Name_______________________________________Date________

As Seen on TV - Invention and Technology Chart

 

Name of the Product

 

 1)  2)  3)

 

Describe its purpose

 

 

 

 

   

 

Do you see any problems with its design?

Describe some problems or questions you have about how the product works.

 

 

 

   

Are there more common items that are similar, cheaper and would probably work just as well. Most of these ads try to *improve* on something that already exists. Describe a similar item that people already use.

Ex. if your item is a utensil that, what might people already be using that serves the same purpose.

 

 

   

 

Would you buy this product based on the ad?
Why or why not?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
 How much does it cost?      

Lemelson MIT Chart

 Inventor Archive

Choose an inventor in the archive and describe their accomplishment(s)

Inventor 1: __________________________________________

 

 

Inventor 2: _________________________________________

 

 

 Inventor's Handbook  

2. What is intellectual property? List the four key classes that the law uses to define intellectual property.

 

If you invented a new recipe for cheese sauce, which of the classes would you use to protect your intellectual property?

3. What are the three criteria used to determine whether an idea is patentable?