Good afternoon, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking in with our first update of what will be another terrific week. We kick things off on this Monday with an update on a situation we had just reported on this past Friday (“Update: Innovation Direct™ closes out week by sending 20 invention Innovation Direct To Industry™ package to New York-based company…“). In...
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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’ s Director of Product Licensing, checking in one final time this week with another Innovation Direct To Industry™-related update. Earlier Friday, searches through the Innovation Direct™ database were initiated on behalf of two more companies that are part of the program and that are due their next package of items to review. The first company is a Michigan-based outfit...
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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking in with an update regarding a situation we had most recently reported on in a May 7th entry (“Update: Innovation Direct™ sends 15 invention Innovation Direct To Industry™ package to Ohio-based company…“). As the posting’s self-explanatory title reveals, Innovation Direct™ had sent an Ohio-based company an initial Innovation Direct To Industry™ package of preliminary,...
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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking in with an update to finish off a great week. Earlier Friday, the Innovation Direct™ representative managing the Innovation Direct To Industry™ account of a New York-based company prepared and sent them preliminary, non-confidential information on 20 product ideas from the Innovation Direct™ roster. This is the same company that we had most recently...
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Good afternoon, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, back with an update regarding an automotive tool invention from the Innovation Direct™ roster. Innovation Direct™ has received word from our West Coast-based industry partner that he may have a company interested in the item, which we’d originally sent him information about back in early 2006. Our industry partner works as an independent invention...
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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking in with a relevant update regarding a tool invention from the Innovation Direct™ roster. Following up on a situation we had most recently reported on in a May 1st entry (“Update: Innovation Direct™ receives signed exclusive developmental agreement on tool invention from New Hampshire-based Innovation Direct To Industry™ company…“), Innovation Direct™ has received the...
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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking in with a mid-week update. Following up on a situation we most recently reported on in a May 12th entry (“Update: Innovation Direct™ receives long-awaited response from medical manufacturer regarding invention that was subject of their advanced level of interest…“), an Innovation Direct™ representative has sent preliminary, non-confidential information on a medical accessory from...
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Good afternoon, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking in with our first update for a Tuesday. With the 2008 National Hardware Show with Lawn and Garden World now in the books, Innovation Direct™ representatives have begun the follow-up process with companies met at the Innovation Direct™ booth during the event. Late Monday and earlier Tuesday, e-mails were sent to the contacts...
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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, back once more with a report on another Innovation Direct™ inventor product idea garnering interest. On this occasion, the subject is a specialized lighting product from the Innovation Direct™ roster that has caught the attention of a California-based lighting products manufacturer. The company received and reviewed preliminary, non-confidential information on the product concept in early...
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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’ s Director of Product Licensing, checking in with an update on a situation we had last reported on in an April 9th entry (“Update: Innovation Direct™ still awaiting exclusive developmental agreement on medical accessory from Florida-based manufacturer…“). Innovation Direct™ has received a response from the Vice President of a Florida-based medical products manufacturer that had at one point expressed...
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