Ask Me Anything

Inventors Awareness Group Inc., http://www.cache.net/iag

SBA Office of Advocacy, (202) 205-6532, http://www.sba.gov/ADVO

Service Corps of Retired Executives, (800) 634-0245, http://www.sba.gov/SCORE

Small Business Administration, (800) 8-ASK-SBA, http://www.sba.gov

Thomas Register of American Manufacturers, (800) 699-9822, ext. 444, http://www.thomasregister.com

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, http://www@uspto.gov

United Inventors Association of the USA, (716) 359-9310, uiausa@aol.com

Tomima Edmark is the inventor of the Topsy Tail, the Kissing Machine and several other products, and is author of The American Dream Fact Pack ($49.95), available by calling (800) 558-6779. Write to her with any questions you may have regarding inventions and patents in care of "Bright Ideas," Entrepreneur, 2392 Morse Ave., Irvine, CA 92614.

This article was originally published in the September 1997 print edition of Entrepreneur with the headline: Ask Me Anything.