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

From: Todd Pederzani <tpederzani_at_protocam.com>
Date: Tue Apr 22 2008 - 15:09:33 EEST

Ron,

I'm sorry for having confused you and Ron Barranco. Is there a
connection between you two?

RJ wrote:
> Todd,
>
> For the record, neither I nor Formability Inc operate
> Stereolithography.com, 3DGuys.com, LaserSintering.com or RPWare.com.
> Those sites are owned by Solid Conversion, Inc. That is the other Ron
> [Barranco].
>
> I do however run www.rapidprototyping.net ...a small RP discussion board.
> The STLQuote product line was developed by me in 2002, and as you
> mention was acquired by APP in 2004.
>
> Ron James
>
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Todd Pederzani
> <tpederzani@protocam.com> wrote:
>
> Kevin Adams wrote:
>> 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???
> Are you thinking of STLQuote? They're the only "canned" system that
> I know of. STLQuote was owned by Formability, which is (was?) one
> of a series of companies that Ron (James) Barranco is behind, which
> includes Stereolithography.com, RapidPrototyping.net, Print3d.com,
> 3dGuys.com, solidconversion.com <http://solidconversion.com>,
> lasersintering.com <http://lasersintering.com>, and rpware.com
> <http://rpware.com>. The earliest correspondence I have tor
> STLQuote is April 2002, and May 2002 is the earliest copy of the
> website that archive.org <http://archive.org> maintains. Of course,
> APP owns STLQuote now, and if they're concerned about the QuickParts
> patent, it probably isn't in their best interest to reply in public.
>
> If it wasn't STLQuote, do you remember anything about it that may
> help track it down?
>
> I hadn't heard of the "combover" patent, but I have heard about a
> patent for exercising your cat: 5443036 (although how the cat can
> see *in*visible light eludes me.) The patent you're referring to is
> 4022227, if you want to look it up!
>
>
> -- Todd Pederzani tpederzani@protocam.com
> <mailto:tpederzani@protocam.com>
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>

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Todd Pederzani          tpederzani@protocam.com
ProtoCAM                Information Technology
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Northampton, PA 18067   Fax:   (610) 261-9350
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