Product Design For the Inventor

Big business has streamlined this process but usually has whole departments dedicated to:

• Product Design 

• Product Development

• Legal - Intellectual Property - Patent

• Market Analysis

• Prototype

• Product Testing

• Manufacturing

• Packaging Design

• Sales and Marketing 

Corporations and well established manufacturing companies have budgets and personal to make investments in new intellectual property and product development. But what about the inventor and or entrepreneur that doesn't work in an industry where these skills exist? And even if you do, your idea is yours.

As an experienced product engineer, I have seen too many products designs that on paper, are pretty to look at, but would be almost impossible to manufacture without expensive special tooling and/or a complete redesign. There is an amazing amount of difference between product design and product design for manufacturing. If the inventor intends on applying for a utility patent, they must also make certain that they have properly documented their invention and that the design professional signs a non-disclosure document before ideas are shared.

The entire product design process for the non-engineer. Topics covered will be:

• Product Development and Idea Generation.

• Idea Protection and Patent Considerations

• Market Research

• Product Liability

• Hiring Design Professionals

• Design For Manufacturing

• Materials Selection

• Prototyping

• Packaging

• Manufacturing Costs

1. Reliability analysis

2. Qualitative and Quantitative analysis

3. Failure Mode Effective Analysis FMEA

4. Errors in Measurement - An introduction

5. Terms in Engineering Measurement and Metrology

6. What is 2.5G technology

7. What is 2G technology

8. What is 2G, 3G and 4G technology

9. Difference between GSM and CDMA

10. What is GPRS