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

From: Todd Pederzani <tpederzani_at_protocam.com>
Date: Mon Apr 21 2008 - 19:48:09 EEST

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, lasersintering.com, and 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 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!

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