OVERVIEW

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OVERVIEW

• The origins of TRIZ from the patent literature
• Use in intellectual property area, problem
  solving, and forecasting
• NOTE All day workshop on TRIZ and its use in
  forecasting on Tuesday at WFS

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WHAT IS TRIZ ?

• A Russian acronym
• Theoria Resheneyva Isobretatelskehuh Zadach
• (Theory of Solving Problems Inventively)

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THE HISTORY OF TRIZ

• A discovery of a talented patent examiner for the
  Russian navy, Genrich Altshuller, 1950s
• Originated from the study of several hundred
  thousand of the worlds most inventive
  patents--now in the millions
• He recognized that the development of
  technological systems follows predictable
  patterns that cut across ALL areas of
  technology--the speed of technical evolution can
  be accelerated
• Also recognized that problem solving principles
  are also predictable and repeatable--anyone can
  invent!
• Established schools to teach after a Stalin 7 yr.
  prison term--deceased in 1999 at age 71

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I HAVE TO REMOVE CORES FROM A MILLION GREEN
PEPPERS.
INNOVATION-TRIZ,INC.

• How would I do this?

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PATTERNS OF INVENTION
Processing Sweet Peppers
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WHAT IS THE INVENTIVE PRINCIPLE (OPERATOR) ?

• Slowly raise pressure and suddenly reduce it
• A path to a solution
• An approach to solving a problem
• A direction towards an answer

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PATTERNS OF INVENTION

• Removing stems from bell peppers
• Removing shells form sunflower seeds
• Cleaning filters
• Unpacking parts wrapped in protective paper
• Splitting diamonds along micro-cracks
• Producing sugar powder from sugar crystals
• Explosive depulping

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PATTERNS OF INVENTION

• Removing stems from bell peppers
• Removing shells form sunflower seeds
• Cleaning filters
• Unpacking parts wrapped in protective paper
• Splitting diamonds along micro-cracks
• (27 years after pepper patent)
• Producing sugar powder from sugar crystals
• Explosive depulping

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PROBLEM SOLVING VS.INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

• Most typical use of TRIZ is in engineering,
  design, and product problem solving
• In problem solving, problems are generalized and
  then previous patterns are reviewed for solutions
• In the area of intellectual property, it can
  assist and provide a structure in the effort to
  broaden patent claims
• Software products can assist in patent
  circumvention

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QUESTION FOR DISCUSSION..

• Should there be as many patents as there are?
• There are only several hundred inventive
  principles that we constantly reuse!

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RESOURCES

• Web site, www.innovation-triz.com, monthly
  newsletter available
• Annual Altshuller conference, Philadelphia,
  spring, 2003
• Introductory workshops, TRIZ in non-technical
  areas, how to implement, application
  presentations
• Altshuller Institute, www.aitriz.org
• TRIZ Journal, on line at www.triz-journal.com
• Books
• And Suddenly the Inventor Appeared, Altshuller,
  40, Amazon.com
• TRIZ The Right Solution at the Right Time,
  Salamatov, 75, www.insytec.com, Amazon
• The Engineering of Creativity, Savransky, CRC
  Press/Amazon
• Hands On Systematic Innovation, Mann,
  www.creax.com