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Event Calendar

The regular meetings of the Denver Metro Area Rocky Mountain Inventors Association (RMIA) are held on the second and fourth Monday's of each month from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Location: Denver Community Church at 1101 South Washington Street, Denver, CO 80210 (click here for a map). Snacks and drinks provided at all regular meetings.

 

                                                                                               

 

Details of upcoming "regular" and "special" meetings are listed below. Special meetings are usually held at different locations, refer to specific event for "special" meeting locations.

Alternative Location-Denver Patent Office: 1961 Stout Street, Denver, Colorado 80294 Map Link here 

Alternative Location-Denver Public Library Downtown: 10 West 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver, Colorado 80204 Map Link here 

Members: free     Non-Members: $10    (snacks and drinks provided)                                                                                                                     (Pay at the "Join Us" tab above, via Meetup.com, or at the door. Cash, checks, and credit cards accepted.)

Additional information contact: Roger Jackson,  Phone: 303-271-9468,    Email: roger@jacksonip.com                                                                                 

UPCOMING MEETINGS

       


Special Denver Metro Inventors Meeting TO BE ANNOUNCED, at the Denver Public Library-Downtown Branch

Topic: Patent Searches using espace.net (being the European Patent Office)

This is a new class for initiating the searcher into the European Patent Office search engine that has patents and patent application publications from around the world (including the United States) resulting in a patents database of more than 90 million patents, including figures and abstracts translated into English for non English patents, also note that this will be a "hands on" training wherein you will have your own terminal to follow the instructor.   Because this is the library-there are no drinks or food allowed, however, this event is free to the public. 

The location is at the Denver Public Library-Main Downtown Branch 13th & Broadway, NW corner-go to the 4th floor east end to the large computer classroom map link here   On parking, area street parking on AcomaBannock, and 12th, the street parking meters are free after 6PM, or you can park in the Art Museum garage for $4 for 2 hours-enter the garage on 12th between Broadway and Acoma.

 

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Monday, June 13th, 2016 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: What Angels Want from Inventors and Founders

Description:
Whether you need funding or not you should always have your company and product situated to appear attractive financially for a number of reasons being; ability to raise money if required, better company valuation, managing your company better, to attract better talent for your team, and numerous other reasons. 

Speaker Bio:  

Paul Neilson is a highly experienced engineer and entrepreneur with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and a masters degree in computer science.  Paul co-founded Adaptive Instruments Corporation, making the first smart temperature transmitter produced, with many other innovative products that followed-Adaptive Instruments was eventually sold to Accutech Wireless of Schneider Electric.  Paul also has been involved in a number of SBIR projects and teaches Engineering Entrepreneurship at the University of Denver.   Paul is also an Angel investor that is involved with the Rockies Venture Club.   It isn't often we get an Angel investor to spend the time to help inventors to structure themselves to better have the chance to obtain funding, so this is a must attend meeting.

Speaker Contact:

Phone: 720-420-9090

Email: pneilson@neilsonlabs.com

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Monday, June 27, 2016 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church 

Topic: What it Takes to get a Patent Application Approved 

Speaker: Roger Jackson - Patent Attorney

Description:   Come learn about the four tests for getting a patent application approved being 1. Statutory Subject Matter, 2. Utility, 3. Novelty, and 4. Non-Obviousness.

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Monday, July 11, 2016 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church 

Topic: Manufacturing Support 

Speaker: Steve Mariani of Tread Global

Description:   Tread Global is an international product sourcing and development company that helps with product design, product testing, engineering, prototyping, product sourcing, and mass manufacturing.

Phone: 303-921-1377

www.treadglobal.com

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Monday, August 8, 2016 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  What the Patent and Trademark Resource Center at the Denver Public Library has to offer you

Speaker: Steve Schneck of the Denver Public Library

Description: Search training, Appointments, and database resources, with access to the US Patent Office intranet, see the searching section above.

Contact: Phone 720-865-1363

dplpatent@denverlibrary.org

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Monday, September 12, 2016 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church 

Topic: Buying / Selling a Business-What You Need to Know

Speaker: Kevin Cudney of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Description: Finding buyers / deals, Confidentiality, Due Diligence, Term Sheets, The Contract, Closing, Exclusivity, Assets, Valuation, Strategic Deals, Financial Deals, Picking Apart the Buyer / Seller, After Sale Issues, Stock versus Asset Sale, Legal & Accounting, Letter of Intent, Warranties & Representations, Employees / Agreements, and more.    

Phone: 303-223-1166

kcudney@bhfs.com

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Monday, September 26, 2016 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church 

Topic: Manufacturing Support for precision machining, plus virtual prototyping support

Speaker: Bob Linden & others of Barber Nichols

Description:   Barber Nichols does precision prototype manufacturing and design projects for typically high speed rotating equipment, such as turbines, compressors, pumps, motors, etc.

Phone: 303-421-8111

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Monday, November 14, 2016 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  Lessons Learned from my Startup Experience to date 

Speaker: Tony Dobaj, Electrical Engineer, Inventor, Entrepreneur

Description: Tony has invented a new wireless control device to give selectable commands to various devices and will discuss what he has went through so far in getting his product launched. 

Contact: Phone 720-277-2052

apdobaj@gadgettronix.com   

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Monday, November 28, 2016 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  Inventor Do's & Don'ts from someone who has been there

Speaker: Abe Martinez

Description: Abe will talk about his past experiences in launching products and what he has learned

Contact: Phone 720-323-1453

abeandconnie@msn.com

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Monday, December 12, 2016 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  Who Owns an Idea

Speaker: Roger Jackson - Patent Attorney

Description: Come understand what the legal implications are when you have an idea and share it with others.

Contact: Phone 303-271-9468

roger@jacksonesquire.com

Note that ProBoPat is rescheduled for May 8, 2017, however, we will have ProBoPat materials available for handout. 

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Monday, January 9, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  Tips and Tools for Starting and Growing a Business 

Speaker: Garry Neff Founder and CEO of Hatch Lift

Description: Garry invented a lift door for RV's that makes storage access more convenience and easy, he received a patent on the product and is now selling on Amazon.    Garry has extensive knowledge on sales, distribution, and manufacturing. 

