Intellectual Property

National Inventors Hall of Fame
Site dedicated to peer-nominated, notable inventors
http://www.invent.org/

US Patent Office
Primary site for researching U.S. patents
http://www.uspto.gov/

World Intellectual Property Organization
Primary site for researching international patents
http://www.wipo.int/

Newswires

NewsEdge Corporation's online newspaper
http://www.prnewswire.com/news/

Online Buying Guides/Directories

Penwell Publishing's online buying guide
http://www.optoelectronics-world.com

Laurin Publishing's general photonics web site
http://www.photonicsonline.com

A virtual community and marketplace
http://www.fiberopticsonline.com

Publisher Canon Communication's web site
http://www.devicelink.com

VerticalNet's trade community in the medical device field
http://www.medicaldesignonline.com

Professional Societies

The web site of the Optical Society of America (OSA)
http://www.osa.org

Society of Photo Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) and the Industry of Physics
http://www.optics.org

American Productivity & Quality Center
Resource for process and performance improvement
http://www.apqc.org/

Industrial Research Institute
A non-profit organization focused on industrial research
http://www.iriinc.org/

International Association for Management of Technology
Association for professionals engaged in management of technology
http://www.iamot.org/

Innovation Management
The International Society for Professional Innovation Management
http://www.ispim.org/

Online information resource center for the Journal of Product Innovation Management published by Elsevier http://www.jpim-online.com/

The Management Roundtable
Site for sharing product development techniques, processes, discoveries and tools that generate innovation, customer value and faster response
http://www.managementroundtable.com/

Product Development and Management Association (PDMA)
A not-for-profit organization with a mission to improve the effectiveness of people engaged in developing and managing new products
http://www.pdma.org/

Project Management Institute (PMI)
Not-for-profit project management professional association
http://www.pmi.org/

Society of Concurrent Product Development
Site for the application of Concurrent Engineering (CE) and Integrated Product Development (IPD) in companies and organizations worldwide
http://www.soce.org/

Publishers

The site index for All Direct Books medical category
http://alldirect.com/section2.asp?CartID=453171478992021210&major_cat=med

Regulatory

The home page of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov

The web site for SWBC International, a "One stop shop for European conformity of products"
http://www.ce-marking.nl

Standards

ASTM's web site is the source for over 10,000 technical standards
http://www.astm.org

The home page for the International Standards Organization (ISO)
http://www.iso.ch

The home page for the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
http://www.ansi.org/

National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
Primary U.S. government agency for the establishment and maintenance of measurement standards
http://www.nist.gov/

Suppliers

All Mold Inc. (Injection Molding)
http://www.allmold.com

Bern Optics, Inc. (Optical Fabricator)
http://www.bernoptics.com

G-S Plastic Optics (Plastic Optics)
http://www.gsoptics.com

Golds Associates, LLC (Design Control Consultant)

http://www.goldassociates.com

Liebmann Optical Company, Inc. (Optical Fabricator)
http://www.liebmann.com

Suppliers - Others

PhotoSecure Inc. (Optical Anti-Counterfeiting Technologies)

http://www.photosec.com

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