After having come up with an invention idea I started looking for a way to market, and put a patent on it, so that nobody could steal my idea. Not having ever tried to patent an invention before I started looking on the internet for a resource of some kind to help me out with this process. While I was surfing I came across a company called United Patent Resources Ltd., and after reading the purpose of the co. I was very impressed with what I was reading on there website.
Requested for more information on the company, and eventually a man named George Chandler who was a consultant for the company called me. Have to admit I was very impressed with what he said the company could do for me if I rendered there services. Claiming there patent attorney named Morgan A. Freedman was the best in the business, and had worked with many professional football teams.
George Chandler claimed for a one time up front fee of $795.00 they would do an official patent search, market analysis, a legal recommedation for patentability, etc. Until it was pending a patent pending at the USTPO. He said he would keep me up to date on the process every step of the way until finally my invention woul be patent pending at the USTPO. Where at that point the patent attorney would then take over, and market it to major companys for me.
He would then market it for two full years at the these annual trade shows, and show the invention off to companys in an attempt to lease the invention. Which they said showed amazing potential. Upon leasing the invention they said for helping me out George, and the attorney Morgan A. Freedman would recieve 30% of my commission for the next 15 to twenty years. Which I thought was a small price to pay to have someone to do all this wonderful work for me.
Relayed this back to my wife, and we deided to take out a loan to cover the expense since we are low income. We both agreed it would be a worthwile venture, and well worth the risk, honestly it never occued to me that they would be fraudulent, even Checked them out on the BBB. They had a 3 year no complaint history, which I have just most recently found out they have been in business for 10 years, and had previously worked under or with PTI Of America.
PTI Of America of Garden City, NY has a file here on rip off report, and they of couse have been shut down UPR is also Associated with a company under the name NPA, based out of Atlanta, Georgia my guess is they are either shut down or they should be. United Patent Resources Ltd. Took my money, and all I ever recieved in return was a stupid for my information only portfolio, an online Google.Co patent search, and a fake promise that my inention was patent pending at the USTPO which I can assure it is not.
I will give you any information you need to make sure this company never gets the chance to do this to another person. Please help me to shut them down, and give back the money that I'm sure they have stolen from a countless amount of inventors just trying to better there life. The only thing I can even be thankful for is that I found them be a scam before I went an invested more money.
I Have a family of three, I personally have multiple seizures day an night, so I can't work and my wife barely pulls in $200 every other week that loan for $795.00 has really hit us hard!
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