Contact: Phone 303-901-8150

gneff@hatchlift.com    

 

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Monday, January 23, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  My 39 Keys to Business Success

  • Speaker: Jake Jabs-Founder and CEO of American Furniture Warehouse

    Jake Jabs is well known in Colorado for his folksy TV commercials with exotic animals for American Furniture Warehouse, Jake who is a straight talking and hard working everyman that represents the quintessentially rags to riches American success story.    After military service Jake started out as a musician playing lead guitar with Marty Robbins then ending up owning a music store in Bozeman, Montana, further expanding to three music stores in Montana.  Eventually Jake tired of the major music equipment manufacturers like Gibson Guitars dictating pricing and product strategies which lead to Jake embracing a non-manufacturer controlled free and open retail model that has a product channel direct from the factory to the retailer which the furniture field seemed to best accommodate.  Jake moved his major operation to Denver due to various business sale opportunities started American Furniture Warehouse in 1975 growing to 12 stores, almost $400 million in sales, and 2000 employees, being one of the largest privately held businesses in Colorado.   Jakes has authored numerous books and given tens of millions of dollars to charity and education.         

    Phone: 303-799-9044

    cshaulis@afwonline.com

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Monday, February 13, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  What Investors are Looking for in a Business

  • Speaker: Peter Adams-Executive Director of the Rockies Venture Club

    Peter who is also a co-author of the book "Venture Capital for Dummies" published by John Wiley & Sons in 2013 and is an adjunct professor at Colorado State University where he teaches the Capstone Strategy class for the Executive MBA program; will discuss making your business attractive to investors from the start of your idea to prototyping and actually launching your good / service into the marketplace. Every step of the way is going to require capital in one form or another, so positioning yourself to raise capital is an ever present issue that you need to prepare yourself for.

    Phone: 720-353-9350

    peter@rockiesventureclub.org

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    Monday, February 27, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

    Topic:  Progress of the Soap Lounge and other products

    Speaker: Len Hierath, Engineer and serial inventor

    Description: Len has had successful products and not so successful products, Len will go through what he has learned from his numerous product launches.

    Contact: Phone 303-475-7230

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    Saturday, March 4, 2017 - Special Denver Meeting, 9:00AM-11:00AM, Denver Public Library Downtown Branch-4th Floor Rockwell Room

    Topic:  The Patent Process

    Speaker: Respresentatives from the USPTO

    Description: Role of the Patent Examiner, Amendments, and Interviews

    Contact: Phone 303-297-4600 (Denver Patent Office)

    Register here

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    Monday, March 13, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

    Topic:  Production logistics for making and selling product once your business gets going

    Speaker: Dante Kahn

    Description: One you get your patent and start making and selling your product in the hundreds, thousands, and beyond-there are things that need to be taken care of such as ever changing logistics challenges of getting volumes of your product made on time with the right quality and then delivered to your customers, Dante takes you through the process he went through to start to become a real product company. 

    Contact: Phone 720-369-6130

    dante@fallingrocksroofing.com

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    Monday, March 27, 2017 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church 

    Topic: 3D Printing (Plastic & Metal) plus plastics molding issues 

    Speaker: Bob Olsen from 3D Material Tech

    Description:   Bob has presented to our group numerous times in the past and has many years experience in 3D printing and molding or parts, so come and ask your questions.

    Phone: 303-833-6011

    bolsen@3dmaterialtech.com

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Wednesday & Thursday, April 19 & 20, 2017 - Special Event 9:30AM to 3PM each day at the Colorado Convention Center Hall E1, 700 14th Street, Denver, CO 80202

Event: AmCon Design and Contract Manuafacturing Trade Show

Register here

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Friday, April 21, 2017 - Special Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Patent Office

Topic:  The Denver Patent Office Introduces Trademarks Seminar

Speaker: Representatives of the Patent & Trademark Office

Description: Informational

Contact: Phone 303-297-4600

rockymountain@uspto.gov

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Monday, April 24, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  Denver TIE Rockies Entrepreneur Support Group

Speaker: Rachel Isaman, Executive Director TIE Rockies

Description: What TIE Rockies has to offer inventors.

Contact: Phone 970-279-3464

rachelisaman@rockies.tie.org

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Tuesday, April 25, 2016 - Special Denver Meeting, 9:00AM-3:00PM, Denver Patent Office

Topic:  Design Patent Seminar and Patent Trial and Appeal Board Seminer

Speaker: Various Representatives of the Patent Office

Description: Informational

Contact: Phone 303-297-4600

rockymountain@uspto.gov 

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Monday, May 8, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  What the Pro Bo Pat can offer you for free help in writing your patent application

Speaker: Jennifer Rothschild

Description: Qualification and requirements.

Contact: Phone 303-539-5643

probopat@micasaresourcecenter.org

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Special Meeting at the Denver Patent Office (see map link above) starting on Tuesday May 9, 2017 to Thursday May 11, 2017 from 8AM to 5PM daily

Topic: In Depth Class on the Patent Process for the above three consecutive days

Detail: This is a free event open to the public, however, as space is limited you must register here and be approved to attend.    You cannot  at this class discuss your specific invention or your specific pending patent application with anyone at the Denver Patent Office.     As this event is at a Federal Building you must have a photo ID (drivers license or passport) and allow time for airport type security checks.

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Monday, May 22, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  Crowd Funding Legal Update

Speaker: Gil Sellinger from Fairfield & Woods

Description: Come learn the latest status on equity crowd funding and its interaction with the Securities and Exchange Commission, both on a national and state level, equity crowd funding is actually getting investors online, as opposed to merely product selling that sites like Kick Starter do. 

Contact: Phone 303-830-2400

 

gsellinger@fwlaw.com

 

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Monday, June 12, 2017 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church 

Topic: Using Social Media to promote your business, especially with YouTube

Speaker: Anthony Pritchard

Agenda; 

Overview of Google, the spider and the app switcher.

