Over the years, we have created many innovative new products for our clients that are now fully patented. Just a few of our protected product designs are illustrated here.

Worldwide patenting is expensive, but by careful selection of countries and the use of Registered Design, Copyright, etc, protection can be secured at a sensible price.

As well as protecting your own invention, it is also very important when starting out on a new product development program, to check for any existing patents that may be infringed. During the course of our work, we have built up extensive contacts with companies and individuals specialising in Intellectual Property protection, who we can bring into a project for advice about both protection and infringement at critical stages, thus minimising the costs to our clients.

You can read about how we helped Simon Harrop of The Aroma Company realise and protect the commercial potential of a good idea and more detailed information about IP, in a Business Link guide to Patents, Registered Design, Copyright, Trade Marks, and Design Right on the Business Link website below.

As experienced product design consultants who regularly help small and medium sized companies get their ideas into production, we have now released our own fully patented healthcare product, the Flexyfoot walking aid ferrule into the marketplace.

After rigorous research, design, prototype development and testing, we raised the capital to fund the manufacture and marketing costs, enabling us to launch the new product at the Rehacare Trade Fair and Congress in Germany this year.

As a result of the very positive reception at this show, we have made some excellent contacts and there is a lot of interest from companies wanting to take up distribution rights worldwide.

Hopefully this is an indication that despite all the economic problems, there is still great potential for well designed new products in the healthcare market internationally.

For more information on Flexyfoot and many other products we have designed, see our own 'Projects' section and the Flexyfoot website.

http://www.flexyfoot.com

Last year we decided to design and build a new studio and workshop at Barn House. Over the years, we have designed and developed many architectural products and building components, including the award winning Thrislington toilet cubicles, a ridge venting system for the Willan Group and kitchen sinks for Franke, so we thought we would do it for ourselves. It took around 9 months from the initial plans to completion and we became experts on insulation, timber frame construction, the building regulations and even septic tanks!

It's a great environment to work in and with the 'on-suite' workshop, we can quickly try out ideas without spending too much time or money going down routes that just don't work when you get them in your hands.

If you would like to have a chat about getting new products built, please contact David Goodwin or Nick Hamnett.

design@goodwin-design.co.uk

Tel. +44(0) 1483 722686
Goodwin Product Design