The Harsh Truth About Invention Submission Companies

You hear about them on late night television, newspapers and magazines, even the radio and the internet. The ad is something like, “Hey inventor, call our toll free number and we’ll help you protect your idea and get rich quick”.

The question is; should you use an invention submission corp to help you submit your invention? If you’ve ever heard one of their compelling ads, they make it sound like you’d be crazy not to.

Ultimately, we’ll let you make up your own mind about the invention submission corp industry, but first, here are a few things you should know. You need to realize that these companies make a living from inventors just like you. But they only make money if you use them to help you submit your invention. Therefore, an unscrupulous invention submission corp will tell you what you need to hear to get you to spend thousands of dollars with them. They feed off your enthusiasm and will urge you to patent and submit your invention by making highly exaggerated claims about the market potential of your invention.

Now, it’s not to say that your invention won’t make money, but no one could really tell you what your invention is worth. The only way to know is to patent it, market it and then count up how much money you’ve made after a period of time.

But, an unscrupulous company will tell you that your invention stands to make you a fortune (no matter what) and any costs you incur now will be trivial. The problem is that many vulnerable inventors fall for it. They hire an invention submission corp, spend thousands of dollars, don't get the patent protection they need and wind up with less than nothing in the end.