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Materials Selection, Plastics Formulation & Processing
Green Bottom Line will work with your company on materials selection for a new or revised product based upon product design, upon required and desired product functionality and capability and upon existing manufacturing processes and capabilities. Various material and manufacturing options will be presented along with anticipated finished product costs associated with each option.
Materials knowledge and expertise in traditional thermoplastics from polypropylene (PP) and polystyrene (PS) to polyesters and nylons and in sustainable plastics from polylactic acid (PLA) to polybutylene succinate (PBS). Process knowledge in injection molding, extrusion, foaming, paper coating, lamination and thermoforming.
Materials knowledge and expertise in paper, paper coatings and alternative fibers also exists.
Examples of Services Available
Provide framework for selecting proper material for product
o work with company executives, as well as marketing, sales and technical departments
o understand product application, function and production capabilities
o develop product and material requirements
Manage plastics formulation development program
o understand material requirements, including intended market, applications and production capabilities
o identify raw material vendors
o obtain raw material documentation
o manage formulation development and optimization, including processing parameters
o manage material property testing
o manage customer testing of plastics formulation
o provide cost estimates for formulated material
o develop protocol for certifying to customers
Manage plastics process development program
o understand production process capabilities
o manage process development and optimization
§ equipment and tooling design and specification
§ process conditions
o manage final property testing
Act as technical resource on call for when questions arise
Provide updates on new materials or competitive products from publicly available information
Perform competitive analyses
Intellectual Property Services
To reduce your company's intellectual property costs, Green Bottom Line works with your company and its intellectual property attorneys to perform tasks such as
developing an intellectual property strategy and its ongoing costs;
implementing an invention submission protocol;
performing patentability and infringement searches;
making inquiries regarding licensing opportunities; and
writing initial patent application drafts.
All intellectual property work will be performed by a registered patent agent with the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). Green Bottom Line specializes in electronic media or Internet, packaging, materials (including plastic, metal and paper, polymer chemistry, formulations, processing equipment and processing and uses), organic chemistry and biochemistry.
Examples of Services Available
Develop and implement intellectual property program including:
o invention disclosure forms and system
o invention documentation
o invention prioritization
o patenting strategy
o document filing and storage
Write patent applications
Perform prior art searches
o for issued patents and published patent applications
o in public literature
o on the Internet
Evaluate intellectual property portfolios
Perform competitive analyses
Communicate with the United States Patent & Trademark Office
Interact with inventors
Interact with patent attorneys
Technology licensing inquiries