What's new with YouTube?
Create a live :30 second video about the groups mission and vision.
Upload and index the video live on the big screen.
Press publish and pray that it shows up on the 1st page of Google

Anthony's contact info:
Email:  Anthony@81mediainternational.com
Phone: 303-994-8612

 

BIO
Anthony Prichard is a product of the 1st generation of the internet educated student. Graduating High School in 97' the same year that widespread internet use started in earnest. Business Management was his major and as a student athlete Anthony was in the 2002 NFL draft as a punter and kick off specialist. Being raised from a family of sales professionals Anthony went right into Telecom because he was taught that he would never be out of a job if he could generate interest and conduct a sales transaction. Because, there is no "business" without a sale.

He started his own General Construction company in 2005 and stayed up late at night teaching himself how to use the internet to market himself and get found. "Triage Remodeling" unfortunately closed for business in 2009 with the real estate crash but not because people didn't know who he was. Anthony was one of the 1st businesses to post before during and after videos of the remodeling process on YouTube.
The largest group of foundation repair contractors in America hired Anthony to be a direct in-home design specialist and with the help of amazing leadership and training videos for every step of their business process Anthony elevated his video and internet education even more. Naturally being drawn to the fastest moving parts of business Anthony was still in awe with all of the emerging internet technology while some of his superiors were quick to ignore the fast moving changes happening on the internet.
He decided to follow his passion for internet technology and struck out on his own to help other small businesses realize the power of video on the internet and since then has been a Google expert.  Now with the ability to market and sell using the internet Globally Anthony teaches groups of business people how to understand and apply the basics of internet SEO.

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Tuesday, June 20, 2017 - Special Denver Meeting, 11:30AM-12:30PM, Denver Patent Office on the 14th Floor

Topic: Trademarks quarterly meeting-focus in on trademark searching

Speaker: Respresentatives of the Trademark Office wil discuss how to search for trademarks plus have a general trademark Q & A session.  This meeting is free and open to the public and is at a federal building that requires photo ID and airport type security checks.    Register here

 

 

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Monday, June 26, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: What I learned from my inventing process so far 

Speaker: John Threlfall

Description: John is the inventor of an exo-skeleton apparatus to assist disabled people is being more mobile, John has make numerous prototypes (of which he will have one at the meeting to demo) has received a patent-with other patents pending domestic and international.   John has also had extensive experience in attending industry specific trade shows and proposing licensing deals.   John will discuss his trials and tribulations throught this process. 

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  • Monday, July 10, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

    Topic: SEO Optimization and all other things Internet that are good to know for inventors  

    Speaker: Peter Kent

    Description: Peter Kent is the author of SEO for Dummies published by John Wiley in 2010, 2012, & 2016, Also the book Pay Per Click for Dummies and How to make Money On-Line, plus many other books available on Amazon.     Peter Kent has been an e-commerce consultant sine the early days of the internet, as Peter started on-line in 1983 and with the internet in 1994 and has worked with Amazon, Zillow, AVVO, and many others to help them succeed on-line

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    Monday, July 24, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

    Speaker: Michael Messaros of Applied Design Corporation

    Topic: Product Development, Management, and Staffing

    As founder and CEO of Applied Design Corporation and being an experienced project manager, Michael will give his insights on the building of a business from a concept to having an ongoing business.   Applied Design is a Boulder firm that has been in business for 16 years.  Applied Design provides a unique combination of engineering R&D and product development expertise coupled with the management skills needed to assist clients in the commercialization process.  Michael will provide an overview of his experiences with various projects, both good and bad.  These case studies will help to provide some key points to keep in mind as you consider your own venture.  Topics touched on will include:

    The technical development process
    The business development process
    Essential inventor/champion qualities
    Risk management

    Speaker Contact;

    Phone: 303-444-3125

    Email: info@applieddesigncorp.com  

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Special Event; Friday, August 4, 2017 at the Denver Patent Office at 1961 Stout Street, Denver, CO 80294 from 10AM to 12 noon on the 15th floor. 

Topic: IP for Beginners

Speakers: Representatives from the Patent Office

Description: Patent, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade secrets, and Searching.

This is a free event open to the public, however, being at a federal building you will need a photo ID and allow time for airport type security checks, you will need to register here   

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Monday, August 14, 2017 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church 

Topic: Global Dossier 

Speaker: Steve Schneck and others from the Denver Public Library

Description:   Global Dossier is an international patent search enhancement that allows electronic file access to patent cases world-wide, much the same as the PAIR system does for US patent and patent application searching.     Thus you can see whats filed, how the particular Patent Office searched the subject matter, how they evaluated the patentability, plus the Applicants responses, for a case close to yours-which can be very helpful to the inventor.     

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Special Event; Friday, August 18, 2017 at the Denver Patent Office at 1961 Stout Street, Denver, CO 80294 from 10AM to 12 noon on the 14th floor. 

Topic: IP for Beginners; Content of a Patent Application and Searching

Speakers: Representatives from the Patent Office

This is a free event open to the public, however, being at a federal building you will need a photo ID and allow time for airport type security checks.

Register here

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Monday, August 28, 2017 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church 

Topic: How to Make Your Website Sell Your Product Better

Speaker: B. Hopkins of Psiphon Consulting, Inc. 

Description:   B. Hopkins is the founder of Psiphon Consulting, Inc., and holds a graduate degree in Electrical Engineering and has worked at Lucent Technologies developing circuit boards, firmware, and software.   B. became interested in the internets early days in 1997 and seeing the internets future potential has helped many businesses use the internet better to their advantage being a very dynamic challenge as the internet is constantly demanding new methods of success over time. 

Phone: 720-432-0621

www.psiphonconsulting.com

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Special Event, Firday September 8, 2017 at the Denver Patent Office at 1961 Stout Street, Denver, CO 80294 from 10AM to noon on the 15th floor (see map link above)

Topic: Pending patent application retrieval and eFiling of new patent applications using the US Patent Office website

Speakers: Representatives from the Patent Office

This is a free event open to the public, you will need a photo ID and go through airport type security as this is at a federal building. 

Register here

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Monday, September 11, 2017 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

 

Topic: What I have learned being an Angel Investor and working in a startup business

Speaker: Mark Vappi

Description: Mark will discuss his experiences from being an angel investor and helping a startup business get off of the ground with some lessons learned and what he would do differently. 

