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Imagination is the key to the new idea!! A person with a good imagination thinking can relate the blocks to come-up with new ideas/solutions to fill the gap or generate new products. Imagination linked with reality is the way to arrive on the new products or solutions. So start imagination and along with real-life scenarios and see the power of imagination to innovate!

Discussion is an important part of innovation. when you discuss the idea in your group with others to understand their views and inputs on the solution it can lead to new ideas. So discuss it in your group to see if the problem you are trying to address is the correct problem statement and solution proposed is making sense to the problem statement. many times it happens that a problem statement can be addressed in multiple ways. so when you discuss the objective in your group it can lead to uncovering the other solutions for your idea. Many times you can uncover new problem statements to work on during these discussions. So have a discussion on your idea in your group to uncover the new aspects of the problem and solution.

Feedback or views from others are also important when you are working on an idea. It is important to listen to the feedback from others e.g. reviewers or mentors or domain experts or within the group on the idea and solution you have proposed. These feedback help in improving the idea further and cover other aspects which  you have not thought off. Take the feedback and do a brain storm session on the feedback. if it is a good feed and make sense to your idea work on the feedback to address it in your idea. if you feel that the feedback is not positive and is discourage to you. just avoid it and do not get discouraged by it. Many time it happens that the idea which you have proposed is not considered by the reviewers. in this case ask for the feedback on what is lacking in the idea so you can work on improving it. So the get the feedback from the domain experts/reviewers/ within the group to know their point of view on the idea. Listen to the feedback and think o...

Innovation - Point to consider for writing an idea Here is the list of points to write an idea: Title of the idea Objective Problem statement/Motivation  Scenarios in the problem  Explain the problem with an example Write the summary of the Proposed solution Write a detailed solution by covering all scenarios  Create a logical flow of information for the solution State what is Novel in the idea  While working these points you can also do a search on web for any existing solution for prior art. Once you are sure that there is noting out there similar to your idea you can contact a professional to write a patent draft for filing to the patent office in legal language which is acceptable or follow the guide line to write one by yourself to file it.

Innovation -  How to cultivate your idea? It is important to develop your idea to be able to make it in proper shape to make to ready for draft. First identify the problem by observing it.  Define the current and future state and identify the gaps for the problem: Current State -> Gap -> Future State So how to cultivate it and make it ready for solution: Define the problem statement clearly based on the current state Identify all the aspect of the problem Think about the scenarios on the problem Explain the problem with some examples  Clearly state the targeted points of the problem Identify the Gap: List down the gaps issues in the current state Think about the solution on these gaps Create a logical layout of the solution Write down the steps to achieve the future state by filling the gaps identified Write down the in scope and not in scope claims Cover the scenarios identified in the problem statement Link the solution with th...

Innovation: What is a prior art patent search and why it is important? Prior art search: Prior art refers to scientific and technical information that exists before the effective date of a given patent application. Prior art may be found in any public documents such as patents, technical publications, conference papers, marketing brochures, products, devices, equipment, processes and materials. A prior art search refers to an organized review of prior art contained in public documents. Prior art searches can be of various kinds: Patentability searches conducted by an inventor before filing a patent application; Invalidity searches in litigation conducted by the accused infringer;  Patent examination searches conducted by a government examiner in order to determine whether to grant or reject a patent application and State of-the-art searches for information in a technical field.  In all cases, searches are conducted using different kinds of databases, from pu...