Services Provided
PATENT ASSISTANCE
CIO’s Advisory team members have advised hundreds of inventors on the appropriately priced resources necessary for their Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets. CIO’s efforts have resulted in members acquiring 90+ patents, 40+ patents pending, 4 trademarks, 6 copyrights.
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INVENTOR EDUCATION
Our Next Wave Inventors Academy classes focus on enlightening inventors as to how Internet infused products and processes are changing our lives. Seminars offered relate to Internet of Things Applications, Protections and Patent Infringement, Analytics, Prototyping, Market Research, Buyer & Investor Pitches, Negotiating Contracts and Pricing Products. These efforts will increase the quantity and quality of independent inventor products being developed, protected and commercialized.
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BUYER / INVESTOR AND LISCENSING ASSISTANCE
CIO’s Advisory Team assists inventors with referrals to CIO affiliated Buyers and Investors. CIO also hosts various events to get inventor products in front of Buyers and Licensors via Industry Specific Expos, Product Pitch Panels, Conferences & our Ecommerce platform launching this year.
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PROTOTYPE ASSISTANCE
The CIO 3D PROTOTYPING LAB team members provide hands-on support to inventors who have a product idea but lack the technical expertise to create a CAD (Computer Assisted Design) product design, 3D Printed Prototype or 3D Product Animation and Mobile Apps. Inventors are also assisted with Referrals to CIO affiliated Manufacturers and Packaging Designers. CIO’s efforts have resulted in 109 prototypes and 24 manufactured product inventory runs.
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WEBSITE / ECOMMERCE ASSISTANCE
CIO’s team members can assist inventors with designing their product website aesthetics. Team members assist by advising members with the conceptual elements which best explain and promote the benefits of their product inventions. Team members can also assist members with setting up their own Ecommerce store to sell their products online.
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Programs
INVENTOR-ENTREPRENEURS EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS
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Using zoom & social media
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IP protection & branding strategies
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Developing investor strategies
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Prototyping your idea
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Business product case
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Business structure strategy
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Our Next Wave Inventors Academy classes focus on enlightening inventors as to how Internet infused products and processes are changing our lives. Seminars offered relate to Internet of Things Applications, Protections and Patent Infringement, Analytics, Prototyping, Market Research, Buyer & Investor Pitches, Negotiating Contracts and Pricing Products. These efforts will increase the quantity and quality of independent inventor products being developed, protected and commercialized.
Young Inventor and Entrepreneur Program (YiEP)
Chicago Inventors Organization has enhanced the curriculum of its Young Inventors and Entrepreneurs Program (YiEP). These enhancements provide curricular workshops that strive to expose and generate interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), innovation and entrepreneurship business concepts (financial literacy, business structure and development, intellectual property, marketing, and manufacturing) to underserved students, from middle and high schools, through participation in three thirty (30) hour workshops.
Our enhanced YiEP curriculum weaves entrepreneurship concepts together with invention modules. We have recognized a need to foster and support both types of YiEP learners. In order to become a successful investor, one must learn also to be an innovator and entrepreneur, as the opportunities are limiting to pursue just one without understanding the importance of the other.
YiEP students learn how careers in engineering and science are the drivers of many exciting things in everyday life including cell phones, robotics, driverless automobiles, green technology and food products (especially snacks), drones, and many more.
Interested parties should feel free to contact CIO at
312-850-4710
to discuss being a YiEP sponsor.