Patents, Prototyping, & Products: Inventors Have Opportunity to Seek Answers at INPEX® Show-Floor Pavilions
As part of the Resource Center, INPEX has three pavilions on the show floor, staffed with business professionals who are on hand to answer exhibitors' questions. At the Prototyping Pavilion, exhibitors can stop by with questions about creating a prototype. Inventors who aren't sure how to go about protecting their ideas are encouraged to stop by the Intellectual Property Pavilion, a new addition to INPEX 2005. Also new in 2005 is the Contract Manufacturing Pavilion, where professionals in domestic and offshore manufacturing are available to share their insight. Following is a list of the INPEX Pavilions, and the businesses who will be staffing them in 2005:
Intellectual Property Pavillion
Mike Beatty, JM Beatty Graphics. Beatty has been a patent draftsman for over 25 years, and JM Beatty Graphics has been drawing for patents for over 12 years. Before drawing patents, Mike worked for more than 30 years as an Aerospace draftsman and has also served as a Senior Tool Designer and Manufacturing Engineer with Gold Coast Industries.
Eric Hanscom, Law Offices of Eric Hanscom. A Patent Attorney, Hanscom's science background, in combination with his former position as Director of Intellectual Property at an electronics company, makes him well versed in a wide variety of patent and trademark areas. He also has an inside knowledge of offshore manufacturing in Asia.
Richard M. Blank, CEO & Robert L. Greener, President, R&R Licensing Ltd. A full-service agency, R&R Licensing Ltd. represents corporations, brand owners, celebrities, athletes, inventors, artists, and designers. Their services include Brand, Character, and Trademark Licensing; Product Licensing and Development; Licensing Consulting; and Intellectual Property Consulting.
Chris Mayes, COO & Mark Levy, CEO, Inventorprise, Inc. Inventorprise, Inc. solves the needs of individuals and businesses to affordably protect their ideas through U.S. patents. Inventorprise has combined the best practices of powerful software, patent law expertise, and engineering savvy to devise solutions that help the average inventor.
Prototyping Pavilion
John Delaplaine, Delaplaine Creative. Delaplaine is Founder and CEO of Delaplaine Creative, which develops and pioneers interactive media solutions designed to increase brand value through innovative design and flawless execution. Delaplaine provides marketing and communications consulting, electronic media design & production, and comprehensive, E-business strategies.
Scott Keeley, OBVIA. Keely is a principal of OBVIA, a design firm with a virtual office. Their services include building virtual prototypes to working prototypes.
Thomas Krol, IMET Corporation. Krol is Chief Technical Officer and a co-founder of IMET Corporation. This mechanical and electrical engineering firm, provides in-house prototyping, development, short run production, full design documentation, and project management solutions to inventors and industry.
Tracy Potter, Advanced Powder Products, Inc. Potter is Director of Manufacturing for Advanced Powder Products, Inc. , a powder metallurgy company specializing in the manufacturing of metallic components and assemblies utilizing powdered metal processes. APP is unique in that they have expertise in both PIM and more traditional press and sinter forming techniques. With both of these technologies under one roof APP can utilize the most efficient and economical means to produce a particular part or assembly.
Contract Manufacturing Pavilion
Jim Neuschwander, PA SourceNet.com. PA SourceNet is a system designed to bring buyers together with Pennsylvania suppliers of products and/or services. This service is offered at no cost to you through grants from the State and Federal governments. Since its inception in 1995, thousands of Pennsylvania companies have enrolled and found new purchasing and sales opportunities. A new feature of PA SourceNet is an international trade lead matching service that provides Pennsylvania companies with global sales opportunities. This new component, linked through PA SourceNet, provides Pennsylvania firms access to pre-qualified potential partners from all over the world. It also enables companies to benefit from the many services that Pennsylvania's Regional Export Assistance Network and Overseas Representatives can provide.
Edith Tolchin, EGT Global Trading. Since founding EGT Global Trading in 1997, her goal has been to link U.S. inventors with Asian manufacturers, to provide a "one-stop Import service" for sourcing, quality control, manufacturing, international financing, air/ocean shipping, customs clearance arrangements, and dock-to-door delivery. EGT Global Trading specializes in offshore manufacturing services for inventions of textiles and sewn-items, bags, baby and fashion accessories, unique arts & crafts items, and household inventions.
Rico Wong, Summer Way Limited. Wong is Products Development Director of SWL, an OEM/ODM with seventeen years experience manufacturing console TV game accessories, MP3 players, and premium toys and gifts. Their services include advanced software, electrical and mechanical design, in-house injection molding, surface mount and chip bonding.
Individuals and companies participating as industry experts at The INPEX Inventor's University, Resource Center and Pavilions are not employed by, or otherwise affiliated with, InventHelp, the Invent Help people, or its affiliates.
