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<span><div><div><div>Send discuss mailing list submissions to</div><div> <a href="mailto:discuss@lists.oshwa.org">discuss@lists.oshwa.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit</div><div> <a href="http://lists.oshwa.org/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.oshwa.org/listinfo/discuss</a></div><div>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to</div><div> <a href="mailto:discuss-request@lists.oshwa.org">discuss-request@lists.oshwa.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>You can reach the person managing the list at</div><div> <a href="mailto:discuss-owner@lists.oshwa.org">discuss-owner@lists.oshwa.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific</div><div>than "Re: Contents of discuss digest..."</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Today's Topics:</div><div><br></div><div> 1. 3D printing patents (Matt Maier)</div><div> 2. 3D printing patents (Matt Maier)</div><div> 3. Re: 3D printing patents (gabriella levine)</div><div> 4. Re: 3D printing patents (gabriella levine)</div><div> 5. Re: 3D printing patents (Robert Cornell)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>----------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Message: 1</div><div>Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 10:28:58 -0600</div><div>From: Matt Maier <<a href="mailto:blueback09@gmail.com">blueback09@gmail.com</a>></div><div>To: Open Manufacturing <<a href="mailto:openmanufacturing@googlegroups.com">openmanufacturing@googlegroups.com</a>>, The Open</div><div> Source Hardware Association Discussion List <<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.oshwa.org">discuss@lists.oshwa.org</a>></div><div>Subject: [Discuss] 3D printing patents</div><div>Message-ID:</div><div> <CA+S82DpHv7fWz+NE=<a href="mailto:MnaBai7D0N6_AndCA_ZtCyrCDsKze+NAA@mail.gmail.com">MnaBai7D0N6_AndCA_ZtCyrCDsKze+NAA@mail.gmail.com</a>></div><div>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"</div><div><br></div><div>What do y'all think about this?</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://3dprint.com/3187/makerbot-3d-printer-invention/">http://3dprint.com/3187/makerbot-3d-printer-invention/</a></div><div><br></div><div>*"Makerbot has invented a new type of process which, if it works properly,</div><div>will allow 3D printers to change build material mid print. They have filed</div><div>a patent to protect this solution over a year and a half ago, but just</div><div>recently was it published for the public to see, and <a href="http://3DPrint.com">3DPrint.com</a> has</div><div>uncovered it."*</div><div>*"The multiple materials would be fed into their individual feeds, which</div><div>are connected to a filament changer (or build material changer). The</div><div>filament changer would be able to slide the extrusion head from material to</div><div>material, in a fluent motion. It would also consist of a blade or other</div><div>cutting edge, that would cut the 1st material before proceeding to the</div><div>second"*</div><div>*"It covers them for other types of print processes other than FDM, and</div><div>also allows for two separate extruders to be alternately positioned along</div><div>the tool path for a similar effect..."*</div><div><br></div><div>It seems like this patent is exactly the sort of thing the community has</div><div>been discussing. Did Makerbot really invent this, or are they trying to</div><div>patent something that the open source community developed first? Is this an</div><div>example of the sort of thing we'd want to respond to in a structured way,</div><div>like doing the prior art search on behalf of the USPTO and pushing the</div><div>results to them?</div><div>-------------- next part --------------</div><div>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...</div><div>URL: <<a href="http://lists.oshwa.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20140513/a4ff4ac1/attachment-0001.html">http://lists.oshwa.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20140513/a4ff4ac1/attachment-0001.html</a>></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Message: 2</div><div>Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 10:28:58 -0600</div><div>From: Matt Maier <<a href="mailto:blueback09@gmail.com">blueback09@gmail.com</a>></div><div>To: Open Manufacturing <<a href="mailto:openmanufacturing@googlegroups.com">openmanufacturing@googlegroups.com</a>>, The Open</div><div> Source Hardware Association Discussion List <<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.oshwa.org">discuss@lists.oshwa.org</a>></div><div>Subject: [Discuss] 3D printing patents</div><div>Message-ID:</div><div> <CA+S82DpHv7fWz+NE=<a href="mailto:MnaBai7D0N6_AndCA_ZtCyrCDsKze+NAA@mail.gmail.com">MnaBai7D0N6_AndCA_ZtCyrCDsKze+NAA@mail.gmail.com</a>></div><div>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"</div><div><br></div><div>What do y'all think about this?</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://3dprint.com/3187/makerbot-3d-printer-invention/">http://3dprint.com/3187/makerbot-3d-printer-invention/</a></div><div><br></div><div>*"Makerbot has invented a new type of process which, if it works properly,</div><div>will allow 3D printers to change build material mid print. They have filed</div><div>a patent to protect this solution over a year and a half ago, but just</div><div>recently was it published for the public to see, and <a href="http://3DPrint.com">3DPrint.com</a> has</div><div>uncovered it."