Taking charge and taking action. Create your own online Projects Use i4e as a digital home for your inventions.  We’ll never replace your workshop, but we can provide a resource and action plan for expanding on your great ideas, researching their patent novelty and market viability, and ensuring your inventions’ rights are properly protected.  Protect your ideas quickly and cost effectively i4e provides a quick and easy option for compiling your invention and filing it with the USPTO to ensure your invention is protected.  You fill out an easy to follow form with all relevant information related to your idea (Project) and include any relevant images, and i4e will send off your provisional patent application in approximately 5 business days or less.  We’ll also let you know when your Project’s materials are protected so you can confidently seek the help of other members on your Projects.  (Want to learn more about our Provisional Patent Application Service?) Control the development of your Projects Your invention is valuable. Most inventions are made more valuable when a number of other smart individuals are able to collaborate, complete, refine, and enhance them.  When it comes to your idea, you control if and who you want to assist you with your inventive Project.  Further, you select the IdeaServiceTM investment level with options ranging from FREE to $9,000. Decide how much Equity you are willing to offer Not only do you control the development process, you control and negotiate how much Equity you’re willing to offer to other members for their input and collaboration (want to see examples?).  Submit your Projects for i4e’s IdeaService Only Premium Members can create, complete and submit a project for i4e’s IdeaService commercialization services. With IdeaService, you are given an upfront, set investment structure and easy-to-track progress on your My Projects dashboard throughout the patenting, marketing and licensing process. Boost your status with favorable reviews of your work As a collaborative network, i4e will provide a peer review feature to ensure that the best collaborators and inventors are known, recognized and rewarded. * Premium Membership is $200 annually after promotional period