
Invent Help
Invent Help Overview
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Invent Help has 3.1 star rating based on 53 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly neutral.
100% of users would likely recommend Invent Help to a friend or colleague.
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Pros: Supportive and knowledgeable they were about patents, Many locations, Non.
Cons: Way they stole my invention, Way they simply refused to work with me, Way my idea was taken and made into their own.
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Invent Help has 3.1 star rating based on 53 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly neutral.
100% of users would likely recommend Invent Help to a friend or colleague.
- Rating Distribution
Pros: Supportive and knowledgeable they were about patents, Many locations, Non.
Cons: Way they stole my invention, Way they simply refused to work with me, Way my idea was taken and made into their own.Recent recommendations regarding this business are as follows: "Ssearch to see if there are any reputable inventory help", "Not them", "Do not work with this company.", "I recommend that you do as much research as you and have a lawyer if you can afford 1 .", "Zero chance of financial gain".
Most users ask Invent Help for the refund as a solution to their issues.
Review authors value the most Billing Practices and Diversity of Products or Services. Consumers are not pleased with Discounts and Special Offers and Exchange, Refund and Cancellation Policy. The price level of this organization is high according to consumer reviews.
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I want to ivent a game call red target shooting adventure game
A game that helps with learning and speech and cognitive and mental help. This game will help with focus and visual help. When played the red target the bell rings to let them know they got the problem right.
Invent Help - All inventors must read this warning!
Inventhelp offers a free “inventors package” that includes a “Non-Disclosure Form & Confidential Agreement” which they want to you to fill-out and return for a free review.
After a week or so, an “invention consultant” will call you (or send an email) to tell you that your idea has been “accepted” by their firm. Additionally, they’ll tell you that: 1) your idea has tremendous potential, 2) their research dept. is very excited about it, 3) they’ve never seen anything like it, 4) there’s nothing else on the market that is similar, and 5) you could make a lot of money.
Next, they’ll send you a contract for $300 – $1500 for “a research report,” and they’ll tell you that if the report comes back “negative” – you’ll receive a full refund (beware: none of these reports are negative or critical). In fact, each report is filled with standard language (boilerplate) that describe the various stages for developing any invention. You might also receive “a preliminary” patent search (which is completely unreliable) along with a drawing and some other useless information. At the conclusion of the report, it will state that your idea is sound, practical, or useful. So, now the company wants to submit your idea to the manufacturing “industry” and bilk more money from you.
Within ten days, you’ll receive an “Invention Submission Agreement” asking for $2,000 – $20,000 that will provide completely useless services for developing and promoting your idea. They’ll probably give you a choice: you can pay a very high amount and keep 90% of your “future royalties” or you can pay a few thousand dollars less and keep 65% – 70%. This ploy is just a trick to encourage you to pay the highest fee and keep the highest percentage of “royalties” (that you’ll never see) – for example: you can pay $12,000 and keep 90% of future “royalties” or pay $10,000 and keep 80% or pay $8,000 and keep 70%. Most inventors choose the $12,000 – 90% plan because they’ve been convinced by the salesman (invention consultant) that they’re going to make millions.
They may also want to file a “Design Patent” which only protects the exact outer shape of your idea. However, a Design Patent does not protect the way the invention works. In some cases, the invention company will offer to file a “Provisional Patent Application” which does not protect the design and function of your idea. This application simply registers your invention at The US Patent Office on a specific date for $130 and gives you one year to file a real patent application (non-provisional). After the one year has expired, you will still need to file a real patent application (usually $8,500 – $15,000 for a simple invention). Needless to say, the invention company has no intention of paying for a real patent application that offers the only form of legal protection.
Your consultant will continue to deceive you by stating that: 1) the company will use every form of promotion to license or sell your invention, 2) you could receive a “cash-buyout” of millions of dollars, 3) you might receive a 5% royalty in addition to a huge upfront payment, and 3) they will pay all the costs associated with securing a royalty agreement (beware: they rarely – if ever – receive any legitimate interest from reputable manufacturers, corporations, venture capitalists, or organizations).
