Need help with an invention idea?

Then you’ve come to the right place! 

Impartial help that inventors can trust

Our mission is to help good inventions succeed, while recognising that not all inventions can succeed. Some may be great ideas but for various reasons may not make successful products.

So we offer the kind of frank and impartial invention advice and support that inventors rarely find elsewhere.

We don’t pull punches. If we think your invention idea has little chance of success, we’ll say so and provide evidence to back up our opinion.

But if we think it’s a good idea with serious development prospects, we can help you take it further.

 

Our invention services include: 

•….Invention evaluation and research.
•….Patent searching.
•….Guidance on what to do, step by step.
•….Advice on patents and other forms of IP protection.
•….Help with design, prototyping, materials, testing etc.
•….Business plan writing or editing to help raise funding or support.
•….‘Unsticking’ advice for stalled invention projects.

For more information see Services, or call or email us.

 

Read our great invention book A Better Mousetrap

If you’re new to invention, a smart first move is to get a crash course in what to do and not do. For that you can’t beat our highly readable, step-by-step invention guide A Better Mousetrap, available in either book format (£12 inc UK postage, euro and USD equivalents) or ebook PDF (£5/€5.75/$7.75).

Working for inventors since 1983

We’ve dealt with well over 5000 invention ideas for inventors, SMEs and innovation support organisations. Read our history here. We definitely know our stuff!

And all invention ideas are safe with us. We’re bound by confidentiality and the abettermousetrap.co.uk invention service terms and conditions.