We create “funding prototypes” – aimed at proving concepts and exciting funders. This is the stage before “design for manufacture”.
IdeaPrototype was spun out of Sibanda & Zantwijk Patent Attorneys in 2007. The team includes:
– an industrial designer
– Paulo Lopes (patent attorney with MSc in Mechanical Engineering)
– Anthony van Zantwijk (patent attorney and Civil Engineer)
Our main business is protecting ideas, so trust us to maintain your invention confidential.
The headlong rush to product design causes many products to fail. Product design is a process. And, much groundwork should be done before committing to design for manufacture. We suggest the following: 1. conduct a patent search to determine whether your product has a new feature that may ultimately be protected. This is particularly important […]
Read more ›You need only patent your invention just before releasing it to the public (i.e. disclosing your invention without confidentiality agreements). As long as you can maintain your unpatented invention secret, you are ok. All prototypers, industrial designers, engineers, potential manufacturers and funders you approach should willingly sign confidentialities. Don’t worry about patent attorneys – the […]
Read more ›Raising funding for your invention is not easy. Yours is one of many applications funders receive. To be noticed you must stand out. A word document is simply not enough – this is the bare minimum, and everyone submits one. One of the biggest risks to funders is an inventor that is unable to drive […]
Read more ›We’ve tried lots of 3D printing machines and materials (PLA, ABS and polymer resins). And, our favorite (leading its competition by a country mile) is a nylon sintering machine.
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