Now, this is just a small dose of the lies, misrepresentations, and outright deceptions that you will encounter with every single invention marketing company that asks you for money. So, how do they stay in business? Well, many of these firms have been closed down by the Federal Trade Commission. However, new ones keep popping-up who are more clever than their predecessors. For example, in their contracts, they include mandatory “Warnings to Inventors” that disclose the high-risk nature of inventing and the fact that most inventors lose their money. Federal and State laws require all invention companies to include a long list of warnings that describe the perils of trying to launch a new product.
The problem is that the salesman (invention consultants) are unbelievably skillful at dismissing these warnings and know exactly how to keep you hyped up. When you speak to a salesman on the phone (or in their office) they are well-rehearsed at making you believe that your invention has a very good chance of success; and it’s one of the best they’ve ever seen. Also, they’ll pump you up by saying: “this could be your one chance to make a fortune.”
The salesmen will stop at nothing. They’ll call you day and night to tell you how excited they are about your invention. They’ll also tell you that if you don’t market this invention – someone else will – and they’ll make all the money. The truth is: your salesman will say anything to motivate you to pay the fee because they receive a huge commission on your payments. In fact everyday, your salesman is telling other inventors the same exact lies that they’re telling you. Somewhere along the line, these salesman have lost their conscience and will say whatever is necessary to get your money.
You may find it hard to believe that these “nice consultants” are devious liars because they all sound so sincere on the phone or at their office. They seem to be your best buddy, but in reality they’re your worst nightmare; they know that you’ll never make a dime, and they couldn’t care less. For these consultants – it’s all about the commission.
Question: Are all fee-based invention marketing companies a scam? YES! (especially those that advertise on TV and the internet).
Within 4 months, you’ll feel the pangs of regret and realize that your invention company has absolutely no expertise in marketing inventions. Call the Attorney General in Pittsburg - they know all about Inventhelp and its former names: Invention Submission Corp, Invention Marketing Inc., IntroMark and others.
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Verified ReviewerIndustry insight
I have conducted over 10,000 hours of research on this inventor services provider.
If your goal is to get a list of a record of rejection of 100 companies that are not interested in the concept they provide that service in the $12,000 to $18,000 range. I have personally interviewed over 1000 former clients and have yet to encounter one that made more than they spend.
Based on study of accounting statements between 2011 and 2020 senior regional sales directors can receive up to 47.5% of the revenue collected.
After paying that much just to the regional sales director on top of company employees, how much capital do you feel is being used to help the client goals? According to the client checklist that clients sign with the submission agreement, they have over 100 employees. After compensating Invent Help employees, regional sales directors, marketing costs and office overhead, very little capital is left over to service accounts.
Some states like California, Texas, Virginia and North Carolina require extra disclosures to discourage client acquisition since so many customers complain to state controllers on how the experience went. The California state disclosures states ZERO clients in their limited jurisdictional analysis profited from this company submission services.
The company operates at the fringe of legitimacy. They are well represented in the litigious space and crush complaints from under funded candidates. The company has been sued numerous times in various jurisdictions. The two times when well funded entities pursued legal matters they settled for millions of dollars to escape the discovery process.
A US Federal whistle-blower recently made very damaging allegations regarding company culture.
The writer of this review is not an attorney but based on research the patent search firm out of Florida looks for reasons to give positive opinions on prior art to increase the likelihood clients spend additional money.
The South Dakota firm often writes simple patent claims to increase the chance patent applications are approved.
The reason this is concerning is USPTO rejects 70% of granted patents since multiple applications are claiming the same rights. Patents flowing from Pittsburgh based chop shops rarely get challenged, since they are written in such a way that no one wants the rights being granted.
Recordings of sales representatives presentations statements do match statements from previous recorded conversations with clients.
Last statement they know in advance your concept has mostly likely been submitted to the outfit before however you cash has not, so they gladly accept every concept besides apps for submission agreements.
- Disingenuous
Preferred solution: Apology
User's recommendation: Zero chance of financial gain
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Verified Reviewer |Angry scammed customer
Well I thought I was being helped by professionals. Apparently not Invent help is just like most companies thier out to get you for your money. 12.000 thousands dollars stoled from me and my parents plus the Invent help agent by the name of SEAN SHOWERS actually stoled my Invention my only prototype how would you feel.
