Press Release
August 6, 2003, for immediate release
Contact: Bob Lougher
United Inventors Association
Executive Director
519 Dry Brook Road
Waverly, NY 14892
Phone 607-565-9701
Cell Phone 413-374-2801
www.uiausa.org

The search has begun for the next 
new hot consumer product

Waverly, NY: To celebrate National Inventors Month ® -- 
August, the United Inventors Association (UIA) is conducting
a nationwide search for the next new hot consumer product. 
From now until August 31, inventors are invited to submit 
their patented or patent pending ideas that will be reviewed 
by a panel of experts. Ten finalists will be announced in 
September.

"Independent inventors have created thousands of products
that people use everyday," explains Robert Lougher, 
executive director of the UIA. "Most people don't realize it, 
but it was independent inventors, working on their own, who 
 invented such products as the ATM, Furby, the laser, 
the MRI, Scrabble, the parking meter, the stop light and, 
yes, even the zipper. We're looking for the next hot products!" 

Sponsors of this ground breaking effort, the United 
Inventors Association, Inventors' Digest magazine, the 
Academy of Applied Science and The Procter & Gamble 
Company, will review the hundreds of new product ideas 
to determine the ten that have the best sales potential.

This national search is Internet based. For complete details 
on Rules and Regulations go to 
http://uiausa.com/HuntEntryForm.htm. To be eligible, 
inventors must have a prototype or finished product, 
proper intellectual property protection and be the inventors
of the new product. There is no charge to enter this search.
The ultimate prize will be the media exposure of the Top Ten
Finalists. In addition to media exposure, a bonus prize list 
was announced August 1, 2003 to correspond with 
National Inventors Month ®.

The United Inventors Association is a national organization
whose mission is to educate and support those 
entrepreneurs who are developing new products. Founded
in 1990 as an outgrowth of a U.S. Department of Commerce
program on innovation in America, this non-profit 
organization's membership includes inventor organizations
as well as individual members.

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