Very good points, Terry. I just read it very quickly I guess and focused on the patent expiration part. Still, many of the patents have already expired or will very soon. Say hello to the Chinese! Pretty soon Walmart will be selling these (and the consumables too).
G. Sachs
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From: Terry Wohlers <tw_at_wohlersassociates.com>
To: G. Sachs <sachsg_at_sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 2:45 PM
Subject: RE: [rp-ml] RP Patents article
It includes many errors. The author states that laser
sintering is the lowest-cost 3D printing technology. That’s certainly not
the case, nor does Formlabs sell a desktop laser-sintering machine. Charles
Hull founded 3D Systems, not Stratasys. Scott and Lisa Crump were the founders
of Stratasys. The final laser sintering patent (5,639,070) at the University of
Texas at Austin expires in June 2014.
Terry
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Terry Wohlers
Wohlers Associates, Inc.
970-225-0086
tw@wohlersassociates.com
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From:owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi [mailto:owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi] On Behalf Of G. Sachs
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013
11:46 AM
To: rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi
Subject: [rp-ml] RP Patents
article
This is kind
of interesting:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/get-ready-3d-printing-will-explode-next-year-when-key-patents-expire/278008/
G. Sachs
Paradyme Systems USA
Received on Tue Jul 30 2013 - 02:53:55 EEST