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Special Event, Wednesday September 13, 2017 from noon to 1PM at 1245 Champa Street, Denver, CO 80204, Conf. room 2

Topic: Employee Harassment and Discrimination

Speakers; Christine Samsel and Hannah Caplan of Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber, & Schreck

This is a free class and a free lunch is included, Register here (map link in registration) 

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Special Event, Tuesday September 19, 2017 from 11:30AM to 12:30PM at the Denver Patent Office at 1961 Stout Street, Denver, CO 80294 go to the 14th floor.

Topic: Trademark Process and Renewals

Description: Various representatives from the Trademark Office will be presenting-this is free and open to the public, however, no lunch is provided.    You will need a photo ID and allow time for airport type security checks. 

Register here

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    • Monday, September 25, 2017 - Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church 

      Topic: Licensing

    Speaker: Roger Jackson-Patent Attorney

    Description:   Roger will go through a 5 page checklist handout on items to consider in a licensing agreement.   

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    Special Event September 28, 2017 from noon to 1PM at 320 East Vine Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80524.

    Topic: Employee Discipline and Termination

    Speakers: Christine Samsel and Hannah Caplan of Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber, & Schreck.   There is no charge for this class and a free lunch is included.

    Register here (map link in registration)

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    Monday, October 9, 2017 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Comunity Church 

    Topic: My Journey into Launching a Product

Speaker: Roger Baker

Description:   Roger will go through his conception of the product, its prototyping, getting two patents and a trademark, plus contract manufacturing issues, business management issues, and getting into various markets with Roger's vacuum compression technology protective casing design.

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Monday, October 23, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  The Denver Patent Office Director Explains what the Denver Patent Office has to offer the inventor

Speaker: Molly Kocialski of the Denver Patent Office

Description: Inventor Resources Available.

Contact: Phone 303-297-4600

rockymountain@uspto.gov

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Monday, November 13, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: What Happens when a Competitor Steals my Product Concept and is Selling it - from the Lawyer Viewpoint

Speaker: Greg Whitehair-Intellectual Property Litigator and Mediator

Description: Greg will discuss what to expect timing and cost wise when you start the process of shutting down an infringer and the options that are available depending upon the type of intellectual property that you have (patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, etc.) and what your goals are to consider in dealing with an infringer.  

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Special Meeting at the Denver Patent Office (see map link above) starting on Tuesday November 14, 2017 to Thursday November 16, 2017 from 8AM to 5PM daily

Topic: In Depth Class on the Patent Examination Process for the above three consecutive full days

Detail: This is a free event open to the public, however, as space is limited you must register here by October 1, 2017.    You cannot  at this class discuss your specific invention or your specific pending patent application with anyone at the Denver Patent Office.     As this event is at a Federal Building you must have a photo ID (drivers license or passport) and allow time for airport type security checks.

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Monday, November 27, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: What Happens when a Competitor Steals my Product Concept and is Selling it - from the Entrepreneur viewpoint

Speaker: Melanie Romero- Entrepreneur

Description: One of Melanie's inventions is the YARD PUP pet pooper scooper that she has been selling for years and was recently infringed on Amazon, Melanie will discuss the process with Amazon and how she succeeded in getting the infringing product removed-this is very important these days as almost everyone who launches a product will most likely have to deal with a product take down on Amazon.     

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Monday, December 11, 2017 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: Contract Manufacturing

Speaker: Source Direct-Via Skype

Description: Source Direct is a company that helps inventors source their manufacturing and will be presenting on their services.

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Thursday, December 14, 2017 - Special Meeting, 4PM to 6PM, The Commons at 1245 Champa Street, Denver, CO 80204

Topic: Fashion Intellectual Property, covering design patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, trade dress, and certification marks.

Speakers: Various local experts hosted by Molly Kocoalski Director of the Denver Patent Office

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Monday, January 8, 2018 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: What Happens when your spouse, partner, children, and others have ownership rights and there is a businenss sale, death, dissolution, or changes in desire to work in the business

Speaker: Phil Keenan - CPA and Estate Planning Lawyer

Description: Phil will discuss how to plan a sale of your business or pass it along to your successors, and how to plan transfers of assets, including tax issues, etc.  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Monday, January 22, 2018 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: Help With the Transition from Product to Business

Speaker: Keenan Gates of Level Terrian

Description: Keenan will discuss how his company helps inventors make the transition into a business getting help with setting up manufacturing and how to sell and market your product. 

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Monday, February 12, 2018 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: Licensing Information 

Speaker: Roger Jackson

Description:  Roger will present a licensing checklist of items to consider.        

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Monday, February 26, 2018 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: My Experiences in Manufacturing in China for my invention products both good and bad

Speaker: Brian Kelleghan of Bison Designs LLC

Description:  Brian has travelled to China over one hundred times in setting up and maintaining his Chinese manufacturing and has presented to the  US Patent Office in Washington DC on Chinese Manufacturing Issues.    So if you are ever going to manufacture in China or just want to learn about it, this is a must attend meeting, wherein Brian will relate his experiences and lessons learned.    

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Monday, March 12, 2018 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church 

Topic: Using Social Media to promote your business, especially with YouTube

Speaker: Anthony Pritchard

Agenda; 

Overview of Google, the spider and the app switcher.

What's new with YouTube?
Create a live :30 second video about the groups mission and vision.
Upload and index the video live on the big screen.
Press publish and pray that it shows up on the 1st page of Google

Anthony's contact info:
Email:  Anthony@81mediainternational.com
Phone: 303-994-8612

BIO

Anthony Prichard is a product of the 1st generation of the internet educated student. Graduating High School in 97' the same year that widespread internet use started in earnest. Business Management was his major and as a student athlete Anthony was in the 2002 NFL draft as a punter and kick off specialist. Being raised from a family of sales professionals Anthony went right into Telecom because he was taught that he would never be out of a job if he could generate interest and conduct a sales transaction. Because, there is no "business" without a sale.

