InventHelp
Reviews and Complaints

My son lost $7, 000 with InventHelp last year (I was co-signer and gave him the money). Then, two weeks ago, my son received a phone call from his ex-salesman (who had left the company) and apologized to him for lying about the effectiveness of InventHelp's services.

The ex-salesman said that he received a huge commission when my son paid InventHelp's excessive fees. His commissions were upward of $1, 500 per client and InventHelp also paid bonuses for selling the most expensive services.

When first contacted, InventHelp told my son that his invention was patentable and new. Little did he know at the time, but neither claim was true. Now, two years later, I hired a patent attorney who found a patent that was exactly identical to my son's idea. To make matters worse, his idea was already selling in a major catalog (Sharper Image).

So, why didn't InventHelp uncover this vital piece of information in their initial research? It's because they don't perform a proper patent search, nor do they check the market to find out if the idea is already selling somewhere. Had they told him that his idea was already patented and on the market - he would have saved thousands of dollars! This is why InventHelp is a total scam!

Also, the ex-salesman from Inventhelp told my son that they "accept" 99.9% of the ideas submitted to them - even if the idea is technologically unfeasible.

The worst part is, InventHelp accepts the same idea from many "inventors." So, if a client submits an idea for a "new" toy - InventHelp may have accepted the same toy-idea from 10 other people in the past (which may already be patented!). So, none of these 10 people could ever earn royalties because they all had the same idea! This sounds highly unethical.

Next, I decided to call the US Patent Office, and they confirmed my worst fears. They said that companies like InventHelp will not spend the money to pay a skilled patent lawyer for a thorough, in-depth patent search and a legal opinion of patentability. Consequently, the majority of the ideas that InventHelp is promoting are most-likely patented or could be manufactured already and currently for sale.

I've also come to learn that this type of company (invention promoters) bring-in $15M- $25M (that's millions) per year - and their results are usually slim to none. Meanwhile, the owners of such companies earn Five Million Dollars per year in profit. No wonder they can create the appearance of success for their clients. They can easily afford to create slick advertising materials and videos to make at least a few clients look successful. Unbelievably, InventHelp has paid to have a few ideas manufactured and then they claim to have marketed these items.

Finally, InventHelp has expert lawyers who scare patent law advocates, consumer protection organizations, The US Patent Office, patent attorneys and patent-related websites. With a profit of Five Million Dollars per year - they can afford to sue lots of invention "watch dogs" to protect their cash-cow at all costs!

Meanwhile, my son was a victim of this company that preys on the hopes and dreams of unsuspecting, good people. Somehow they're getting away with this rip-off, but eventually law enforcement will get them for fraud.

I bought it the 1st time & then went back a 2nd time the guy got so pushy & mad because I didn't have the funds to buy the premier package & I asked about just patenting then he told me about financing but I had to come up with 3 grand and again I couldn't do it the man stop returning my calls...

Ok so now I contact a law firm who just does the patent part I send them all my inventhelp stuff books and all he emails me links to show me where I have been lied too the thing I wanted to patent was already on the market in the same form and their lawyer had told me it was not in his written report

Now I get a call from someone in corporate asking me what the issues was wanting me to take my complaint down promising to send me 400 dollars for the lawyer fees
(but it was not even covering the cost of the lawyers fee)
I was in agreement to remove the comment consider it addressed but then I read the form she wanted signed

The form voided the original agreement and made my invention even thought not original and my 1st one under no contract of confidentially... I exempted me from any legal proceeding in future...

So I wrote back saying that in it current form I could not sign she never responded

I went to invent help with a dream they took my money and had me thinking that it would be a dream my dream was destroyed I was out of my home with no money to pay my rent me and my kids have no where to stay please people that's out there do not give damn your money because they would take it and you will not see it again and your dream would be destroy these people are out to get your money. 15, 000 outstanding I was paying them for 5 years they tell you that they going to do things for you please do not listen

Please be advised that I introduce my ideal to local office in miramar florida in may 11, 2011. My product had it patent issued on march 25, 2014, and since then invent help is suppose to be advertising and marketing my product. My product is called carpo glove by ron jon, this is a device for carpal tunnell syndrome sufferers. It is a glove that extend the fingers to relive the pain of the
Injury, I know that if invent help has been promoting/advertising my product as they should. I know, that by now out of the 300 or, so companies on the company submission report their should have been at least one reply. Because, their have not been any replies by any of the companies, I now know without a shadow of doubt that my product is not being advertise and marketed properly, this is a one of a kind invention that I know should at least arouse the curiosity of some companies. I have spoken twice to two of invent help "belligerent representative" only to be disrespected and ignored. I have ask that invent help send me exactly what information that they are sending to the companies on the company submission report. Invent help has failed to reply or send me and of the information that I requested. I have also filed a complaint with consumer complaint agency about the facts mentioned above and awaiting their final reply.

