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Teruyuki KamimuraJapanese Patent AttorneyCertified TRIZ practitionerCEO of Willfort International Patent Firm

“Before I met I-TRIZ in 2008, I had been practicing Classical TRIZ for several years. At that time, I felt the necessity of improving Classical TRIZ more user-friendly, more efficient and more effective for ordinary engineers to develop a larger number of more outstanding inventions in shorter time, while I had no good ideas to make it. But, I-TRIZ has solved that problem without tears like a dream. Furthermore, I-TRIZ has dramatically enriched my patent firm’s service portfolio. I-TRIZ comprises four main systematic methodologies, IPS, AFD, DE and CIP, which cover almost all the stages of an innovation activity. Taking advantage of those methodologies, we provide very wide array of unique and effective IP services. This is the greatest strength of my firm remarkably distinguishing us from the other patent firms in Asia.“

©Ideation International Inc. 2012

Bill Coughlin President & CEO at Ford Global Technologies, LLC Adjunct Professor at Thomas M. Cooley Law School

“Zion has a genuine heart for education and a real dedication to helping clients to find innovative solutions.”February 18, 2010

Top qualities: Personable, High Integrity , Creative

Hired Zion as a Business Consultant in 2003 , and hired Zion more than once


Dr. Ron Fulbright,Chair, Department of InformaticsUniversity of South Carolina Upstate

“I started using classical TRIZ over 16 years ago. About 6 years ago I became aware of I-TRIZ and have been using it ever since and I use it almost every day. For the past 4 years, I have entered a state-wide innovative business idea contest and have won five awards including the Grand Prize in 2008. (No other person has won more than 1 award in this contest.) Even though I did not win an award in the latest contest, I placed 2 ideas in the top-ten. I employ I-TRIZ in the development of my ideas for this annual contest and it undoubtedly gives me an edge. As the evolution of classical TRIZ, I-TRIZ represents the distillation of human innovative thought. By encapsulating the entirety of human innovation and making it accessible to the average person, one can stand on the shoulders of the most innovative, creative, and inventive people throughout history. Using it is like having Thomas Edison and Yoshiro Nakamats right there in the room with you!”


Dr. Paul H. King, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, EmeritusProfessor of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritusat Vanderbilt University

“I have found that IWB (Innovation Workbench) is a useful addition to my student’s toolboxes in their pursuit of their design projects. We have had a good ~ 10 year history of collaboration with Ideation International.”


Rene Kapik, Ph.D.Medical Industry Consultant, Certified Master Black BeltCertified I-TRIZ Specialist

Ideation has created an outstanding innovative product that assists users in discovering innovative solutions for themselves. Ideation's revolutionary software, called I-TRIZ, has brought clarity to the long-standing mystery of classical TRIZ and simplicity of the tools that once required extended study time to master. I discovered the power of the software five years ago, when I began applying the tools in both my new product development and continuous improvement roles.

My teams have demonstrated the remarkable ability of the IWB software tool to facilitate in solving chronic, so-called "unsolvable", and expensive problems by removing barriers to creative thinking and eliminating typical product performance trade-offs that result in sub-optimized product functionality. The Directed Evolution software tool allows the user to anticipate the direction of a products evolution. Using this tool, my teams have created a higher level of patentable and profitable "next generation" products and processes, adding millions of dollars in new revenue to my companies' bottom line.


Paul Seguin, Ph.D., P.E.Strategy and Integration Office U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

I first became acquainted with ITRIZ in 2004. I soon became so enamored with its elegance and efficiency for problem solving that I chose to study it intensively and become a certified ITRIZ specialist. Since then, ITRIZ has become (and remains) my 21st century system of choice for addressing all of my strategic analytical issues: organizational/managerial problem solving, anticipation of unknown failure modes, and identification of future agency challenges. I have also introduced its concepts and techniques to executive leaders at my agency, and to design engineering students at George Mason University, who use it on their inventive engineering challenges.

Disclaimer: This statement reflects the personal views of the author, and does

not represent any official position of the U.S. Government or the U.S. Army.


