NEVADA INVENTORS ASSOCIATION
"Education, Assistance, and
Networking for the Inventor"
The
Nevada Inventor
Newsletter of the Nevada Inventors' Association, Inc.
Post Office Box 11008, Reno, NV 89510-1008 http://www.nevadainventors.org
November, 2000
NIA Members pack the room, crawl about on floor, act like kids!
NIA Vice President, Alex Prokop spoke to an interested and enthusiastic audience at the October Meeting.
In an effort to educate, while bringing out the sense of wonder and playfulness lurking in the member's hearts,
Prokop spoke about the properties of magnetism. Amazingly powerful tiny magnets were passed hand to hand. Bar magnet
dared you to just try and pull them apart. The packed house energetically sent round magnets rolling down tubes.
As the magnets seemed to slow down to a "float" the years gently lifted off the memberships shoulders
and the fun of science and inventing was rediscovered. Ideas bounced around the room and in members minds. What
new invention did this exercise spark? Let us know at the December Meeting.
MEETING SCHEDULE
Regular meetings scheduled on the 4th Saturday of each month. They are held at the Washoe Medical Center,
room 101 from 9am to noon.
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 is expected to sign the confidentiality
agreement at the meeting entrance.
NO meeting scheduled
for this month.
Have a grateful Thanksgiving holiday.
December Meeting
Saturday, December 23
9am to noon
December Meeting Agenda:
Elections for 2001 NIA Officers
Vote on Membership dues
increase to $50.00 for 2001
Featured Speaker: Dr. Bill Torch
Subject: Eye Com Development and an update on the Children's Science Museum
January Meeting Saturday, January 20, 2001 9am to noon
UIA Bulletin
If you are selling your product to consumers via your own web site, we invite you to take part in the INVENTOR'S
DIGEST Web Sales Survey, the results of which will be featured in our Jan/Feb. 2001 issue. Please take a moment
and answer the following questions. You and your product may be featured in the INVENTOR'S DIGEST.
1. What is your URL?
2. When did you start selling your
product on the Internet?
3. Who designed your web site?
4. How much did the design cost?
5. What is the monthly cost to maintain your web site?
6. How do consumers know about your web site?
7. Is the web site the only way you are
selling your product? If not how
else do you sell it ( retail sales, catalogs, etc.)?
8. How many hits does your site get
per month?
9. What is the best thing about selling
your product via the Internet?
10. What is the worst thing about selling your product via the Internet?
11. Your name, address, phone number
and occupation.
Send answers to:
Inventorsd@aol.com
The UIA is pleased to welcome our newest professional member:
Big Idea Hunt
Dawn Jones
15 Constitution Drive
Bedford NH 03110
phone (603)472-5955
fax (603) 584-0545
email: Dawn@BigIdeaHunt.com
website:BigIdeaHunt.com
New Products:
A reminder that all UIA members can post their inventions, free of charge, at www.uiausa.org/SubmissionForm.htm
Special Message:
"We must not sacrifice our adherence to a code of values for the obtainment of money like so many others have
done. We must not sacrifice the quality of excelling in anything we do." ...As of today, The United Inventors
Association is rededicating itself to this creed: Excellence, Integrity and Team Work. If you want to rededicate
yourself to this cause, come join us and help us spread those values....We are on the right road. We have the values.
We are growing in numbers. Look out America,
you ain't seen nothing yet.
Bob Lougher, Executive Director, UIA
Frequently Asked Questions About Patents
Answered by Randy Sloan NIA President
Q. What do the terms "patent pending" and "patent applied for" mean?
A. They are used by a manufacturer or seller of an article to inform the public that an application for patent
on that article is on file in the Patent and Trademark Office. The law imposes a fine on those who use these terms
falsely to deceive the public.
Q. Is there any danger that the Patent and Trademark Office will give others information contained in my application
while it is pending?
A. No. All patent applications are maintained in the strictest confidence until the patent is issued. After the
patent is issued, however, the Office file containing the application and all correspondence leading up to issuance
of the patent IS made available in the Files Information Unit for inspection by anyone and copies of these files
may be purchased from the Office.
Have a time machine invention?
If so, a Japanese TV production company wants to interview you?
Contact Juliet Peelle at
jpeelle@hotmail.com
NIA HAS INTERESTING SPEAKERS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR GROUP
The Nevada Inventors Association members are rarely at a loss for words. We have a panel of Speakers who
are eager to Spread the word about the fun and pitfalls of inventing to your service group, classroom, or youth
group.
Please call Tony Patty or Randy Sloan 4 to 6 weeks prior to your meeting date.
2001 Officers submitted by Randy Sloan
On October 28, 2000 at 12 noon a board of directors meeting was held in room 101 of Washoe Medical Center.
The directors nominated the following members to be voted in at the December meeting as Officers of the NIA for
the calendar year 2001.
* President: Alex Prokop
* Vice-President: Bill Torch
* Secretary: Vince Chemist
* Treasurer: Randy Sloan
* Program Chairperson:
John Martinson and/or
Carol Anderson
* Sergeant at Arms: Floyd Krebs
Nominations for officers are still open and will be accepted until the election at the December Meeting.
The board discussed and agreed that we would once again participate in the State Fair.
The board discussed raising the dues annually to $50.00 for the calendar year 2001.
Lifetime membership would be raised to $500. This item will be voted Upon by membership at the December meeting.
Member Profile: Carol Anderson
At the next NIA meeting take the opportunity to meet Carol Anderson. Carol was recently profiled in the
November 11, Reno Gazette Journal. Carol, a gifted and successful artist, designed last year's Carson City Silver
Millennium Coin and is commissioned to create a limited edition rendering of the Nevada State Legislative building.
Carol has created murals for the Western Nevada Community College as well as the new artist's lofts in the renovated
Riverside Hotel Casino. An excerpt for the RGJ article is of particular interest to our NIA members.
One of her (Carol) most intriguing affiliations is membership in the Nevada Inventor's Society. Tossing around
ideas with people well-known for thinking out of the box, she has been inspired to think along new lines in art
such as the use of magnets or art that moves, chemicals, and even sound.
"Let's just say that I've never been disappointed in even one of those meetings....I feel strongly that artists
are people who are a lot more apt to take a risk of failure, and then if it doesn't work out, learn from that mistake.
I'm amazed to see the things I've created. It's a wonderful thing to really know that my potential is infinite.
Discovery Channel's show, "Your New House" is looking for products to feature.
They want products that are now on the market. If accepted, Discovery will plug your 800 number or URL. Contact
the producer at
sig1@compuserve.com.
President: Randy Slogan, 747-3711
Vice-President: Alex Prokop, 373-1972
Secretary/Treasurer: Tony Patti, 677-4824
Membership: Kehl LeSourd, 853-0441
Web Page: Vince Chemist, 677-0123
Program Director: Charles Ketcham 323-5654
Newsletter Editor: Margaret Stewart 787-0314
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