*</div><div>*"The multiple materials would be fed into their individual feeds, which</div><div>are connected to a filament changer (or build material changer). The</div><div>filament changer would be able to slide the extrusion head from material to</div><div>material, in a fluent motion. It would also consist of a blade or other</div><div>cutting edge, that would cut the 1st material before proceeding to the</div><div>second"*</div><div>*"It covers them for other types of print processes other than FDM, and</div><div>also allows for two separate extruders to be alternately positioned along</div><div>the tool path for a similar effect..."*</div><div><br></div><div>It seems like this patent is exactly the sort of thing the community has</div><div>been discussing. Did Makerbot really invent this, or are they trying to</div><div>patent something that the open source community developed first? Is this an</div><div>example of the sort of thing we'd want to respond to in a structured way,</div><div>like doing the prior art search on behalf of the USPTO and pushing the</div><div>results to them?</div><div>-------------- next part --------------</div><div>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...</div><div>URL: <<a href="http://lists.oshwa.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20140513/a4ff4ac1/attachment-0002.html">http://lists.oshwa.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20140513/a4ff4ac1/attachment-0002.html</a>></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Message: 3</div><div>Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 09:48:18 -0700</div><div>From: gabriella levine <<a href="mailto:gabriella.levine@gmail.com">gabriella.levine@gmail.com</a>></div><div>To: The Open Source Hardware Association Discussion List</div><div> <<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.oshwa.org">discuss@lists.oshwa.org</a>></div><div>Cc: Open Manufacturing <<a href="mailto:openmanufacturing@googlegroups.com">openmanufacturing@googlegroups.com</a>></div><div>Subject: Re: [Discuss] 3D printing patents</div><div>Message-ID:</div><div> <CA+kC6d3FaPS-qoBU76kzmyyPtWabvMPx8=<a href="mailto:cGB_XfFgJnAQfE+g@mail.gmail.com">cGB_XfFgJnAQfE+g@mail.gmail.com</a>></div><div>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"</div><div><br></div><div>That sounds totally spot on, from my understanding "Did Makerbot really</div><div>invent this, or are they trying to patent something that the open source</div><div>community developed first? ".</div><div><br></div><div> From my understanding, as a start, would be find documentation of such</div><div>processes in the public domain, documented by the open source community or</div><div>elsewhere ...</div><div><br></div><div>But i'm looking forward to hearing what others respond.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Matt Maier <<a href="mailto:blueback09@gmail.com">blueback09@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>What do y'all think about this?</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://3dprint.com/3187/makerbot-3d-printer-invention/">http://3dprint.com/3187/makerbot-3d-printer-invention/</a></div><div><br></div><div>*"Makerbot has invented a new type of process which, if it works properly,</div><div>will allow 3D printers to change build material mid print. They have filed</div><div>a patent to protect this solution over a year and a half ago, but just</div><div>recently was it published for the public to see, and <a href="http://3DPrint.com">3DPrint.com</a> has</div><div>uncovered it."*</div><div>*"The multiple materials would be fed into their individual feeds, which</div><div>are connected to a filament changer (or build material changer). The</div><div>filament changer would be able to slide the extrusion head from material to</div><div>material, in a fluent motion. It would also consist of a blade or other</div><div>cutting edge, that would cut the 1st material before proceeding to the</div><div>second"*</div><div>*"It covers them for other types of print processes other than FDM, and</div><div>also allows for two separate extruders to be alternately positioned along</div><div>the tool path for a similar effect..."*</div><div><br></div><div>It seems like this patent is exactly the sort of thing the community has</div><div>been discussing. Did Makerbot really invent this, or are they trying to</div><div>patent something that the open source community developed first? Is this an</div><div>example of the sort of thing we'd want to respond to in a structured way,</div><div>like doing the prior art search on behalf of the USPTO and pushing the</div><div>results to them?