He started his own General Construction company in 2005 and stayed up late at night teaching himself how to use the internet to market himself and get found. "Triage Remodeling" unfortunately closed for business in 2009 with the real estate crash but not because people didn't know who he was. Anthony was one of the 1st businesses to post before during and after videos of the remodeling process on YouTube.
The largest group of foundation repair contractors in America hired Anthony to be a direct in-home design specialist and with the help of amazing leadership and training videos for every step of their business process Anthony elevated his video and internet education even more. Naturally being drawn to the fastest moving parts of business Anthony was still in awe with all of the emerging internet technology while some of his superiors were quick to ignore the fast moving changes happening on the internet.
He decided to follow his passion for internet technology and struck out on his own to help other small businesses realize the power of video on the internet and since then has been a Google expert.  Now with the ability to market and sell using the internet Globally Anthony teaches groups of business people how to understand and apply the basics of internet SEO.

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Monday, March 26, 2018 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: Business Communication Skills

Speaker: Holly Komar     Phone 203-970-5470    hollykomar@gmail.com 

Description:  Holly has an MBA and has written three books and has 25 years expereince as a speaker and has a background in marketing, realestate, and motivation.    Communication skills are key in fostering a successful business in communication with investors, customers, employees, vendors, and the like.      __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Monday, April 9, 2018 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: My Experiences in Launching my patented products and building a business both good and bad

Speaker: Art Onweller of Foothills Products, Inc.

Description:  Art has invented a Marine Mooring Line Vermin Shield that is trademarked as OFFBOARD that he has multiple patents on, further Art has invented a satellite dish snow shield that is also patented, Art has been in business with these products for over 15 years and will share his experiences in manufacturing and sales in building a business around these products.    __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Monday, April 23, 2018 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: How to get assistance in Launching You Product

Speaker: Brian Hardison of New Product Consulting   Phone 720-357-1334    www.newproductconsulting.com 

Description:  Brian will discuss the services his company offers to help inventors.  

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Monday, May 14, 2018 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: Private Placement and Marketing the Private Placement

Speaker: John Hunt Grassby - Business Attorney

Description:  John will discuss private placement as a startup business funding vehicle and how to maximize your chances of success.    __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Monday, May 28, 2018 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: My Experiences in Launching Novely Products and getting into Home Depot and other Mainstream Stores

Speaker: Doug Brown of the Reindeer Ranch Company

Description:  You have probably seen the rough hewn wood Reindeer and Snowman at Home Depot around Christmas time that Doug's company has designed and manufactured, they are going over 50,000 units annually and have fended off copycats.   Doug will share his expereinces with you on what went right and wrong.    __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Monday, June 4, 2018 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  My 39 Keys to Business Success

  • Speaker: Jake Jabs-Founder and CEO of American Furniture Warehouse

    Jake Jabs is well known in Colorado for his folksy TV commercials with exotic animals for American Furniture Warehouse, Jake who is a straight talking and hard working everyman that represents the quintessentially rags to riches American success story.    After military service Jake started out as a musician playing lead guitar with Marty Robbins then ending up owning a music store in Bozeman, Montana, further expanding to three music stores in Montana.  Eventually Jake tired of the major music equipment manufacturers like Gibson Guitars dictating pricing and product strategies which lead to Jake embracing a non-manufacturer controlled free and open retail model that has a product channel direct from the factory to the retailer which the furniture field seemed to best accommodate.  Jake moved his major operation to Denver due to various business sale opportunities started American Furniture Warehouse in 1975 growing to 12 stores, almost $400 million in sales, and 2000 employees, being one of the largest privately held businesses in Colorado.   Jakes has authored numerous books and given tens of millions of dollars to charity and education.         

    Phone: 303-799-9044

    cshaulis@afwonline.com

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Monday, July 9, 2018 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  Tips & Tools for starting and growing a business

Speaker:
Garry Neff Founder and CEO of Hatch Lift

Description:
Garry invented a lift door for RV's that makes storage access more convenient and easy, he received a patent on the product and is now selling on Amazon.     Garry has extensive knowledge on sales, distribution, and manufacturing.              __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Monday, July 23, 2018 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  Valuaing a business for buying and selling

Speaker:

Scott Densmore of the FBB Group, Ltd., who is a broker associate.

Description:

Scott is part of a merger and acquisition advisory firm and will present on what is important in making your idea, product, and business be attractive for acquisition, as there will undoubtedly come a time for you to sell your business, thus you need to know what is important in this process.                 

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Monday, August 13, 2018-Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM at the Denver Community Church

Topic: Trade Show Secrets 

Speaker: Bonnie Kaake-Marketing Consultant

Trade Shows are a fundamental part of launching new products-so come learn how to maximize what you get out of a trade show.   Bonnie will break down the types of trade shows, costs, how to prepare, integrating with social media and general marketing,  and what to expect. 

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Monday, August 27, 2018-Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM at the Denver Community Church

Topic: Franchise Agreements 

Speaker: Roger Jackson - Patent Attorney

Occassionally inventors ask about franchising as an option for expanding their idea nationwide, so in this meeting we will talk about the basics of franchise agreements.   

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Monday, September 10, 2018 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church 

Topic: Using Social Media to promote your business, especially with YouTube

Speaker: Anthony Pritchard

Agenda; 

Overview of Google, the spider and the app switcher.

What's new with YouTube?
Create a live :30 second video about the groups mission and vision.
Upload and index the video live on the big screen.
Press publish and pray that it shows up on the 1st page of Google

Anthony's contact info:
Email:  Anthony@81mediainternational.com
Phone: 303-994-8612

BIO

 

Anthony Prichard is a product of the 1st generation of the internet educated student. Graduating High School in 97' the same year that widespread internet use started in earnest. Business Management was his major and as a student athlete Anthony was in the 2002 NFL draft as a punter and kick off specialist. Being raised from a family of sales professionals Anthony went right into Telecom because he was taught that he would never be out of a job if he could generate interest and conduct a sales transaction. Because, there is no "business" without a sale.

