About Our Services

What types of products or projects do you work on?

• We actually work on a large variety of products. Some areas of work we're involved in would be consumer goods, electronics housings, mechanical devices, architectural models, military equipment, medical devices, tools, sales displays, jewelry designs, customizable products, customized awards and even movie props.

What kind of materials do you work with?

• We work with just about anything that is commonly available... plastics, metals, rubbers, etc. At this time we do not work on fabric based designs, glassware, or ceramics, however, if your product has an internal/external structure or mechanical aspect to it, we would be a good resource to work with a partner company that specializes in those other areas outside of our expertise.

Can you help me manufacture my product?

• Yes. Part of our services is helping to walk you through the selection of an appropriate manufacturing process based on the quantity of parts you intend on manufacturing, your budgetary goals, the process your product best lends itself to, as well as other considerations. We won't leave you there, we can manage your project through the manufacturing process and any challenges that come up along the way and we'll help all the way up to when the parts arrive and are handed over to you.

Do you develop products with electronic components?

• We do not do the actual final electronics design ourselves but we can potentially make early stage prototypes with very basic electronic or electro-mechanical functions to prove out early stage concepts. We work closely with a company that specializes in electronics design and development that we've worked with in the past to make final electronics, circuit board designs, and computer & mobile device apps. Electrical and mechanical teams working together on a project is fairly common and we're happy to take that on. If you have your own electrical and/or computer engineers, we're happy to work with your team as well.

I just want a quote on building a prototype for a part I've already 3D modeled myself, can you do that?

• If you just need to build a prototype and are not in need of any design services or consultations on design then there are a growing number of prototyping service companies that specialize in just that. There are more and more popping up everyday and we use the best of them for our customers. The Wohlers Associates, the industry leading Rapid Technologies consulting firm, offers a free listing of companies that can assist with just building parts for you. From our experience, professional assistance with design & development (our specialty) is needed at some point in the product development process, so when you're ready, just give us a call.

Do you help with marketing and advertising services?

• We're engineers, so not really. Because of the nature of our business we've seen it done a lot, but that service is best left to those that specialize in that service. We can probably make some good suggestions on who to call locally.

Do you help with patents, patent searches, or offer legal advice?

• We are not a law firm so we cannot offer legal advice. We do assist in the patent process by working with your patent attorney to create the model views they'll need and providing the design information they'll need to create the intellectual property claims for your product. With the March 16, 2013 change to "first-to-file" (rather than "first-to-invent") in the US and its territories, we highly recommend working with a patent attorney in parallel to working on the design with us to ensure your intellectual property is protected. Provisional patents give you a year to hammer out the details of the design and patent claims (you don't have to have a fully finished product to file a patent, you just need to know what features you are claiming as your intellectual property). Patent searches can be done by yourself for free on the USPTO.gov website or by your patent attorney or patent search service (see our Resource page).

Will you work with my team of marketing experts, industrial designers, patent attorney, manufacturer, engineers, etc?

• Collaborative efforts between teams of varying skill sets is absolutely something we welcome. We know what we're good at and what we're not. Adding other players to the team with complimentary skills will only make your product that much better.

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