IPIFINI Presented Top Tech Innovator Award at Premier CAD Industry Executive Conference
Massachusetts Start-up's Innovation Engine(TM) Recognized for its Revolutionary Approach to Generating and Patenting New Product Concepts

NATICK, Mass., April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Less than 18 months after its founding, IPIFINI, Inc. of Natick, MA, has won the 2006 Tech Innovator Award at the recently concluded Congress on the Future of Engineering Software (COFES 2006) -- an invitation only conference in Scottsdale, AZ, for CAD industry leaders. Presented on April 16 by CADwire.net(TM), the web's premier information resource for computer-aided design (CAD), the Tech Innovator Award recognizes companies with emerging, leading-edge technologies designed to advance product development.

CADwire.net chose IPIFINI for the 2006 award because of the start-up's groundbreaking Innovation Engine(TM), a unique proprietary database-driven software design that generates new product concepts and facilitates the patent preparation process.

"Until now, innovation typically took place on napkins, chalk boards and workbenches. IPIFINI has the first technology tool I've seen to truly seed and facilitate innovation itself," noted Rick Stavanja, editor-in-chief, CADwire.net.

"The CADwire.net Tech Innovator Award is a testament to the Innovation Engine's potential to create valuable intellectual property for our clients and life-changing inventions for consumers and enterprises," said Tod Woolf, Ph.D., founder and President, IPIFINI.

The Innovation Engine technology is a novel form of computer-aided three dimensional brainstorming that enables product designers to interactively and systematically alter existing products' form and functionality. The Innovation Engine's database of materials and parts can be customized for use in any field. The Innovation Engine design automatically searches existing patent databases to determine the uniqueness of a modified product. It also generates tables, graphics and text for patent applications. IPIFINI is offering licenses to its Innovation Engine technology for integration with existing product design software.