{"id":19497,"date":"2015-10-26T00:00:02","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T04:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devwp.davison.com\/blog\/?p=19497"},"modified":"2019-01-10T11:55:09","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T16:55:09","slug":"inventions-real-solutions-to-real-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/blog\/inventions-real-solutions-to-real-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Inventions: Real Solutions to Real Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19498 alignright\" title=\"Problem Solving - Inventions\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Problem-Solving-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Problem Solving - Inventions\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More often than not, invention ideas evolve and take a different shape, resulting in a solution that may be completely different than the inventor initially pictured in their mind.<\/p>\n<p>Change is a constant, especially in the invention world.<\/p>\n<p>Inventions are meant to solve a problem and sometimes those problems are ones we didn\u2019t even realize we had.<\/p>\n<p>The fact of the matter is that these new solutions have the potential to make an impact on people. Whether they make our lives easier by providing a Better Way to do something or simply give us an option we didn\u2019t know existed \u2013 successful inventions and innovations provide a solution to a problem.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why at Davison we like to say, \u201cThere\u2019s always a Better Way!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As we mentioned before, invention ideas can change. At Davison, we see this happen all of the time and, sometimes, the results are wonderful.<\/p>\n<p>We often think back to our client, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/webisodes\/half-and-half-pan\/inventor-melanie\/\">Melanie<\/a>, inventor of the Half N Half Cupcake Pan.<\/p>\n<p>While Melanie courageously battled cancer, she also took on smaller challenges in the kitchen as a novice baker, who realized there had to be a simple way to quickly cut an entire pan of brownies to the same size with ease.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21140 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/davison-invention_l_fields_halfhalfpan.jpg\" alt=\"Davison produced product invention: Half N Half Cupcake Pan - Mrs. Fields\" width=\"167\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/davison-invention_l_fields_halfhalfpan.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.davison.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/davison-invention_l_fields_halfhalfpan-178x300.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Melanie pursued her idea on her own.\u00a0 After spending a lot of time and money on a patent for her idea that seemed to be going nowhere, Melanie contacted Davison to help get her idea cooking, only to find that buyers were not so interested in brownies. Cupcakes, however, were a different story. \u00a0And, so evolved the innovative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/products\/kitchen\/half-n-half-cupcake-pan-mrs-fields\/\">Half N Half Cupcake Pan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Melanie <em>Dared to Invent<\/em>. Like every one of our clients, she took the risk and, even though her product idea changed, it became one that provided a real solution.<\/p>\n<p>So whether an invention provides a Better Way to make cupcakes that are half chocolate and half vanilla or initiates extreme advances in medicine or technology \u2013 solutions to problems are out there and sometimes, it takes great people in this world to create a Better Way to make the world a wonderfully-inventive place.<\/p>\n<p>Do you <em>Dare to Invent<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>If you are ready to potentially problem-solve, <a href=\"\/submitidea.html?campaign_name=blog\">submit your invention idea<\/a> today!<\/p>\n<p><em>Copyright Davison, 2015<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.intellectualventures.com\/insights\/archives\/news-you-can-use-building-useful-usable-inventions\">http:\/\/www.intellectualventures.com\/insights\/archives\/news-you-can-use-building-useful-usable-inventions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.scmep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/problem-solving.jpg<\/p>\n<p><strong>A typical project does not get a royalty agreement, sell in stores or generate a profit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More often than not, invention ideas evolve and take a different shape, resulting in a solution that may be completely different than the inventor initially pictured in their mind. Change is a constant, especially in the invention world. Inventions are meant to solve a problem and sometimes those problems are ones we didn\u2019t even realize &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,1886,1582,55],"class_list":["post-19497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inventing-advice","tag-inventing-advice","tag-invention-advice","tag-mrs-fields-half-n-half-cupcake-pan","tag-product-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Inventions: Real Solutions to Real Problems - Davison<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Davison confidentially works with people to develop their new product ideas. 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