AW: [rp-ml] QuickParts online quoting (patent 7305367)

>From my point patent of view will not survive when ever its shown, that this
element was already existing before...
-what ever is the background of quickparts spending money on this-

At Materialise website you can read they claim to do it since 1997?
http://www.materialise.com/materialise/view/en/91955-Online+service.html
and no doubt a lot of other companies are doing it...

I remember even EC funded projects for online quoting for RM/RP and share
the orders with supplier networks a.s.o.

Have a nice time and see you all at coming RM conference in Slovenia
www.rapiman.net for details :-)
Best regards
Andrea
 

Quoting Kevin Adams <k.adams@therm-u-form.com>:

> Notice on their patent abstract, they satae "online or offline".
>
> While I am not sure of anyone doing this online earlier than 2000,
> it seems pretty obviuos that the steps they outline are pretty much
> what most service bureaus have always done offline.
>
> Seems that with enough money and persistance anything can be
> pushed through the USPTO. Back in the early 1980s the "combover" was
> patented, though the assignees have never tried to enforce it.
>
> I believe I ran across an online system prior to Quickparts, but
> just cant recall who it was. Anyone with a better memory than me
> recall anything???
Received on Sun Apr 20 18:20:19 2008