questions.\u00a0 They can present their ideas to private individuals or for focus group review. \u00a0They also get to ask for particular resources they are looking for so their needs can be matched.\u00a0 During the &#8220;Who Needs Who?\u201d portion of the meeting, service providers can personally introduce their services.<\/p>\n<p>Inventors can pay $100 for a one-year membership or pay $10 for each meeting they attend. During the course of the year, program topics cover everything subject you need to know from capturing the concept to getting investors to marketing your product.<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 contestants were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Andrew\u00a0Bataller,\u00a0\u00a0iPad Case<strong> \u00a0 <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Gerry Klassen, New Painting Tool<\/li>\n<li>Phillip Perez for his Impact Tool shovel<\/li>\n<li>Eric Robinson for his Green Launch orbital launch service<\/li>\n<li>Michael Rodgers, The One-Handed Hamper<\/li>\n<li>Dave Schmoyer, Pill or Parts Pal<\/li>\n<li>Scott Swaaley, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.makesafetools.com\/\">MAKESafe Power Tool Brake<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Greg Wawrzyniak,\u00a0Super Dooper Cord Looper<\/li>\n<li>Chris Wzysoczanski<a href=\"https:\/\/tshotsnation.com\/disposable-reactive-gun-targets\/\">, T-Shots\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; Disposable Reactive Target<\/li>\n<li>Ruth Young-Loaeza for her hybrid sheet collection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>The First Prize of $1000 was won by Phillip Perez for his Impact Tool shovel. Second place was Ruth Young-Loaeza for her hybrid sheet collection<em>, <\/em>and third place was Eric Robinson for his Green Launch orbital launch service.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the meeting, SDIF Chairman Adrian Pelkus said \u201cgood-bye\u201d to attendees after 13 years of leading the group.\u00a0 He said, \u201cI&#8217;ve been privileged to meet hundreds of my fellow inventors over the years and mentored so many here in San Diego. \u00a0I&#8217;ve been delighted to see many of your ideas get to market and honored to have assisted some of you along the way.\u00a0 I am indeed sad to leave the local community.\u00a0My plans are to accomplish a lot more for mankind and the environment by working on my large backlog of such projects.<\/p>\n<p>I am especially proud to have play a part in bringing together over 40 inventor clubs around the county into the newly formed organization of inventor club leaders and to have been part of our first meeting with Andrei Iancu, the new director of the USPTO, and participate in meetings with Congressional Representatives in Washington, D. C. to educate them about how the America Invents Act and PTABs are hurting inventors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cThanks to my dear friends that helped me keep SDIF going all these years. Especial thanks to long-time supporters and fellow board members:\u00a0 Leslie Wagner, David Waller, Sidney Wildesmith, Ben Gage, Judith Balian, Jennifer Joe, and Michele Nash-Hoff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several of the above, including me, gave heartfelt testimonials to Adrian for his brilliant leadership of the group for these many years and wished him continued success with his own inventions.<\/p>\n<p>Adrian announced that he was also dropping off the board of directors for U. S. Inventors and the United Inventors of America, but he urged everyone to continue to support patent reform. \u00a0He reminded everyone that we need strong intellectual property laws to defend their innovations.\u00a0 He said, \u201cThe patent laws have become so weak that the independent inventor can no longer count on an issued patent to protect his right to profit from the labors of their mind. This strikes at the heart of what our founding fathers knew was the way to make the country great and made a foundation Article in the US constitution. We American Independent Inventors must stand and demand our rights be\u00a0restored. Our nation needs us to create the new ideas and subsequent new jobs to continue to grow and thrive. The present patent laws must be revised to bring back the confidence a patent brings to both the inventor and investor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He encouraged everyone to see the movie <strong>Invalidated:<\/strong> The Shredding of the US Patent System, if they didn\u2019t attend the SDIF viewing in August. The movie raises public awareness of the problems inventors are having with the patent system. (Note: You can also see the documentary on Amazon, free with Amazon Prime\u00a0subscription, or $2 otherwise.)<\/p>\n<p>In this session of Congress, there have been bills introduced to the House of Representatives and Senate to protect inventors\u2019 patent rights, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/econostats\/2017\/11\/01\/fostering-innovation-requires-fixing-the-patent-system\/#57f008102332\">STRONGER Patents Act<\/a> 2017 (S. 1390), introduced by Senator Christopher A Coons\u00a0 (D-DE), and the <a href=\"Inventor%20Protection%20Act%20%20(H.%20R.%206557),\">Inventor Protection Act \u00a0(H. R. 6557),<\/a> sponsored by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA). The most comprehensive BILL is the <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.patentlyo.com\/media\/2018\/07\/FinalPatentBill.pdf\">Restoring American Leadership in Innovation Act of 2018<\/a> (H.R. 6264)introduced by Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY), an award-winning inventor and successful entrepreneur himself. It is co-sponsored by\u00a0Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur\u00a0(D-OH) and\u00a0Congressman Dana Rohrabacher\u00a0(R-CA). Its goal is to roll back some of the \u201cworst parts\u201d of the America Invents Act of 2011 and reverts patents back to first to invent, not the first inventor to file. All three bills are stuck in the Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n<p>I encourage you to contact your Congressional Representative to urge them to become a co-sponsor of one or all of the bills mentioned above. These bills must not languish in committee for the rest of this session.\u00a0 We must pass legislation to restore our once great American patent system that was the envy of the world. Right now, inventors in China have more protection for their patents than inventors in the U.S.\u00a0 We cannot let China become the innovation leader of the world.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s invention contest held on October 11, 2018 by the San Diego Inventors Forum was incredible. I\u2019ve been attending the contests for nine years, and this year, there were so many unique, useful inventions that it was very difficult to vote for my favorite invention. 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