“Using Invention on Demand and Directed Evolution, Ideation’s I-TRIZ staff helped us turn one patented surgical device into a core of products that we used to start a company. Our company has received its second round of venture-backed funding and will be selling its first products in the next few months. Without Ideation’s help we would have licensed our technology and would be waiting for a royalty stream for a very long time. For medical devices, I-TRIZ has proven to be the best way to attack a future market, solve design problems and to get the most out of the intellectual property we have.”

Lee I. Fenicle, Director Intellectual Resources ManagementCreighton University


“I was completely hooked on Triz about half way though the Ideation introductory seminar. Their vast knowledge of the technology can be overwhelming. And this is why Innovation WorkBench is so valuable – it allows the average person to use these powerful principles without needing years of study. And my students have used it gainfully in their capstone design projects. Their slogan, ‘Innovation on Demand’ says it all.”

Prof. James F. AntakiProfessor of Biomedical Engineering(Carnegie Mellon University)Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering(University of Pittsburgh)


Karel BolckmansDirector Global R&D and ProductionKoppert BV, Netherlands

“I found that I-TRIZ helps you look in directions where traditional creativity techniques would never take you. It helpsyou cover the entire scope of potential innovations. I-TRIZ is so powerful that it should become part of any educationcurriculum and the main component of a company’s toolbox for those businesses that are serious about innovation."


Herbert RobertsPrincipal EngineerGeneral Electric – Energy


“I have been training with the I-TRIZ specialist at Ideation International since 2005. I have progressed in my problem solving skills with each level of training. In my work as a gas turbine engineer at General Electric, I have developed over 90 patent applications in my field based on my skills as an I-TRIZpractitioner. One of these patent applications came directly out of a Directed Evolution training session. I have use the Innovation WorkBench software to teach the I-TRIZ principles to my fellow engineers and to support my own problem solving needs.”

Rick HoldrenHealthcareangel


“I've known Zion for over a decade and has used his firm on multiple reports. I recommend his TRIZ analysis and knowledge...”

Alexander Zelikov, ESQIntellectual Property AttorneyCertified I-TRIZ Practitioner


“I initially came into contact with TRIZ early in my engineering career. As an engineer, I have used TRIZ principles in developing solutions to various challenging technical problems, including those that have resulted in patented inventions.

As an intellectual property attorney, I have used I- TRIZand the underlying TRIZ principles in advising clients and during patent preparation. I have found that I- TRIZ facilitates a broader approach to the development of patentable subject matter, including the development of patent fencing, thus creating additional value to the client”

Jonh Doorish, Ph.DDoorish Ophthalmic Technologies, Inc


What Zion Bar-El has done for Doorish Ophthalmic Technologies is to spell out the strengths and/or weaknesses of the AeRP/MeRPin order to increase the effectiveness of the device and the project. The system used, TRIZ, is a brilliant Mathematical procedure that enables companies to determine the most efficient and cost effective ways of proceeding. Doorish Ophthalmic Technologies is indebted to Zion for his great work.


“I have traveled and worked on some projects with Zion and found him to be very hard working and providing exceptional value to his clients. In at least one occasion, I saw his team find some very exciting ways to improve and strengthen the patents for a start-up medical company which would provide some nice blocking IP.”

David P. WeaverCEO at Blaze Medical Devices, LLCBoard of Directors Member & Chairperson, Life Science Task Force at Michigan Israel Business Bridge (MIBB)CEO / President at AimattechConsulting LLC

Ari Manor CEOZOOZ Consulting

“Sometimes engineers encounter difficult technological problems in development, manufacturing and operation. Problems that they do not know how to solve, and that need “special treatment”.

Ideation’s TRIZ scientists offer brilliant and feasible solutions to 95% of such problems, and this is what makes them the best technological think tank in the world. Or, as one of my clients commented on Ideation’s suggestions to his problems: “It’s insane!” ”


Dr. Randi DikemanDean of Corporate and Community DevelopmentEdgecombe Community CollegeTarboro, NC


“The TRIZ methodologies, facilitated by Ideation’s I-TRIZ software tools, really open your mind to innovations from technical fields you aren’t as familiar with. These new applications of innovation can provide inventive solutions to the tough problems that remain after Lean Six Sigma approaches have made initial improvement.”