He started his own General Construction company in 2005 and stayed up late at night teaching himself how to use the internet to market himself and get found. "Triage Remodeling" unfortunately closed for business in 2009 with the real estate crash but not because people didn't know who he was. Anthony was one of the 1st businesses to post before during and after videos of the remodeling process on YouTube.
The largest group of foundation repair contractors in America hired Anthony to be a direct in-home design specialist and with the help of amazing leadership and training videos for every step of their business process Anthony elevated his video and internet education even more. Naturally being drawn to the fastest moving parts of business Anthony was still in awe with all of the emerging internet technology while some of his superiors were quick to ignore the fast moving changes happening on the internet.
He decided to follow his passion for internet technology and struck out on his own to help other small businesses realize the power of video on the internet and since then has been a Google expert.  Now with the ability to market and sell using the internet Globally Anthony teaches groups of business people how to understand and apply the basics of internet SEO.

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Monday, September 24, 2018 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  Lessons Learned from my Startup Experience to date 

Speaker: Tony Dobaj, Electrical Engineer, Inventor, Entrepreneur

Description: Tony has invented a new wireless control device (with his patent just approved) to give selectable commands to various devices and will discuss what he has went through so far in getting his product launched. 

Contact: Phone 720-277-2052

 

apdobaj@gadgettronix.com  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Monday, October 8, 2018 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  What I have learned so far in launching my new products 

Speaker: James Horne, Structural Engineer, Inventor, Entrepreneur

Description: James has received a patent and has other patents pending and is in the middle of several product launches and will share his expereinces.  

Contact: Phone 303-377-6963 x106

james@aec-west.com   

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Monday, October 22, 2018 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: Private Placement and Marketing the Private Placement

Speaker: John Hunt Grassby - Business Attorney

Description:  John will discuss private placement as a startup business funding vehicle and how to maximize your chances of success.  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Monday, November 5, 2018 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  Crowd Funding Legal Update

Speaker: John Eckstein from Fairfield & Woods

Description: Come learn the latest status on equity crowd funding and its interaction with the Securities and Exchange Commission, both on a national and state level, equity crowd funding is actually getting investors online, as opposed to merely product selling that sites like Kick Starter do. 

Contact: Phone 303-830-2400

jeckstein@fwlaw.com

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Monday, December 10, 2018 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  Tips & Tools for starting and growing a business

Speaker:
Garry Neff Founder and CEO of Hatch Lift

Description:
Garry invented a lift door for RV's that makes storage access more convenient and easy, he received a patent on the product and is now selling on Amazon.     Garry has extensive knowledge on sales, distribution, and manufacturing.   

 
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Monday, January 14, 2019 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  The Denver Patent Office Director Explains what the Denver Patent Office has to offer the inventor

Speaker: Molly Kocialski of the Denver Patent Office

Description: Inventor Resources Available.

Contact: Phone 303-297-4600

 

rockymountain@uspto.gov

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Monday, January 28, 2019 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church IS WEATHER RESCHEDULED TO FEBRUARY 11, 2019 SAME TIME AND PLACE

Topic: What Machine Shops are looking for from Inventors 

Speaker: Dan Kenner

Description:  Dan is a machine shop owner and inventor who has sold and licensed products and will discuss the issues and difficulties he encountered while bringing products to market.  

Speaker Contact 

Accudyne Corporation
2835 South Raritan Street
Englewood, CO 80110
Phone: 303-991-1500

Email: dan@accudynecorp.com   

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Monday, February 25, 2019 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  Help with the Transition from Product to Business

Speaker: Kenan Gates of Level Terrian

Description: Level Terrian offers selected inventors help as a business partner to bring their products to market

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Monday, March 11, 2019 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  US Patent Office Subject Matter Eligibility Guidlines in particular for Process / Software Inventions

Speaker: Roger Jackson Patent Attorney

Description: An open discussion based upon the latest US Patent Office Examiner training in the above area.

Contact: Phone 303-271-9468

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Monday, April 8, 2019 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: Private Placement and Marketing the Private Placement

Speaker: John Hunt Grassby - Business Attorney

 

Description:  John will discuss private placement as a startup business funding vehicle and how to maximize your chances of success.  

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Monday, April 22, 2019 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: Websites

Speaker: Brad Strong, inventor and owner of Denver Web and Video.

Description: How clearly present and explain your product using text, image and video on your website, and eight factors to keep in mind for a compelling web page.

Brad will demonstrate techniques you can use today to create better images and videos of your products, how to optimize the appearance and upload speed of your web pages and how to leverage your textual and visual assets using social media. One place inventors sometimes struggle is in clearly explaining how their product works and highlighting its unique advantages with the target audience in mind, so this important topic will also be covered.

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Monday, May 13, 2019 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: My Experiences in Manufacturing in China for my invention products both good and bad

Speaker: Brian Kelleghan of Bison Designs LLC

Description:  Brian has travelled to China over one hundred times in setting up and maintaining his Chinese manufacturing and has presented to the  US Patent Office in Washington DC on Chinese Manufacturing Issues.    So if you are ever going to manufacture in China or just want to learn about it, this is a must attend meeting, wherein Brian will relate his experiences and lessons learned.  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Monday, May 27, 2019 - Memorial Day Holiday

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Monday, June 10, 2019 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: Open Discussion on the Anatomy of a Patent Concerning Section 112 Issues for Support of Functional Claims

Speaker: Roger Jackson - Patent Attorney

Description:  This is based on a US Patent Office presentation (that will be included in the meeting announcement email) to Examiners for guidance for finding or not finding adequate support in the patent application specification for the functional claims, wherein inadequate support in the patent application can result in those specific claims being cancelled, so primarily the distinction between "ordinary skill in the art" versus software and / or hardware disclosed in the patent application giving enough detail for a non-inventor skilled in the art to make and use the invention from the patent application possibly combined with publically available knoweldge.      

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Topic: Using Social Media to promote your business, especially with YouTube

Speaker: Anthony Pritchard

Agenda; 

Overview of Google, the spider and the app switcher.

What's new with YouTube?
Create a live :30 second video about the groups mission and vision.
Upload and index the video live on the big screen.
Press publish and pray that it shows up on the 1st page of Google

Anthony's contact info:
Email:  Anthony@81mediainternational.com
Phone: 303-994-8612

BIO

Anthony Prichard is a product of the 1st generation of the internet educated student. Graduating High School in 97' the same year that widespread internet use started in earnest. Business Management was his major and as a student athlete Anthony was in the 2002 NFL draft as a punter and kick off specialist. Being raised from a family of sales professionals Anthony went right into Telecom because he was taught that he would never be out of a job if he could generate interest and conduct a sales transaction. Because, there is no "business" without a sale.

