How to profit from your ideas and inventions -- How to protect your ideas -- Where to find help to protect and market your inventions -- How to deal with invention brokers and promotion firms -- When and how to usepatent attorneys and patent agents -- How to maintain confidentiality of your ideas -- What are inventor notebooks and records, and why are they important? -- Is your invention patentable -- How to prepare and file a U.S. patent application -- About foreign patent rights -- How to prepare and file an international patent application -- How to prosecute a patent application at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office -- A listing of the latest USPTO forms and templates -- What is patent infringment? -- What to consider when licensing your patents and inventions -- How to start a business to market your invention