User's recommendation: I recommend that you do as much research as you and have a lawyer if you can afford 1 .
Patent search was incomplete
They said the did a good patent search on my product and then produced a book that had all the patents they found similar to my product but didn't find my exact invention. A quick search found more product inventions that were similar but was not mentioned in the book.
The book was supposed to also inform the investor about different areas of the market search such as sales figures, interest and market numbers as to how much is sold in each, etc. Each section was to talk about a specific thing but instead of being specific, the book just rambled on with figures and information, often repeating the same information, in each section. I could have written a better and more cohesive book. They also said that if I proceeded to use them, that I was not to know which companies they contacted that may or may not have an interest in developing my invention.
The total gain of money recieved by the investor was 8% with the company receiving 2 % out of the 8 if the product was produced which would leave only 5 %. This company is real shady to say the least
User's recommendation: Ssearch to see if there are any reputable inventory help
Dishonest company - PLEASE do your research
PLEASE do your research on this company. They are very dishonest.
I have been dealing with their fraud since early 2017. Read the contract with great attention. If you already signed up, notice that the "said" steps they take in their process to get your invention out to the public are not followed, and therefore a breach of contract. Unfortunately, you won't get any response to that or any concern regarding your concerns.
If you were a part of the class action settlement, you'll see that they are not following the terms of the settlement. PLEASE DO YOUR RESEARCH. If you are a client, please look up the "said" companies that they said may, are or are not interested in your invention. Those companies will have nothing to do with your invention.
And many times, questionable companies.
The positive comments, I truly believe, are NOT from actual customers. PLEASE BE CAREFUL.
User's recommendation: Do not work with this company.
Invent help us a rip OFF. I done more than them on my invention and paying 16000 thousand on what I called and emailed the companies they said they sent my info to and they never got it...
You
are crooks and ripped me off and done *** and I did more work than u on my invention u say that u contacted I contacted each one u say u did and there response was we never received nothing. And I'm still paying on this account that u are not doing and I got proof on it straight from the companies u said u sent my info.
U are *** liers and thieves. Mike clutter
User's recommendation: Not them
U are crooks. Do not invest with them
U crooks and didn't fulfill contract and lied and never said about financing on loan *** thieves and I reached out to every company u said u sent my *** and they said no we never got nothing on anything about you Pennsylvania are nothing but crooks and I swear I will *** you up because you are criminals

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Verified Reviewer |Need feedback about my invention
Dont know if someone patent it because my uncle said he was going to steal it and havent got paid from it but I did receive a booklet didnt read it yet because my eyes is blurry everytime I try reading it just want to know if everything is alright
Poor communication
Invent help started out good but failed to deliver on what they promised. After a few months in the process, the communication from their office all but stopped. It is virtually impossible to get feedback from the office.
- Many locations
- Way they simply refused to work with me
- Poor customer service
Preferred solution: Full refund
User's recommendation: If you can go another route, do so.
Very dissatisfied
If I could give this establishment 0 stars I would. The office in Cary North Carolina lacks professionalism and human decency.
What I experienced today was highly unprofessional. My meeting was scheduled for 5 pm which is right at the end of business hours. I called earlier to request for an email of the confidentiality agreement so that I could email it back promptly and leave more time to talk about my patent. I never received it.
As I'm in my office preparing for my meeting I hear the phone ring. Its only 4:48 so I answer the phone, but it hangs up as soon as I pick it up. I call the number back immediately, and it sends me to the receptionist for today at invent help. She says Renee (the person I was supposed to be meeting) was on the phone with someone and that Ill have to call tomorrow to set up another meeting.
I informed the receptionist that the person she was on the phone with was supposed to be me but not until 5 pm. At that moment I get a text from Renee telling me she called and that I would again need to set up an appointment. I inform the receptionist what is happening though she doesn't seem to care. She just kept saying I'll have to call back because she's with someone.
I replied with Me. She's on the phone with me. I literally just received a text from her. If you could just walk over to her and tell her I am on the phone I'm sure she will continue with our scheduled.....
that was all I could get out of my mouth before I heard the sound of disconnection. I don't know if its improper training or that some people have this disconnect due to social distancing, but I have never been treated so rudely in my life by a business.
