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Industry: Electronic and Telecommunication Products |
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Duration: Aug 2004 - May 2005 |
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Print-Rite was founded in 1982 as a trading company in office supplies and stationery. Its first manufacturing arm was established in Zhuhai in 1988. Today, the company produces and distributes more than 1,000 types of imaging products such as ribbons, inkjet cartridges and laser cartridges. 80% of its products are distributed to more than 60 countries or territories, including the US, Canada, Australia, Europe and Latin America.
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To develop product design patents |
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| HKPC's Services/Solutions |
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HKPC trained the company on TRIZ, a method to enhance innovative potential, achieve breakthroughs in product design and generate new intellectual property (IP). HKPC helped the company understand patent document structures in order to avoid infringing on the IP rights of existing products. It also helped the company solve problems with innovation and design. |
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| Productivity Achievements |
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Success in inventing 35 new products for patent registration after overcoming limitations imposed by 200 patents of other companies |
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Success in developing innovative designs, including an intelligent ink cartridge known as "86T", a patented product which won the 9th Award for Outstanding Chinese Patented Invention |
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A Good grasp of product design trends |
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Ability to borrow relevant knowledge from other industries for product innovation |
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