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Complaint Review: Patent & Trademark Institute Of America (PTI) Aka Inventors Helpline - Roslyn Heights New York
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Patent & Trademark Institute Of America (PTI) Aka Inventors Helpline
99 Powerhouse Road, Suite 101 Roslyn Heights, 11577 New York, U.S.A.
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Patent & Trademark Institute Of America (PTI), - Inventors Helpline ripoff, has done nothing and charged thousands, fradulant attorney Roslyn Heights New York
I submitted an idea to the Patent and Trademark Institute of America and within days a person by the name of Pat Rolston called me. He kept calling daily stating they were reviewing my idea and it looks really successful, saying he has had several meetings with his bosses, etc. I was charged $800 for a patent search, and in return I was sent a New Product Portfolio, and was also told that my idea was patentable and the search came back negative meaning there was nothing found to be like my idea.
However, after I paid for there services I found my idea in a magazine and actually bought one and found that it was already patented. Anyway, after the patent search Pat Rolston called and did his speech and talked me into paying $9,000 for a patent. Once they received my money, I have not heard from Pat Rolston since, and he would never return any of my phone calls. They hired an attorney by the name of Donald R. Schoonover to do the patent work. He supposedly submitted the paperwork in October of 2005, and I have yet to see my patent. I'm lucky if I call him and he answers, but if I leave a message or send him an email, I never hear back from him. I called the United States Patent and Trademark Office to follow up, and to my surprise I found that he only applied for a design patent, which is basically useless and I paid $9,000 for that!!
Occasionally I receive letters from them stating that a company is interested in my idea, but they are always in some other country, etc. and never respond back to my letters. In all, this company has taken me for almost $10,000 which is alot of money for me and basically was all I had. I was lead to believe my idea would make it big. I would love to see someone go after this company and the attorney and give some satisfaction to all the people that have been taken by this scam.
Wayne
Apex, North Carolina
U.S.A.
However, after I paid for there services I found my idea in a magazine and actually bought one and found that it was already patented. Anyway, after the patent search Pat Rolston called and did his speech and talked me into paying $9,000 for a patent. Once they received my money, I have not heard from Pat Rolston since, and he would never return any of my phone calls. They hired an attorney by the name of Donald R. Schoonover to do the patent work. He supposedly submitted the paperwork in October of 2005, and I have yet to see my patent. I'm lucky if I call him and he answers, but if I leave a message or send him an email, I never hear back from him. I called the United States Patent and Trademark Office to follow up, and to my surprise I found that he only applied for a design patent, which is basically useless and I paid $9,000 for that!!
Occasionally I receive letters from them stating that a company is interested in my idea, but they are always in some other country, etc. and never respond back to my letters. In all, this company has taken me for almost $10,000 which is alot of money for me and basically was all I had. I was lead to believe my idea would make it big. I would love to see someone go after this company and the attorney and give some satisfaction to all the people that have been taken by this scam.
Wayne
Apex, North Carolina
U.S.A.
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John
Califon,New Jersey,
U.S.A.
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#2Consumer Comment
Sun, December 17, 2006
File complaints with the Atty. General in their state of operation as well as the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Also send a letter to the Federal Trade Commission-they have brought some justice to people like ourselves. If the Atty. General in the state sees a pattern of complaints, they will thoroughly investigate. If there are only a few, they send a letter for the company to tell their side of the story then you get to rebut that. I have a complaint in with a company such as this right now. The company offered me a deal on a "gag order" that has paled in comparison to what I actually spent but I also want the ability to warn and help as many people as possible and prevent them from making the same mistake. Wow-how's that for a run-on sentence? LOL. Anyway, the USPTO also sends a letter to the company and I assume they state their side-I still haven't seen the end result yet. However, your complaint will then be published on the USPTO website unless you and the company come to some sort of agreement and you retract the complaint. Most of these invention companies are just scam artists. Consult inventored.org and You can also get alot of info by searching "invention submission" on search engines.
John
Califon,New Jersey,
U.S.A.
File complaints
#3Consumer Comment
Sun, December 17, 2006
File complaints with the Atty. General in their state of operation as well as the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Also send a letter to the Federal Trade Commission-they have brought some justice to people like ourselves. If the Atty. General in the state sees a pattern of complaints, they will thoroughly investigate. If there are only a few, they send a letter for the company to tell their side of the story then you get to rebut that. I have a complaint in with a company such as this right now. The company offered me a deal on a "gag order" that has paled in comparison to what I actually spent but I also want the ability to warn and help as many people as possible and prevent them from making the same mistake. Wow-how's that for a run-on sentence? LOL. Anyway, the USPTO also sends a letter to the company and I assume they state their side-I still haven't seen the end result yet. However, your complaint will then be published on the USPTO website unless you and the company come to some sort of agreement and you retract the complaint. Most of these invention companies are just scam artists. Consult inventored.org and You can also get alot of info by searching "invention submission" on search engines.
John
Califon,New Jersey,
U.S.A.
File complaints
#4Consumer Comment
Sun, December 17, 2006
File complaints with the Atty. General in their state of operation as well as the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Also send a letter to the Federal Trade Commission-they have brought some justice to people like ourselves. If the Atty. General in the state sees a pattern of complaints, they will thoroughly investigate. If there are only a few, they send a letter for the company to tell their side of the story then you get to rebut that. I have a complaint in with a company such as this right now. The company offered me a deal on a "gag order" that has paled in comparison to what I actually spent but I also want the ability to warn and help as many people as possible and prevent them from making the same mistake. Wow-how's that for a run-on sentence? LOL. Anyway, the USPTO also sends a letter to the company and I assume they state their side-I still haven't seen the end result yet. However, your complaint will then be published on the USPTO website unless you and the company come to some sort of agreement and you retract the complaint. Most of these invention companies are just scam artists. Consult inventored.org and You can also get alot of info by searching "invention submission" on search engines.
