Licensing
Congratulations Keanu Alfaro On Yet Another Licensed Product! Check Out Keanu Game-Changing Dual-Blade Design
When inventor Keanu Alfaro noticed a trend in the marketplace, he took action.
Congratulations! Keanu Alfaro on successfully licensing your product idea!
With the popularity of online shopping, box cutters have become a common household item, easily found in various hardware stores.
However, Coach Keanu identified a limitation in the functionality of utility razor blades.
“While they are exceptionally sharp and perfect for cutting through regular cardboard boxes, they lack durability and are not well-suited for more heavy-duty tasks such as prying, roll-cuts, digging, and spreading. That's where standard knife blades come in handy,” he explains.
Determined to address this issue, Keanu developed a solution that combines a box cutter's functionality with a standard blade's durability.
“This design features a primary drop-point blade tailored for everyday tasks, accompanied by a utility razor blade on the opposite end. The utility blade is of standard size, allowing easy replacement when it becomes dull. This also allows you to extend the life of your main blade, only calling on the main blade for heavier-duty tasks,” Keanu shares.
Absolutely genius!
This knife is currently available for preview on the Heinr. Böker Baumwerk GmbH website.
It's motivating to see your success, Keanu. Keep up the fantastic work!
About the contributor
Stephen KeyStephen Key is an award-winning inventor, renowned intellectual property strategist, lifelong entrepreneur, author, speaker, and columnist. Stephen has over 20 patents in his name and the dozens of concepts he has brought to market have retailed in Walmart, 7-Eleven, and Disney stores and parks worldwide and been endorsed by Michael Jordan, Alex Trebek, and Taylor Swift. He has defended his patents in federal court against the largest toy company in the world, Lego’s. In 1999, he cofounded inventRight to teach others his unique process for harnessing the power of open innovation and the licensing business model. His bestselling book about how to license an idea, One Simple Idea by McGraw-Hill, has been translated into six languages. He has written more than 1,000 articles about intellectual property strategy, product licensing, and entrepreneurship for publications online including Forbes, Inc., and Entrepreneur. Universities and governmental organizations around the world regularly invite him to teach them inventRight’s unique processes for commercializing new product ideas. Stephen has won over 20 industry awards, including two Edison Awards and the Most Influential and Inspiring Leader Of All Time by the WorldIP Forum in 2022. In 2018, he was recognized as a AAAS-Lemelson Invention Ambassador. In 2020, he became a founding member of the United States Intellectual Property Alliance. In 2022, Stephen contributed to “Cases in IP Strategy: Industry Lessons Learned” from the non-profit Michelson Institute for IP. Currently, he’s part of the team responsible for launching a new sustainable packaging innovation that replaces the need to use plastic to carry beverages called Fishbone.
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