30 episodes

In this series, John Cronin and Seth Cronin share insights relating to invention, creativity, and intellectual property. These insights were collected over 17 years at IBM (John became its top inventor with over 100 patents and 150 patent publications) and 35 combined years as intellectual property and innovation consultants at ipCapital Group (working with over 800 companies and approximately 15% of the Fortune 500, hundreds of mid-size companies and hundreds of startups and governmental laboratories).

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In this series, John Cronin and Seth Cronin share insights relating to invention, creativity, and intellectual property. These insights were collected over 17 years at IBM (John became its top inventor with over 100 patents and 150 patent publications) and 35 combined years as intellectual property and innovation consultants at ipCapital Group (working with over 800 companies and approximately 15% of the Fortune 500, hundreds of mid-size companies and hundreds of startups and governmental laboratories).

    Get More Patents with Invention On Demand | Invent Anything Episode 32

    Get More Patents with Invention On Demand | Invent Anything Episode 32

    What if there was a way to create more inventions in less time with lower costs, that empowered your team to be more creative and gave your business leverage over competitors and partners? Revolutionize Your Business with the Power of Invention On Demand - Say Goodbye to Limits and Hello to Limitless Possibilities! In this episode, the topics covered include:


    History and experiences with Invention on Demand
    Fundamentals of Facilitating Invention on Demand
    Invention on Demand Experiences
    Benefits of Invention on Demand
    Some Advanced Strategies of Invention on Demand
    Future of Invention of Demand


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    • 37 min
    Unlock Hidden Intellectual Property with the ipScan | Invent Anything Episode 29

    Unlock Hidden Intellectual Property with the ipScan | Invent Anything Episode 29

    Do you work with an innovative team, but can’t seem to figure out how why they never produce any IP, like patents and trade secrets? Many inventors have lots of great ideas but seem to have trouble getting them out of their head, on to paper, and filed with the patent office. The ipScan is here to help. The ipScan has been used for over 25 years extract the unlock the hidden value in inventive teams. This episode covers six topics:

    1 – The history of invention extraction

    2 – Formal invention extraction techniques

    3 – Strategies for using the ipScan, what you get from a formal IP extraction process

    4 – Difference between ipScan and brainstorming

    5 – How an ipScan is set up, executed, what the results look like, and benefits

    6 – Future of ipScan, using artificial intelligence


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    • 38 min
    The IP Landscape: Know Your Business | Invent Anything with John Cronin Episode 30

    The IP Landscape: Know Your Business | Invent Anything with John Cronin Episode 30

    To truly know your business, you need to understand your IP Landscape. How does your business, market, product, and technology fit into the world’s intellectual property system? Find out in today’s episode. The topic areas for this episode include:


    The History of Patent Mapping
    How the IP Landscape Method Evolved
    The IP Landscape Framework
    Analyzing Patent Data with the IP Landscape
    The Many Uses of the IP Landscape
    The Future of the IP Landscape


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    • 46 min
    How to Invent Around Any Patent or Technology | Invent Anything with John Cronin Episode 28

    How to Invent Around Any Patent or Technology | Invent Anything with John Cronin Episode 28

    Is there a patent stopping your business from moving forward or increasing market share? Do you have a new technology or patent that you think will be valuable, but you’re worried your competitors might be able to figure out how to get the same benefits without you? The magic of inventing around patents is for you. Any patent can be invented around, either to avoid needing a license to a patent or infringing on a patent, or to strengthen your own portfolio so that its harder for competitors to get around you. In this episode we will cover six topics

    1 – What is inventing around and why you should do it

    2 – The Ad Hoc method of inventing around and its limitations

    3 – The Invent Around Checklist

    4 – Examples of invent around

    5 – Strategies for using an invent around process

    6 – The future of invent around


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    • 27 min
    How to Stop Copycats from Using Your IP | Invent Anything with John Cronin Episode 27

    How to Stop Copycats from Using Your IP | Invent Anything with John Cronin Episode 27

    In today’s episode, John will teach you how to deal with copycat companies and win the war against IP infringement. If you’ve invested time and money into your technology, the last thing you want is another company profiting off your hard-earned developments. Whether you need to prepare for this possibility, or arm yourself to deal with copycat issues immediately, this episode will give you the tools to succeed. The topics in this episode are:

    1 – Definition of a Copycat

    2 – Analyze Your Market Approach

    3 – Inventive Thinking to Stop Copycats

    4 – Creative Vigilance to Watch for Copycats

    5 – Preparing for Copycats

    6 – Actions Against Copycats


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    • 46 min
    Does Your Business Need Intellectual Property? | Invent Anything with John Cronin Episode 26

    Does Your Business Need Intellectual Property? | Invent Anything with John Cronin Episode 26

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    In this episode, John explores the types of businesses that may or may not need intellectual property (IP), like patents and trade secrets. Learn whether your business needs IP to protect its business model, or if filing patents will just increase expenses. The topics in this episode include:

    1 – Business Brand and Personal Brand

    2 – Business Risk Reduction

    3 – Business-enhanced Patent Monetization

    4 – Business Valuation using Intellectual Property

    5 – Business Cost Reduction using Intellectual Property

    6 – How IP Enhances Business Strategy


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    • 33 min

Customer Reviews

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MikeD in VT ,

Amazing insights

Great material on innovating and leveraging that innovation

Sethphan ,

Finally and invention and IP podcast

There are many pods on creativity for art and music, but this is truly for business innovators. Adding on john’s career experience in IP is a huge bonus. Amazing they are giving away also this info for free, listens like a master class from one of IBMs all time greatest inventors

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