Envision breakthrough new products using the proven methods and applied reasoning techniques of today's successful inventors. The Eureka Method: How to Think Like an Inventor lays out a systematic approach to innovation. Discover how to look at social developments and trends to find new ways of combining and improving existing technologies and systems. Plain-language examples of real-world patents, products, and inventors illuminate each point along the way.

Find out how to:

• Gain regular flashes of inspiration based on your understanding of the inventive process
• Improve and expand existing products in ways that fill social needs
• Fuse elements from different products into new and useful combinations
• Discover new opportunities by side-stepping rules and gaming the system
• "Futurize" your inventions and prevent them from becoming obsolete
• Identify emerging regulations and use them to your creative advantage
• Learn about comprehensive patent applications that protect your rights