If you’re a whiz with words, our occasional Name Searches give you an opportunity to take that expertise to the bank! Below are three inventors whose names were selected for recent name searches on our site. They each earned $500 bucks in the process!
Jack Mondello – Staten Island, NY
Name Search: “Bathroom Accessory”
Name Selected: Shower Sprite
How did you come up with your name idea?
The product description, which promised the user a uniquely pleasurable shower experience, created an instant connection to a mythical spirit known as a SPRITE. A fairy-like apparition from ancient stories, the SPRITE would joyously watch over fresh water sources for the gods. The parallels seemed obvious since this product would make the user happy with an experience fit for Mt. Olympus. I wish the Shower Sprite success and can’t wait to get my hands on one.
What is the most unique bathroom accessory you have ever seen?
A genius idea known as Towel Warmers which is a towel rack that keeps your towel toasty warm for a great post-shower dry off experience.
Lisa Lee – Parker, CO
Name Search: “Acne Treatment”
Name Selected: Beyond Gone
How did you come up with your name idea?
I don’t currently have a problem with acne – however, when I was about 27 years old, my face broke out all over for several days and I remember thinking, “If I had something that could get rid of the acne – I would want it to go beyond the gone.” In other words, it would keep on working so that the acne never would come back. That was a terrible experience for me and I so feel for anyone that would ever have to go through a breakout so severe.
If you could guest star in an acne commercial with any celeb, who would it be?
Taylor Swift. I love to listen to and sing country songs and Taylor is one of my favorite singers. Taylor is also still young enough where she might have the occasional acne problem and she and I could perhaps sing about getting over it (the acne) and moving on, etc… Anyway, other than Taylor – I would love to sing with Alan Jackson. 
Chris Anderson – Hesperia, MI
Name Search: “Spill-resistant Technology”
Name Selected: Intellispout
How did you come up with your name idea?
For the name searches, I make a list of words that I feel are relevant to the product description. From this list, I combine words until something comes together that I feel has potential. I also use different spellings and portions of words too. I then go to USPTO.gov or Trademarkia.com to see if there is any conflict with using the name(s) I want to submit. For this particular search, I had four entries.
If you were to spill a beverage on any given day, what would it most likely be?
Iced Tea, unsweetened & no lemon.
Congratulations to Jack, Lisa, and Chris!