I would not recommend this place at all for any serious persons wanting to create their dreams. .
- Way they simply refused to work with me
Preferred solution: Apology
User's recommendation: Find another avenue towards patenting your invention.
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Verified ReviewerPayment
in 2014 **** me and a couple colleagues brought a thought into a reality jeris gatlin, Cheri hensley, jonathon freeman partnered up an invented this in sole that fused with a bounce dryer sheet. That absorb wetness and keep your feet fresh all day.
I named it fresh feet. It was myself and Cheri hensley that presented the idea to the person conducting our interview. The patent was paid for with my wells fargo bank account in my name only. Some how ppl heard about my idea and accessed my information and changed it to there names.
The 3 names above is the only names that should be on the invention. I didn't know where to go drop. There everywhere I tried i was stone walled. These ppl that stole my invention made fAke child molestation videos and paperwork to get ppl to not tell me anything even got the banks to not answer my questions about any accounts and when I did find some Or opened new ones they disappeared or was moved to another one.
To this dated I have not received not one check from my product or patent. I went to invent help recently and the guy in the new office in the same complex wouldn't even look for my information to tell me what's going on. I got into drugs really bad cuz I felt hopeless Im hearing ppl is living good off my hard work and money and I have nothing please press charges against the ppl that been stealing my money I think t hats embezzlement.
Here it is almost 6 yes later and still nothing. Call me at 415410**** please don't listen to anyone except me her is Gatlin have the guy that took my interview there so he can verify its me please stay
- Way my idea was taken and made into their own
Preferred solution: All the payment be taken back and from the banks and redistributionto its rightful owner me jeris gatlin
User's recommendation: Stay on top of your product
Need to activate new card. Can’t get past HOLD
Trying to activate my new card
I have experienced endless wait times
Are you still in business $17 to expedite mailing to me and I have been on hold agtavatiing......ffRUSTRATING
User's recommendation: Would be great normally. Triuble now
I guess it's fine
My name is Elamin Moore
I was doing trucker fuel cap lock and I read this paper that was sent to me and it said that the other one was little heavy ok and the person who drew this up well I should told him to redo this .so I'm not complaining at all cause I payed for this right 11,900 dollars and I don't know if this well get made or sell well thanks for your time and have good one
Preferred solution: No maybe if this can be drawing up little heavy and I don't have to pay again
User's recommendation: Yes I hope so
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Verified ReviewerI want to know if you received a requset from inventhelp, reguarding RE:2016-FRO-483-Play Safe, for review to manufactuer?
Invent help informed me that invent help had sent Bose, information of my invention, to be manufactured by Bose. Date 01/09/2020.
And Bose never responded, my question is, did invent help send this information to you?
RE:2016-FRO-483-Play Safe.
Preferred solution: Deliver product or service ordered
He'll no I have been Scammed by
I have been scammed and My product and Patents was infrige on because My Invention was Introduced to u by Me and I paid you Thouands just to find out yall Invent Help Scammed Me and Sold My Invention I have been scammed
Preferred solution: Full refund
User's recommendation: Never you will be scammed as well
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Omg thank you! You just saved me $13,000!
Everything you mentioned was explained to me! I'm supposed to pay a down payment on Monday! Now it won't happen. They already got $1,000 for patent search.
I guess that's my loss now.
I'm canceling them out! I'm so bummed!