Charley AnsbachCEO Ansbach & AssociatesAdjunct Professor, Social EnterpriseUniversity of the Pacific


“Ideation has created the system-based "magic shop" for making innovation part of any company at every level, every day.”

Sadegh Babaii Kochekseraii, PhD CAE/FEA, Virtual AanlysisChrysler, Mexico


“Wanting to solve this contradiction: How to make TRIZ Complex to be used by the masters and the specialist, BUT Simple to make it usefull to the general working professinals, engineers, scientists. I was lost until I was introduced to IDEATION suite of TRIZ software tools and IWB(Ideation Work Bench) in particular. In IWB, I see a powerful tool where, even if you wish, you can teach yourself to take advantage of true potential of TRIZ in a package useful to masters, specialists and general working professionals alike.”

Gail CresswellSuccessful Entrepreneur


“As a key player in the leadership of his business, I’ve seen Zion make considerable contributions to the overall strategic direction of Ideation by implementing well thought out marketing strategies and plans. It is always a pleasure working with him and his colleagues.”

Ash MadanPrincipal Engineer & IP LeadEthicon Endo- Surgery, J&J

“While the engineers were applying the IWB, the Ideation International scientist used the IWB to produce a number of viable concepts. In live meetings, they demonstrated how the Ethicon Endo-Surgery (EES) engineers could develop such concepts using the IWB.Both the training and support for 3 months produced a final concept that is expected to achieve 90% of cost targets and 100% of volume target. Without Ideation International’s contribution, it was likely for us to have challenge in overcoming our psychological inertia and settle for less than the superior outcome.At EES we plan to use IWB as well as Intellectual Property Software ( IPS) to compete in the new dynamics of the medical device industry. We will not only deliver superior medical devices, but also protect intellectual property for the business.”


Endorsements

"Absolutely brilliant!"

LeighAnn Weiland, Corporate Counsel for Intellectual Property

Hewlett-Packard Corporation

"I-TRIZ gives you a head start on designing things right the first time and it allows you to look for solutions in places you might not normally think to look.”

Chuck Buchanan, Certified TRIZ Master and Managing Director of Innovation Ohio Systems, LLC (IOS)


Endorsements

“In my experience, most problems that seem unsolvable really have more to do with the way the individual is looking at the problem. I-TRIZ breaks down those psychological barriers and provides a step-by-step guide and structure for looking at the problem from different perspectives. Because I-TRIZ draws on a large base of lessons learned and doesn’t recognize industry or application boundaries, it is able to engage you in a series of possible approaches or solutions you may not normally have access to."

William Dean, defense industry consultant


Endorsements

"…I suspected that it would be much like any other relationship -- a good product and limited support. What I received instead was excellent support, additional books, and software. Most importantly, I was treated as a partner, not a customer. It is most reassuring to know that if I have a question or require additional information, help is only a phone call away…."

James C. Bradley, Ph.D., P.E., Senior Engineer

Avant Group, Inc.


Endorsements

“In this business, everyone is looking for a crystal ball, but Ideation's Disclosure Evaluation report is the next best thing. It tells me at a glance how to manage a piece of IP and the decisions to make for the next few years—whether to invest, when to invest, and for how long. I can also use this information as an intellectual asset management tool to manage my IP portfolio at the organizational level.”

Michael Sharer, Ph.D., MBA

Director, Technology Transfer & Licensing/Commercialization

Western Michigan University


Endorsements

"Ideation has a model for innovation that works. The company’s unique knowledge-based inventive problem-solving methodology called Ideation-TRIZ (pronounced "trees"), among other benefits, is helping companies overcome technological roadblocks, invent on demand and identify next generation breakthrough products."

Lou Luedtke, President and CEO

The National Composite Center


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