From Idea to Profitability
ABOUT PRS
"From Idea to Profitability"
Product Realization Specialties, LLC offers the comprehensive capabilities and deep industry knowledge necessary to help you solve the most complex issues of your product or business. Our Principal, founder and lead consultant, Jeff Shakespeare, PhD., has over 40 years of multi-industry experience as well as over 35 patents across the board.
Want to experience the expertise of Product Realization Specialties, LLC for yourself? Give us a call today and let’s discuss what we can do for you. Below, we have listed our areas of current development expertise. Feel free to deep dive to truly explore our work and vision.
WHY PRODUCT REALIZATION SPECIALTIES?
Solutions for Success
Product Realization Specialties, LLC is dedicated to helping companies and individual inventors bring their ideas to market. With over 30 patents in a variety of areas including optoelectronics, optics, biomedical, industrial sensing, energy conversion, consumer products and sports equipment, the company has over 35 years of industrial experience including international consulting.
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PRS has a unique business model, partnering with clients to do up front design work at minimal cost, determine overall feasibility and assess initial IP. We have a strong network of professional support including patent counsel, corporate counsel, electrical engineering, software, mechanical engineering and marketing to accomplish design, analysis, market research, preliminary patent search, first prototype fabrication, production ramp and sourcing, as well as work with patent counsel to file provisional, utility or ornamental design patents. Experienced in SolidWorks CAD/CAM, thermal analysis and experimentation, Zmax optical design, process development, fixture design, Design of Experiments, and fiber optic alignment.
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PRS also provides consulting for optoelectronic packaging including FMA and corrective action, DOE, 3D solid modeling CAD/CAM, thermal analysis and experiment design, Zmax and optical design, process development and fixturing design, Introduction to Manufacturing, Development/Manufacturing team building and Professional Development courses on fiber optics and optoelectronic packaging.
OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Discover Our Expertise
OPTOELECTRONIC PACKAGING / OPTICS
World’s first Laser Integrated Modulator in a single cost-saving package
Advanced solder bonding techniques and DAP profiles for optoelectronic packages
Ion etching to remove NiO and eliminate solder joint failure on opto components
Advanced open beam wavelength locker technology including the patented stepped etalon, automated alignment techniques and miniaturization
Method of compensating stress induced birefringence in an opto package to eliminate yield loss due to poor isolation for a distributed isolator
BIOMEDICAL / INDUSTRIAL SENSING
World’s first Optical Coherence Tomography based non-invasive glucose monitor
Locating system for autistic child and others
World’s first lithium niobate phase modulated acoustic pipeline leak detection system
Packaging for mid-IR antimonide laser for remote gas sensing application including optics, optical coupling, thermal management and assembly process development
SPORTS / CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Sports Equipment
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Limiting Sports helmet
PRS Pro Pocket lacrosse accessory (Client)
Toys
Heirloom solid hardwood toys
Clean Energy Conversion
Sail Based Wind Energy System
Consumer Products
Low cost Illumaguard battery backup system for home lighting