This tool serves as a "matchmaking" system for the particular needs of the home
building industry to establish mutually beneficial relationships required to develop,
test, finance, and ultimately commercialize innovations. It enables multiple categories
of listings of organizations and individuals with technologies, inventions, or services
to provide requests for organizations and individuals looking to acquire technologies,
inventions, or competencies.
Note that these tools use the following terms:
- Manufacturer: an entity using these tools that builds a product,
- Service Provider: an entity using these tools that provides a service related to
the development of a product, and
- User: any entity using these tools for any reason.