Thank you
Ron jones
9/4/14

I had an idea and the man I talked with told me I didn't need a patent pending for my idea. He told me I needed 1500 dollars. I told him I didn't have that kind of money. He told mme if I could get 7oo hundred in 3 months we could start the process. I am legal blind so there was no way I could come up with it. My idea was to put zip locks on dog food bags. A couple months later I go to buy dog food and it has zip lock on the bag.

Aaron T. Doster a rep for invent help took $780.00 to get an FDA approval. What I got back had nothing to do with the FDA. In the next meeting with Aaron T. Doster he requested $10, 000 to continue with the work he( Aaron T. Doster) was going to do for me. Mr. Doster informed me that i was approved for financing at 33%. When I question this unbelievable intrest rate he started telling me I had it wrong and gave me different numbers that made no sence at all. when I point this out he ( Mr. Doster) sounded like someone caught with there hand in the cookie jar. He apparently had no logical excuse. It was obvious that he couldn't even keep track of his own lies. When I asked about the FDA report I was told by Aaron T. Doster the there was no such thing for my product, I was also told that there was no reason for a patent. Both of these are false. So beware of Aaron T. Doster and Invent help. I'm still trying to get my money back.

Attorney derek eddy from the law firm of fellheimer & eichen llp is preparing to sue inventhelp on behalf of an inventhelp customer for misrepresentation, breach of contract, and unfair trade practices. If you believe that you have a claim against inventhelp and would like to join in the lawsuit as a plaintiff, please send an email to [protected]@fellheimer.Net. After mr. Eddy receives your email, you will receive a personal response and initial assessment of your potential claims against inventhelp and whether they would be worth pursuing.

Had several meetings with people working for the company. Then after they had conviced us it was one of the best invention they had ever seen and so well thought out and designed and would have such a huge impact on heating and cooling and storage that they would call right then and help get a loan from a company they used and for us to go ahead and write check for three thousand and they would take money out each month for three years with quite a lot of interest they had us really fooled after they got money very seldom could talk to a human again on phone r any contact from them at all we lost around $20, 000.00 dollars and we felt like fools we usually were always so careful of what we did when investing. This time we were believers i'm a company that builds hope
And dreams can be achieved after all the time and work put into an invention that could have helped so many

Inventhelp promised me they would help me get my invention on the shelves of the world. All I got was heartache and disappointment and laughed at by my family. They are the I told you so, and they never forget anything. They always breakout the samples of my stupidity the book with my picture in it that cost me a cool 8, 000. Dollar it hurt just to say the numbers?. I will never try that again |. These are the people that steal in plain site and no one will help you?. They are allowed to steal your money, like pawn shop owners are allowed to buy stolen items and if I do I go to jail/. There are special rules for thieves and no to protect us from them;. How do you be found guilty of a crime and be allowed to do the same thing again and again?. I want someone to stand up for me?. The scam is that they never advertise your product or ideas, and how can you prove they did not. A

This commercial aimed at helping people sell inventions to companies runs about 25 times an hour 24/7. It can't be escaped. The funny thing is is that the spokesman even advises the listener that most inventions are failures. Two points for honesty. But the company's saturation advertising is beyond tolerable.

Me and my lil brother came up with an idea called the i. D. C. (Inhalant dosage counter). What brought about the idea was the fact that most of the people in our family has asthma and they would never know when their inhaler was running low to get another one. They would have 3 somtimes 4 inhalers and they all would be empty. We took it upon our selves to come up with the i. D. C.
We were both in school then and we seen a commercial on t. V. About inventhelp and how they would help u get your inventon out. My little brother who is just 2yrs younger than me drew the diagram and we sent it to inventhelp. We were then told that they would help, but we would have to send them some money to get a working model. This was in 1995 or 1996. Since we couldnt afford to send them the amount of money neeeded to come up with a working model we simply went on with our lives. Im now starting to see inhalers both dry powder and in mist form. I feel we should be compensated. I will not tell a lie and said I thought about about the dry powder inhaler but the one for the mist inhalants was our idea.