</div><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div>discuss mailing list</div><div><a href="mailto:discuss@lists.oshwa.org">discuss@lists.oshwa.org</a></div><div><a href="http://lists.oshwa.org/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.oshwa.org/listinfo/discuss</a></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>----------*RECENT & UPCOMING*-----------------------</div><div>---------------------------------</div><div>Floating Point <<a href="http://floating.pt">http://floating.pt</a>></div><div>portfolio <<a href="http://gabriellalevine.com">http://gabriellalevine.com</a>></div><div>Blog <<a href="http://www.levinegabriella.com/category/ongoing/">http://www.levinegabriella.com/category/ongoing/</a>></div><div><a href="http://sneel.co">sneel.co</a></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>------------------------</div><div>skype: gabriellalevine</div><div>m: +19177254217 (int'l)</div><div>m: +19177340587 (US)</div><div>twitter <<a href="http://twitter.com/gabriella_sneel">http://twitter.com/gabriella_sneel</a>> *vimeo</div><div><<a href="http://twitter.com/gabriella_sneel">http://twitter.com/gabriella_sneel</a>> **fb</div><div><<a href="http://flickr.com/gabriellalevine">http://flickr.com/gabriellalevine</a>> *github <<a href="http://github.com/gabriella">http://github.com/gabriella</a>></div><div>-------------- next part --------------</div><div>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...</div><div>URL: <<a href="http://lists.oshwa.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20140513/b257171e/attachment-0001.html">http://lists.oshwa.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20140513/b257171e/attachment-0001.html</a>></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Message: 4</div><div>Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 09:48:18 -0700</div><div>From: gabriella levine <<a href="mailto:gabriella.levine@gmail.com">gabriella.levine@gmail.com</a>></div><div>To: The Open Source Hardware Association Discussion List</div><div> <<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.oshwa.org">discuss@lists.oshwa.org</a>></div><div>Cc: Open Manufacturing <<a href="mailto:openmanufacturing@googlegroups.com">openmanufacturing@googlegroups.com</a>></div><div>Subject: Re: [Discuss] 3D printing patents</div><div>Message-ID:</div><div> <CA+kC6d3FaPS-qoBU76kzmyyPtWabvMPx8=<a href="mailto:cGB_XfFgJnAQfE+g@mail.gmail.com">cGB_XfFgJnAQfE+g@mail.gmail.com</a>></div><div>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"</div><div><br></div><div>That sounds totally spot on, from my understanding "Did Makerbot really</div><div>invent this, or are they trying to patent something that the open source</div><div>community developed first? ".</div><div><br></div><div> From my understanding, as a start, would be find documentation of such</div><div>processes in the public domain, documented by the open source community or</div><div>elsewhere ...</div><div><br></div><div>But i'm looking forward to hearing what others respond.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Matt Maier <<a href="mailto:blueback09@gmail.com">blueback09@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>What do y'all think about this?</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://3dprint.com/3187/makerbot-3d-printer-invention/">http://3dprint.com/3187/makerbot-3d-printer-invention/</a></div><div><br></div><div>*"Makerbot has invented a new type of process which, if it works properly,</div><div>will allow 3D printers to change build material mid print. They have filed</div><div>a patent to protect this solution over a year and a half ago, but just</div><div>recently was it published for the public to see, and <a href="http://3DPrint.com">3DPrint.com</a> has</div><div>uncovered it."*</div><div>*"The multiple materials would be fed into their individual feeds, which</div><div>are connected to a filament changer (or build material changer). The</div><div>filament changer would be able to slide the extrusion head from material to</div><div>material, in a fluent motion. It would also consist of a blade or other</div><div>cutting edge, that would cut the 1st material before proceeding to the</div><div>second"*</div><div>*"It covers them for other types of print processes other than FDM, and</div><div>also allows for two separate extruders to be alternately positioned along</div><div>the tool path for a similar effect..."*</div><div><br></div><div>It seems like this patent is exactly the sort of thing the community has</div><div>been discussing. Did Makerbot really invent this, or are they trying to</div><div>patent something that the open source community developed first? Is this an</div><div>example of the sort of thing we'd want to respond to in a structured way,</div><div>like doing the prior art search on behalf of the USPTO and pushing the</div><div>results to them?</div><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div>discuss mailing list</div><div><a href="mailto:discuss@lists.oshwa.org">discuss@lists.oshwa.org</a></div><div><a href="http://lists.oshwa.org/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.oshwa.org/listinfo/discuss</a></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>----------*RECENT & UPCOMING*-----------------------</div><div>---------------------------------</div><div>Floating Point <<a href="http://floating.pt">http://floating.pt</a>></div><div>portfolio <<a href="http://gabriellalevine.com">http://gabriellalevine.com</a>></div><div>Blog <<a href="http://www.levinegabriella.com/category/ongoing/">http://www.levinegabriella.com/category/ongoing/</a>></div><div><a href="http://sneel.co">sneel.co</a></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>------------------------</div><div>skype: gabriellalevine</div><div>m: +19177254217 (int'l)</div><div>m: +19177340587 (US)</div><div>twitter <<a href="http://twitter.com/gabriella_sneel">http://twitter.com/gabriella_sneel</a>> *vimeo</div><div><<a href="http://twitter.com/gabriella_sneel">http://twitter.com/gabriella_sneel</a>> **fb</div><div><<a href="http://flickr.com/gabriellalevine">http://flickr.com/gabriellalevine</a>> *github <<a href="http://github.com/gabriella">http://github.com/gabriella</a>></div><div>-------------- next part --------------</div><div>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...