He started his own General Construction company in 2005 and stayed up late at night teaching himself how to use the internet to market himself and get found. "Triage Remodeling" unfortunately closed for business in 2009 with the real estate crash but not because people didn't know who he was. Anthony was one of the 1st businesses to post before during and after videos of the remodeling process on YouTube.
The largest group of foundation repair contractors in America hired Anthony to be a direct in-home design specialist and with the help of amazing leadership and training videos for every step of their business process Anthony elevated his video and internet education even more. Naturally being drawn to the fastest moving parts of business Anthony was still in awe with all of the emerging internet technology while some of his superiors were quick to ignore the fast moving changes happening on the internet.

He decided to follow his passion for internet technology and struck out on his own to help other small businesses realize the power of video on the internet and since then has been a Google expert.  Now with the ability to market and sell using the internet Globally Anthony teaches groups of business people how to understand and apply the basics of internet SEO.

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Monday, July 8, 2019 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  What the Patent and Trademark Resource Center at the Denver Public Library has to offer you

Speaker: Steve Schneck of the Denver Public Library

Description: Search training, Appointments, and database resources, with access to the US Patent Office intranet, see the searching section above.

Contact: Phone 720-865-1363

 

dplpatent@denverlibrary.org

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Monday, July 22, 2019 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: From Inventor to Entrepreneur

Speaker: John Kelley-CEO and Chairman of CereScan a Brain Data Analytics Company

Description:  John has decades of experience in growing, fundraising, and managing companies and sits on numerous corporate boards, this presentation will cover the following topics:

Common Myths of Entrepreneurship

People Dynamics

Success through Leadership

Raising Capital

Business Challenges      

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Monday, August 12, 2019 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Speaker: Hank Koopman-Inventor of the Alpha Cubes Game

Topic: My Experiences in Launching my Product

As founder and CEO of Apha Cubes, Hank has gotten his patent and trademark, and has made and sold his product for close to 20 years and will share his expereinces in manufacturing and sales.   So come ask your questions and learn from Hank's experiences. 


Speaker Contact;

Phone: 720-318-2729

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Monday, August 26, 2019 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church 

Topic: My Experiences in Launching my Product

Speaker: Earl McCoy-founder of the Ultimate Rod Case

 

Description:   Earl is manufacturing and selling a premium quality fishing rod case for vehicles that he has a patent pending on and will share his experiences both good and bad. 

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Monday, September 9, 2019 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  My experiences so far in launching my product

Speaker: Sirena Rolfe-Founder and inventor of TEMPUS Hood

 

Description: Sirena has received her patent and trademark and is getting ready to scale up her portable and detachable hood business and will share her lessons learned so far in setting up manufacturing, marketing, and other issues.

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Monday, September 23, 2019 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  My 39 Keys to Business Success

  • Speaker: Jake Jabs-Founder and CEO of American Furniture Warehouse

    Jake Jabs is well known in Colorado for his folksy TV commercials with exotic animals for American Furniture Warehouse, Jake who is a straight talking and hard working everyman that represents the quintessentially rags to riches American success story.    After military service Jake started out as a musician playing lead guitar with Marty Robbins then ending up owning a music store in Bozeman, Montana, further expanding to three music stores in Montana.  Eventually Jake tired of the major music equipment manufacturers like Gibson Guitars dictating pricing and product strategies which lead to Jake embracing a non-manufacturer controlled free and open retail model that has a product channel direct from the factory to the retailer which the furniture field seemed to best accommodate.  Jake moved his major operation to Denver due to various business sale opportunities started American Furniture Warehouse in 1975 growing to 12 stores, almost $400 million in sales, and 2000 employees, being one of the largest privately held businesses in Colorado.   Jakes has authored numerous books and given tens of millions of dollars to charity and education.         

    Phone: 303-799-9044

    jrose@afwonline.com

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Monday, October 14, 2019 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Speaker: Michael Messaros of Applied Design Corporation

Topic: Product Development, Management, and Staffing

As founder and CEO of Applied Design Corporation and being an experienced project manager, Michael will give his insights on the building of a business from a concept to having an ongoing business.   Applied Design is a Boulder firm that has been in business for 16 years.  Applied Design provides a unique combination of engineering R&D and product development expertise coupled with the management skills needed to assist clients in the commercialization process.  Michael will provide an overview of his experiences with various projects, both good and bad.  These case studies will help to provide some key points to keep in mind as you consider your own venture.  Topics touched on will include:

The technical development process
The business development process
Essential inventor/champion qualities
Risk management


Speaker Contact;

Phone: 303-444-3125

Email: info@applieddesigncorp.com 

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Monday, December 9, 2019 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic: What Happens when a Competitor Steals my Product Concept and is Selling it - from the Entrepreneur viewpoint

Speaker: Melanie Romero- Entrepreneur

 

Description: One of Melanie's inventions is the YARD PUP pet pooper scooper that she has been selling for years and was recently infringed on Amazon, Melanie will discuss the process with Amazon and how she succeeded in getting the infringing product removed-this is very important these days as almost everyone who launches a product will most likely have to deal with a product take down on Amazon.    __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Monday, January 13, 2020 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  The Denver Patent Office Explains what the Denver Patent Office has to offer the inventor

Speaker: Representatives of the Denver Patent Office

Description: Inventor Resources Available.

Contact: Phone 303-297-4600

rockymountain@uspto.gov

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Monday, January 27, 2020 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  Whats new in 3D Printing

Speaker: Dave Scarano of Midwest Proto 

Description: How 3D Printing can benefit you

Contact: Phone 720-830-6866

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CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER

Monday, February 10, 2020 - Regular Denver Metro Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church 

Topic: Focus on Revenue 

Speaker: Nick DeGennaro-Business Development Specialist

Description:   Come learn about the most important long term thing for your invention which is to grow the top line to add value to your business.   Nick has many years experience in buisiness development in various industries, has an MBA and is a registered securities representative. 

