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Feb 19th: Prototyping: Beyond 3D Printing

Keynote Speaker: Gus Brieland, Senior Technical Sales Engineer at Proto Labs

Keynote will be followed by our round table session where people can network with industry experts on subjects such as:

LEARN NEW TRENDS IN PROTOYPING AND MAKING SMALL PRODUCTION QUANTITIES

COME AND LEARN: New Trends and WHAT’S NEXT in Prototyping using 3D Printing, Injection Molding and CNC Cutting/Stamping. AND LOW-VOLUME PRODUCTION technologies. The speaker, Gus Breiland, is a Sr. Technical Sales Engineer at Protolabs – one of the premier digital manufacturing companies in the world today.

Gus will be sharing exciting information for inventors on both prototyping and producing low-volume production quantities materials ranging from rigid plastics, thermoplastics, metals, and flexible elastomer plastics (such as silicone).

LEARN ABOUT:

Injection Molding for Prototypes
3D-printed components from Direct Metal Laser Sintering to Multi-Jet Fusion
Injection Molding for Low-volume Production Parts & On-Demand Production
Prototype end-use Injection-Molded Plastic Parts
Sheet Metal Components & Sheet Metal Design
CNC Machined Prototype and Production Parts

SPEAKER: Gus Breiland background includes over 20 years of engineering/industrial design experience, including 14 years at Protolabs.

While his formal education is in industrial machinery operations, he has extensive knowledge and experience in both traditional and advanced manufacturing processes and materials. Throughout his tenure at Protolabs, Breiland has worked with countless designers, engineers and product developers to improve the manufacturability of their parts.

Take Aways from our Pitch Meeting with Marc Portney & Brian Scanlion

Posted on Oct 29, 2019

Earlier this month, my development team and I held a google video conference with Marc and Brian. The meeting was both enlightening and informative but most of all Marc, who did most of the discussion from their side, did an interesting summary at the end of the call. These are some notes that may be helpful for members of the Inventor’s Network who are planning to present to Marc and Brian on November 20^th.

These suggestions are merely observational take aways and in no means meant to sway any presenter from speaking or sharing about their invention in any way that best suits them, their invention or their own personal communication style.

Check It Out!

Posted on Aug 20, 2019

IN Board Member, Bob Albertson is featured in this Invented in MN Segment on WCCO!

The segment highlights MN Inventing and the Minnovation Challenge by the Science Museum of MN.

Josh Malone (Bunch of Balloons Inventor) Awarded TWENTY NINE MILLION

Posted by Steve Lyon on Apr 21, 2019

Bunch of Balloons inventor Josh Malone was our speaker in November. At that time we did a screening of the movie "Invalidated" that highlights his story. This movie can also be viewed on Amazon Prime and Netflix. Josh was just awarded 29 million in his patent infringement suit. See link below for more information.

https://www.dbllawyers.com/dbl-scores-huge-win-with-patent-award/

Go to this link to learn about Josh's organization, US Inventors, and to sign the Inventors Rights petition

https://www.usinventor.org/

Legal Corps Patent Program - Free Patent Attorney to qualifying inventors

Posted on Apr 21, 2019

At our April meeting we heard from Donna Rauch of Legal Corps concerning their program that offers a free Patent Attorney to qualifying inventors. See link for more information.

http://legalcorps.org/inventors/inventors-2

Welcome to the NEW Inventors Network Website and Tips to Maximize the IN Experience.

Posted by Stephen Lyon on Jan 31, 2019

We appreciate you visiting InventorsNetwork.org and hope you enjoy the experience. Whether you are already a member or just want to learn more about IN this is a great place to start.

To learn more, please review the about us page along with speaker (both past and upcoming) information. Please also note the time and location of our next meeting, which take place in the evening on the third Wednesday of each month.

Attending a meeting(s) is by far the best way to learn more about IN and if we are a fit for you. Our hope is you will find the speaker, program elements and the overall club / network experience to be a place where you can learn more about inventing, connect with others and learn some best practices for success.

IP Watch Dog - A must website for inventors

Inventors often have many questions about Patent protection and IP WatchDog is a wonderful resource to learn more. Below is a link to a recent article about confidential treatment of ideas. Once at the site, poke around, sign up to get their emails and be prepared to learn something new everyday.

http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2019/02/16/patenting-delicate-dance-between-confidentiality-investment/id=106405/

Look for new inventors spotlight roundtables at our next meeting where individual inventors have the opportunity to share their inventions. Click here if you are interested in presenting your own.

February 19 (6PM): Prototyping: Beyond 3D Printing (Tony Holtz)

March 18th: Deep Dive on Marc Portney’s Inventors Pitch and How to Win in 2020

(Steve Lyon & Jahn Stopperan)

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Would you like to present your invention at our monthly meeting? Every month we offer our members 5-minute slots for them to present their invention to the group anyway they see fit. We do suggest your idea be patented or patent pending first and you have discussed this with an attorney. For more details click here.

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