United Patent Research (UPR) met with a major North American manufacturer that specializes in innovative kitchen accessories and gadgets. Because of their unique designs and innovative technology, this company is always looking for cutting edge products – they have always felt pressured to come up with the next hot item. UPR was fortunate enough to meet with one of their managing directors recently. During that discussion, we got to view a variety of the products that they carry to give us some insight as to what may interest them in the future. We have been researching our catalog of invention ideas in order to find inventions that we feel will be appropriate for this company’s market niche. At the show, we discussed the advantages of getting pre-Non Disclosure Agreements (pre-NDAs) signed which would enable us to provide invention submissions on a regular basis. We expect to reach out to this company shortly in order to start discussions so we can build a long-term relationship. We feel this company has the potential of licensing numerous products conceived by inventors working with our company.

At the International Home and Housewares Show, United Patent Research (UPR) met with a smaller manufacturer which initially offered a limited selection of products but has grown very quickly in the last few years. They have been very successful in developing carrying devices for use in the home, especially in the kitchen. Currently, they are very interested in all types of products to expand their present product line. Because of their size, they are not prepared to enter a pre-Non Disclosure Agreement (pre-NDA) but we are looking forward to providing them with non-proprietary information to initiate the signing of an NDA for each invention which interests them.

At the International Home and Housewares Show, United Patent Research (UPR) met with a manufacturer that has products in a very narrow market niche dealing with barware. We feel that it’s possible to have a pre-Non Disclosure Agreement (pre-NDA) in place, but working with such a narrow niche, we feel that we can easily provide information regarding all the products we have in this very narrow category. It is exciting to deal with a company with such a narrow niche because the company can usually make very quick decisions since they know exactly what they are looking for. We hope to be speaking with the President of this company in the very near future in order to put together a game plan concerning the best course of action. We are also very impressed with the current products they have on the market because of the ingenuity it took to develop these unique products.

At the NY Now show in August, United Patent Research (UPR) met with a major home goods manufacturer that also specializes in kitchenware and cookware. After meeting with the President of the company, we needed to have another meeting with the Design Director. That meeting manifested itself at the Housewares Show in Chicago in March, 2017. At the tradeshow in Chicago, there were open discussions about putting in a pre-Non Disclosure Agreement (pre-NDA) in place where UPR will be able to effortlessly submit proprietary information since legal documents will be signed in advance. In the meantime, we are prepared to provide non-proprietary information as a tool to generate interest. We hope to have some sort of resolution within the next few weeks because we feel that this company has a strong hold in North America as they have offices in the U.S. as well as Canada.

At the International Home and Housewares Show, United Patent Research (UPR) met with a representative of a Midwest manufacturer who has been in business for over 34 years. After meeting with a member of the Chain Management Team, he indicated that they were very much looking for kitchen products and vacuum flasks. After studying their product assortment, it was obvious that many of their products touch a wide variety of the products conceived by inventors working with UPR. UPR believes these products will get a very favorable response when they are presented to this manufacturer. We are in the process of putting together our first package of selected inventions which we will be submitting to this manufacturer in the very near future. We hope to build a long working relationship with this company as this company has maintained a strong foundation in the home and housewares industry.

On Monday, March 20th, 2017, at the International Home and Housewares Show, United Patent Research (UPR) met with a major manufacturer that sells consumer products in over 50 countries. UPR was pleased to have a meeting with one of the manufacturer’s senior scientists who works in their Department of Research and Development. We briefly discussed the possibility of putting a pre-Non Disclosure Agreement (pre-NDA) in place. In the meantime, we will be submitting drinkware products as they are now looking to expand that product department.

At the Home and Housewares Show, United Patent Research (UPR) met with a manufacturer that specializes in insulated bottles, kitchen accessories, and containers. UPR is proud to have a wide selection of products in all three of those categories. We are going to be introducing a handful of products to this company in order to see how quickly they react to invention submissions. Once “getting our feet wet”, we hope to establish a long-term relationship with this company with the goal of securing successful licensing agreements for inventors working with us.

At the International Home and Housewares Show, United Patent Research (UPR) met with an As Seen on TV company which has received invention submissions from UPR in the past. UPR has been very diligent in trying to get documentation in place whereby pre-Non Disclosure Agreements (pre-NDAs) can be signed in advance thereby allowing the process of submitting invention ideas to be a lot quicker and smoother. At the present time, UPR will continue to make regular submissions to this company, and we are hopeful that a pre-NDA is on the horizon.

United Patent Research (UPR) met for the first time with a North American based manufacturer that specializes in unique kitchen utensils and gadgets. Many ideas are usually generated in order to solve a unique problem or to make the completion of a task much easier. Since most ideas are dreamed of after encountering a problem in the household or working outdoors, we feel we will have plenty of unique kitchen items that would be a perfect fit for this company. At this meeting we had the pleasure of sitting down with the Vice President/Designer. This individual takes part in a lot of the decisions as to which products will be developed each year. At this time we are in the process of compiling a list of products that we feel would fit this company’s market niche beautifully. We are also in the process of negotiating the execution of a general non-disclosure agreement which would make the submission process much more fluid. We look forward to building a long-term relationship with this company and receiving some feedback in the very near future regarding the inventions that we will be submit shortly.

United Patent Research (UPR) had a meeting at the International Home and Housewares Show with a company that specializes in taking products to retail as well as “As Seen on TV”. This West Coast based company also has offices in Hong Kong where their executives currently make overseas trips to finalize the production of products that are going to be sold in the U.S. and abroad. This company has reassigned their current VP of Merchandise to review new products as well as previous product submissions to make sure that all products will receive the highest level of scrutiny. UPR has had general non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) with this company in place for the last couple years, and is looking forward to sending them more products to review. They specialize in housewares, hardware, and pet items. We are looking forward to meeting with them at future trade shows in 2017.