Eric Waltmire's Blog » Inventor Resources http://www.waltmire.com/blog Patent Law :: Focusing on Software and Electronic Arts Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:40:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Manufacturing on Demand: Resources for Inventors and Small Business http://www.waltmire.com/blog/archives/2008/04/16/manufacturing-on-demand-resources-for-inventors-and-small-business/ http://www.waltmire.com/blog/archives/2008/04/16/manufacturing-on-demand-resources-for-inventors-and-small-business/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:48:43 +0000 Eric Waltmire http://www.waltmire.com/blog/archives/2008/04/16/manufacturing-on-demand-resources-for-inventors-and-small-business/ Ponoko logoA relatively new service called Ponoko provides manufacturing on demand. The user uploads a design and can order that as few as one copy be created and delivered. Ponoko laser cuts the design out of any of the following materials: Acrylic, PETG, Styrene, Hardboard, MDF, Plywood, Veneer MDF, and Whiteboard. The product is shipped as a package of interlocking pieces that are assembled on delivery.

Ponoko may be a resource for inventors. However, an inventor should not disclose an invention before a patent application is filed, or in the absences of an application, a confidentiality agreement from those to whom the invention is disclosed. The Ponoko website does to address whether a submitters design will remain confidential. In fact, Ponoko allows a user to post their design on the Ponoko website for others to purchase.

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