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The saddest part about life is when you really need your family and so-called friends no one will ever be there for you been crying all day
Invent Help stole my idea and I want the world to know: Twin Back To Back Home Theater
ISSUE NOT RESOLVED
In 1991 I thought of inventing a back-to-back TV that you can view from both sides but watch different channels at the same time the TV will also come out to two separate TVs that's side by side in 2001 I went through invent help in San Francisco California to help me patent MY idea I gave them I believe $2,000 I was outraged to only get a book in the past couple of years I've been trying to get people to help me on how to file a patent without giving them any information or details of what the idea was now on August 21 2016 I'm looking on Facebook and the makers of LG intra home system is now selling my TV for for $10,000 I called InventHelp to see if I can get a copy of the book I bought from them and they told me they have record of it but can't send me any information because all information was deleted out the system and all they have is my name and that I did pay for a research that's what they're calling it I asked them with crying tears if they could just send me the information they do have and I was told no and why did I need My information this is so crazy right now I feel like I'm in a dream that I'm never going to wake up out of I'm poor and I'm black and don't nobody give a *** but me I just want to crawl under a rock and die like this is my TV my idea that I came up with and I trusted InventHelp and this is what they did to me so my idea I can't even think like my heart is breaking into right now thanks for listening
More info at www.facebook.com/inventhelpvictims
so every knows if they read this part there is another company called Davidson in Pittsburgh PA who operates just like this company mention
Valuable commentary ! I am thankful for the insight - Does anyone know if my assistant could possibly acquire a fillable a form form to complete ?
That was perhaps the best explanation I have seen, about these BS places. I had the same experience about 30 years ago, but thank GOD that I only went for what they called a FREE consultation at that time, and didn't lose any money.
(The Company name was different back then, but it's probably the same place/people).
I am planning to share your post with everyone I know, who has a product, or an idea, and may think that this is the way to go, if you wouldn't mind. The internet is more valuable than most people think.
ANYTHING you need to find out about ANY person, place, business, school, or service, is right at your fingertips, if you just take the time to LOOK! Thank you for sharing your experience.
The Shuuk - All inventors must read this warning!
They make profit while the dreams of their customers die. Do not let this company fool you.
As we are all hard working people looking to make our dreams come true and should not be ripe off from company that are not real.
I know this is not going to sit well with me I will be moving foward with this matter.
Shuuk created a unique online voting system which is wide open to manipulation and accept negative votes as well. That allows you to vote for himself and agains others.
What is more – not only once? IT’S NOT ONE MAN –ONE VOTE.
IT’S ALLOW S YOU TO VOTE FOR YOURSELF AND AGAINS OTHERS IN a MEANTIME.One man - four votes? How generaous …
As we know traditionaly votes are positive votes only. The negative votes system is manipulable, unlike the ones we have now- we only vote in favor of a single candidate (or a list of candidates) and not against a candidate. The only trustfull and legal voting system is that when voters voting over the internet were required to insert their PIN or tracks all incoming votes based on the unique IP address.
Not including any malicious pratices as multiplay negative voting. BUT WAITE; there is more ….. We noticed as well that during the contest someone had unauthorized access to the voting system and manipulated the votes. I would accept the results when the election is free and clean.
I cannot accept fraud. In addition, no one signs for the machines when they show up. No one’s responsible for watching them. Through the help of friends who had access to servers, he were able to rack up 1,000s of votes in less than an hour.
Hacking voting machines is easier than you can ever imagined. You can download online for free couple of programs who can changed your identities (like getting a new IP address) and submitt a vote again. They can be used with a browser to give you a certain degree of anonymity online by using a distributed network of relays run by volunteers. Read below; https://www.justinribeiro.com/chronicle/2009/07/10/how-to-use-perl-tor-and-curl-to-game-an-ip-check-voting-engine/ The Browser protects/annonymizes you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world.
In this effort it takes the ip address of the end of the relay channel and not that of your machine/router. The true moral of this story is if the vote counts are not made public, you can pick any one you want as the winner. Gaming online voting has been around since the invention of online voting so In a good will I sent couple of messages to Tamara G. Kleinberg and Jenny Rons to warn them that their sistem is corrupted and asked them to advice what action they will take.
They preferred do not reply on my message. I believe they know what they are doing and they are guided by experts on how to get legislations passed. They are fully aware of this issue and still have face to required non refundable inventor’s investment to submit for participation of $297. Perhaps you know, debit cards provided to fraud company’s victims were used to pay for Caribbean vacations, NFL tickets, Dom Perignon champagne, 'Girls Gone Wild' videos, and at least one sex change operation.
Do you tolerate this? We all together have to avoid invention promotion scam and take steps to prevent others falling victim. We have to eliminate waste and fraud.
We must do this. Mihail Mihaylov Phone- UK (44)1782 ****95 Skype; mihail.mihaylov77 http://innovative-fitness-solutions.com/