Company Name: Harshaw Research Inc
President : Dale J Ream (lawyer)
I am looking to see if this Invention Company is a scam. My husband
has already paid them for his invention idea and they want a lot more
money. 
Do you know of any complaints and where can I find the information
regarding those complaints?
Is this company legitimate? 
I found a posting on the company in 2004, but nothing recent. 
Do they do business under any other name or have any complaints noted
against them? Have they made anyone any money? It looks like a scam to
me, but not my husband. I paid with my credit card in case it was a
scam. Help!

They are registered with the Kansas Secretary of State and listed as
being in good standing:
http://www.accesskansas.org/srv-corporations/getRecord.do?number=2042877

And they are indeed acting as agents for inventors, as this list of
recent patents registered through them shows:
http://www.freshpatents.com/Harshaw-Research-Incorporated-cndirh.php

So they are at least an existing, registered company. 

Scriptor

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.inventors/browse_thread/thread/a0b9cde78b21ac3a/3f93f5a3e755d77b?lnk=st&q=Harshaw+Research+Inc&rnum=2&hl=en#3f93f5a3e755d77b
there's an article posted in alt.inventors that you might want to read

INVENTION PROMOTION FIRMS

Checking their credibility.

Scam big time. Trust me on this one that is a scam.

This is the way 'most' (I'm sure there is one honest company out
there) operate, they offer to patent your product and then take it to
potential manufacturers for 10 to 14k.

Any lawyer can do the legal work for 4-5k and you can take it to the
manufacturers yourself for free.

You can also patent the product yourself with very VERY little help,
simply read 'Patent it yourself' and then go to www.nolo.com and buy
patent pro an excellent program. The whole thing will cost you less
than $ 400 this way.

That is as big a scam as the companies that 'sell' you information
about houses being foreclosed and up for sale.... that information is
free, they get it out of the .org site and sell it to you... geez lol

Scam!

Hi

Dale Ream is a Registered US Patent Attorney, so he has a BIG BROTHER
{USPTO} looking over his shoulder.

What you should do is call the USPTO -- either the Office of
Enrollment and Discipline (they determine if a Patent Attorney has
broken any of the ethical rules -- they are very strict and DO enforce
the rules) or Inventors Resource (they will help you understand the
patent process and they investigate Patent Scammers) -- and ask tell
them how much money he wants and what he will do for that money.  The
USPTO is VERY interested in removing Patent Scammers and if a
Registered Patent Attorney is breaking any of the rules, they will
take immediate action.

Luckily Ream is a Registered Patent Attorney, so the USPTO can take
action if necessary (revoke his license, make him pay fines).  Also,
if he is doing evertyhing properly, the USPTO will tell you so you can
relax.

CALL THE USPTO TODAY!!!!!

Good Luck


Ream, Dale
Harshaw Research, Inc.
2nd & Main Street
P.O. Box 418
Ottawa KS US 66067 
785-242-9500
45798
Attorney


Office of Enrollment & Discipline:
Phone: 571-272-4097
FAX: 571-273-0074
Address: 
Mail Stop OED
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
PO Box 1450
Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450 


Inventors Resource at USPTO

800-PTO-9199
800-786-9199

or

571-272-1000