
270 Process Techniques for Engineering High-Performance Materials
Show various versions of
your samples to
customers
and industry experts
Use confidentiality
agreements and
other measures to
protect your patent
position
Determine why these
applications could not
be satisfied in the past
Determine what format your
potential product needs to
take in order to satisfy the
opportunity
You never know in
advance which
applications will be
a good fit
Seek out and
evaluate as
many end-use
applications
as possible
Evaluate the database
of unmet customer
needs, and look for
possible fits
Goal: to evaluate
market opportunities
for a promising
process capability
How wide
is the
process
window? ...