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Innovation Direct™ to Become Marketing Catalyst for Healthy 5 Food Group Tray Invention…

An innovative new product designed to make healthy and balanced eating much more convenient, the Healthy 5 Food Group Tray, has been developed by Brenda Anderson of Jacksonville, Florida. The invention’s unique design helps it play an integral role in encouraging the consumption of a balanced and nutritious diet, especially in young children. With significant advancements in the nutritional sciences in recent times, there is...

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Innovation Direct™ to be at Forefront of Marketing for Portable Fire Safety Slide Invention…

Miami, FL, March 02, 2012 –(PR.com)– An innovative new product designed to insure that its users can effectively escape a potentially fatal situation, the Portable Fire Safety Slide, has been developed by Mary Darby of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The invention’s unique design provides both safety and peace of mind with respect to being able to escape a fire. Residential and business fires are much more prevalent...

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Innovation Direct™ ready to make it a November to Remember at SEMA and AAPEX Show 2010…

Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking in with a report on the final stop of our 2010 trade show itinerary. Innovation Direct is pleased to confirm that we will once again be attending the leading U.S.-based trade shows of the automotive industry, SEMA 2010 and the AAPEX Show 2010. The events run semi-concurrently during the first week of November in...

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Innovation Direct™ suggests excellent article related to the value of inventors…

John Blake of CNN.com has authored a superb article detailing how our current economic climate renders the contributions of inventors more valuable and needed than ever before. The article can be viewed directly by on CNN’s official website by clicking on the following link: http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/01/12/invent/index.html. We are also posting Mr. Blake’s article in its entirety below for the convenience of our readers: Is ‘golden age...

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Update: Innovation Direct™ sends follow-up letter and second copy of non-disclosure agreement regarding balloon novelty product to Texas-based company…

Good evening, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, chiming in with an update on a situation we had last reported on in a January 28th entry (“Innovation Direct™ inventor’s novelty balloon item catches the eye of Texas-based manufacturer; non-disclosure agreement sent…“). Earlier Friday, the Innovation Direct™ representative that originally sent the non-disclosure agreement that was reported about in that posting sent the...

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Update: Innovation Direct™ receives feedback from Washington-based Innovation Direct To Industry™ company regarding 5 inventions sent in latest package…

Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking in with our latest update. Earlier Wednesday, Innovation Direct™ received feedback from a Washington-based Innovation Direct To Industry™ company regarding preliminary, non-confidential information on 5 kitchen inventions they’d been sent in their latest package. We had reported on this situation in a February 17th posting (“Update: International Technology Transfer prepares and sends 5 invention...

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Update: Innovation Direct™ faciliates conference call with inventor of plumbing accessory and licensee; prototype to be shipped to manufacturer…

Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking back in with an update on a situation we had just reported on in a February 11 posting (“Update: International Technology Transfer conducts telephone meeting with Texas-based Innovation Direct To Industry™ plumbing products manufacturer; one invention remains subject of advanced level of interest, exclusive developmental agreement a possibility…“). Late Tuesday afternoon, the Innovation Direct™...

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Update: Innovation Direct™ receives reply from Canada-based outdoor products company regarding invention submission policies as well as outdoor tool product; searches for first Innovation Direct To Industry™ package initiated…

Good afternoon, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking back in with another Innovation Direct To Industry™-related update. Earlier Tuesday, Innovation Direct™ received a response from the contact person for invention submissions at a Canada-based manufacturer of outdoor products regarding a recent e-mail that had been sent to them. We had just reported on this situation in a February 16th posting (“International...

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Update: Innovation Direct™ attempts second follow-up with Illinois-based Innovation Direct To Industry™ company regarding information sent on 13 inventions…

Greetings, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking back in with another Innovation Direct To Industry™-related update. Earlier Thursday, the Innovation Direct™ representative managing the Innovation Direct To Industry™ account of an Illinois-based consumer products company sent a second follow-up e-mail of 2009 to his contact at the firm regarding preliminary, non-confidential information that had been sent on 13 inventions in their...

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Update: Innovation Direct™ sends follow-up letter and e-mail to New York-based manufacturer regarding detailed design information on outdoor accessory…

Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking in with an update on a situation we had most recently reported on in a January 14th entry (“Update: International Technology Transfer receives signed non-disclosure agreement for outdoor accessory from New York-based manufacturer; access to detailed design information sent…“). Earlier Thursday, the Innovation Direct™ representative that has been involved since the onset sent the...

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