[rp-ml] RP Patent Documents Have Now Reached The 2,500 Milestone!

Hi Folks:

Highlights of the latest edition of the RP PATENT ALERT NEWSLETTER are now
available on The Worldwide Guide to Rapid Prototyping web site. A record total
of 224 RP patents and applications were published from 6/8/04 to 9/7/04. The
total number of US rapid prototyping patent documents has now reached 2,500.
If the present rate of publication is maintained, there will be 3,500 about a
year from now.

Read More About ....
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-- Sceenprinting-based technology to produce many copies of a product or part
simultaneously.

-- Hundreds to thousands of wide-area inkjet heads used to fabricate entire
complex products in seconds.

-- The fine performance of inkjet printing used to get around major RP
limitations.

-- Three dimensional printing from 2D printing devices that could place RP
technology in the hands of anyone with a printer.

-- Mask-based photopolymer-exposure techniques by direct inkjet writing.

-- High surface area porous electrodes for electrolytic capacitors made by
RP.

-- Translucent images and new novelty articles to represent famous persons
made by RP.

-- Photopolymers with selectable properties.

-- Parts that can be immediately removed from an RP machine with a new three
dimensional printing (3DP) material system that binds in seconds.

-- The injection molding of living tissues.

*** Find out what's really going on in the world of RP!
These are the briefest highlights. Enormous efforts are being exerted in the
areas of technology, rapid manufacturing and tooling, materials and medicine.
Use the red *PATENTS HOT NOW* button on our home page to jump to the RP
Patent Alert Newsletter or just click on the PATENTS button at the top of any page.

Ed Grenda
The Worldwide Guide to Rapid Prototyping
http://home.att.net/~castleisland/

Castle Island Co.
781-646-6280 (voice or fax)
EdGrenda@aol.com (email)
Received on Tue Sep 28 16:46:39 2004