</div><div>URL: <<a href="http://lists.oshwa.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20140513/b257171e/attachment-0002.html">http://lists.oshwa.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20140513/b257171e/attachment-0002.html</a>></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Message: 5</div><div>Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 17:50:47 +0100</div><div>From: Robert Cornell <<a href="mailto:bobnet604@gmail.com">bobnet604@gmail.com</a>></div><div>To: The Open Source Hardware Association Discussion List</div><div> <<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.oshwa.org">discuss@lists.oshwa.org</a>></div><div>Subject: Re: [Discuss] 3D printing patents</div><div>Message-ID:</div><div> <<a href="mailto:CAE1FtYe_MDg6_35Pdh0324vMmRGfGLYquaYqQMP2M9r-0OVtqA@mail.gmail.com">CAE1FtYe_MDg6_35Pdh0324vMmRGfGLYquaYqQMP2M9r-0OVtqA@mail.gmail.com</a>></div><div>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"</div><div><br></div><div>Hello,</div><div><br></div><div>RepRapPro have a blog post</div><div><a href="https://reprappro.com/2014/04/15/multimaterial-research/">https://reprappro.com/2014/04/15/multimaterial-research/</a> and I've been</div><div>playing with the idea.</div><div>It's a better method that would make the patent mentioned irrelevant.</div><div><br></div><div>When Stratasys took over MakerBot and they closed their design there was a</div><div>lot of discussion about how they cashed out</div><div>on open source efforts. I suppose something like this was inevitable.</div><div><br></div><div>I can't recall seeing this exact method before so maybe they did 'invent'</div><div>it. I'm going to read the patent and dig into the archives.</div><div><br></div><div>Rob</div><div>--</div><div><a href="http://openpart.co.uk">openpart.co.uk</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On 13 May 2014 17:28, Matt Maier <<a href="mailto:blueback09@gmail.com">blueback09@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>What do y'all think about this?</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://3dprint.com/3187/makerbot-3d-printer-invention/">http://3dprint.com/3187/makerbot-3d-printer-invention/</a></div><div><br></div><div>*"Makerbot has invented a new type of process which, if it works properly,</div><div>will allow 3D printers to change build material mid print. They have filed</div><div>a patent to protect this solution over a year and a half ago, but just</div><div>recently was it published for the public to see, and <a href="http://3DPrint.com">3DPrint.com</a> has</div><div>uncovered it."*</div><div>*"The multiple materials would be fed into their individual feeds, which</div><div>are connected to a filament changer (or build material changer). The</div><div>filament changer would be able to slide the extrusion head from material to</div><div>material, in a fluent motion. It would also consist of a blade or other</div><div>cutting edge, that would cut the 1st material before proceeding to the</div><div>second"*</div><div>*"It covers them for other types of print processes other than FDM, and</div><div>also allows for two separate extruders to be alternately positioned along</div><div>the tool path for a similar effect..."*</div><div><br></div><div>It seems like this patent is exactly the sort of thing the community has</div><div>been discussing. Did Makerbot really invent this, or are they trying to</div><div>patent something that the open source community developed first? Is this an</div><div>example of the sort of thing we'd want to respond to in a structured way,</div><div>like doing the prior art search on behalf of the USPTO and pushing the</div><div>results to them?</div><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div>discuss mailing list</div><div><a href="mailto:discuss@lists.oshwa.org">discuss@lists.oshwa.org</a></div><div><a href="http://lists.oshwa.org/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.oshwa.org/listinfo/discuss</a></div></div></blockquote><div>-------------- next part --------------</div><div>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...</div><div>URL: <<a href="http://lists.oshwa.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20140513/aa7f3e14/attachment.html">http://lists.oshwa.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20140513/aa7f3e14/attachment.html</a>></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div>discuss mailing list</div><div><a href="mailto:discuss@lists.oshwa.org">discuss@lists.oshwa.org</a></div><div><a href="http://lists.oshwa.org/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.oshwa.org/listinfo/discuss</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>End of discuss Digest, Vol 24, Issue 13</div><div>***************************************</div></div></div></span>
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