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Monday, February 24, 2020 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  The current state of manufacturing in the world.  It’s not just China anymore.

Description:   You have a great idea, and it’s time to have it manufactured.  Now what?  

Multiple things need to be considered beyond the decision on the right manufacturing partner.  Where in the world is the best location to have your type of product produced? China, United States, Asia, India, or Central America.  How does that decision affect The Quality of your Product, Manufacturing Costs, Shipping, Tariffs, Political issues, etc? The list of considerations is huge.

Come find out what you need to consider to help make the launch of your product the success you are hoping for.

Speakers:  Patrick Maag and Carmine Denisco at Inventors Launchpad

Contact: Phone 800-694-0493

pmaag@klmproductsgroup.com

www.inventorslaunchpad.com  

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Monday, March 9, 2020 - Regular Denver Meeting, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Denver Community Church

Topic:  Inventors Challenges

Speaker: Tom Thompson of Invent Now Club 

Description: The invention process including IP mmarkets, Collaboration, and Options available for inventors 

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NO LIVE EVENTS UNTIL MAY 11, 2020

The following events are virtual with an email sent to members with the speaker presentation attached.

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Monday, March 23, 2020 - Virtual Denver Meeting

Topic: My Entrepreneurial Experiences

Description:   Ron Ferguson details out a business he built and sold for LED Light Medical Treatment Products and his current venture for an Exercise Device

Ron Ferguson Bio
 
Ron began his professional career as an Account Executive, Industry Consultant, for AT&T in Salt Lake City, UT. He advanced to Sales Manager and ultimately National Sales Manager.  Ron later served as Marketing Manager for Fairchild Communication Services in Salt Lake City, UT where he launched the marketing and sales activity for a new business unit of this Fortune 500 organization.
 
He moved to Durango, Colorado when offered the position of Director of Business Development for LORE International – an international consulting company.
 
In 2003 Ron founded LED Technologies, Inc. a Medical Device manufacturer that had obtained five FDA Clearances and over 15 patents by the time he left.  Ron sold LED Technologies, Inc. in 2016 and somewhat retired. 
 
In 2017, Ron took up boxing with former professional boxer and MMA fighter: Thomas “Hurricane” Haines and later that year they formed AXBALL™ Enterprises. LLC. – to manufacture and sell a unique piece of exercise equipment – AXBALL™. 
 
 
Ron’s Topic
How I started two companies: The Luck, the Mistakes and the Rewards.
How to create a winning product.  My requirements for a product to be successful.

NOTE THAT RON WILL COME TO PRESENT TO US IN-PERSON ONCE THE CORONAVIRUS ISSUE IS RESOLVED

 

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Special Denver Metro Area Inventors Meeting on will be announced in the future being from 6PM to 8PM, for Learning How to do a Top Quality Patent Search (note this class is repeated every quarter or so, due to its popularity);

Speaker: Training staff at the Denver Public Library

Topic:  Hands on (on computer terminal) training for PubWEST  - US Patent Office patent & patent application publication search tool.   In addition, the Denver Public Library will have the capability of the US Patent Office PubEAST system, which is the search tool for accessing multiple patent and publication databases worldwide, if you learn this system PubEAST and PubWESTyou will have the same capability as an Examiner at the US Patent Office for quality searching.   We will also discuss the world wide patent technology classification system termed the Cooperative Patent Classification or CPC system this will make worldwide searching much more efficient as every patent office in the world will have the same technology classification system.

Time: 6:00PM to 8:00PM

In conjunction with our affiliation with the Denver Public Library and in accordance with the Rocky Mountain Inventors Association (RMIA) mission to be an inventors non-profit educational organization we are offering training for you the inventor to become a top quality searcher and to save hundreds if not thousands of dollars, so why pay for someone else to do your search when you can learn to do a top quality search yourself, especially if you have numerous ideas you want to check out search wise. 

The location is at the Denver Public Library-Main Branch 13th & Broadway, NW corner-go to the 3rd floor to "Reference" located on the (south central side of building) map link here and ask for access to "PubWEST" (they will help you) which is the enhanced patent search system that Patent Examiners use at the Patent Office in Washington DC-"PubWEST" has enhanced features for searching that are NOT available online-this is only available locally at the Denver Public Library and the Denver Patent Office (when it opens this July), this is the best searching you can do, as it is the same system that the Patent Office Examiners use (note this is NOT available online)-so if you are serious about doing a quality search, this is a must attend-meeting size is limited to 12 people who can have "hands-on" learning on a terminal, we can accommodate more than 12 people, but you will just be able to watch the training, we will have another class if needed.      Click here to learn more about how PubWEST is superior as compared to general online search.   Note that for the training class only-go up to the 4th floor directly above the previously identified "Reference" to the small computer training room for the class, however, for just using the PubWEST on your own, then you go to the 3rd floor Reference.   On parking, area street parking on AcomaBannock, and 12th, as the street parking meters are free after 6PM, you may have to pay for 15 minutes at 25 cents, or you can park in the Art Museum garage for $4 for the evening-enter the garage on 12th between Broadway and Acoma.                         

Denver Public Library Inventors Meeting for Basic Patent Search will be announced in the future;

Speaker: Steve Schneck of the Denver Public Library who also teach the PubWEST and PubEAST classes above

Topic: Basic patent searching

Description: Unless you are a very experienced patent searcher-it is highly recommended you take this basic searching class prior to taking eitherPubWEST or PubEAST above.  This class is put on by the Denver Public Library with assistance from the Rocky Mountain Inventors Association, the basic searching class is open to the public and there is no fee to attend. 

 
 
Colorado Springs Metro Area Inventors Meetings are suspended for now-watch for a future announcement;

(The Colorado Springs Metro Area including the Pikes Peak area Meetings are the 3rd Wednesday of each month 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM)

For general information on Colorado Springs area meetings contact Doug Estrada at;

Phone: 719-648-7122   Email: doug@woodland-park.net   

The location for the Colorado Springs area meetings is 10605 Green Mountain Falls Road, Green Mountain Falls, CO 80819

(Go to the far back building in the room next to the indoor basketball court)

Click here for a map to the Colorado Springs Area meetings.   

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