This handbook was created by the Lemelson-MIT Program to address the independent inventor's and aspiring entrepreneur's most frequently asked questions regarding United States patents.
Our goal is, very simply, to provide more machine and tooling choices to our users and more leads to our sellers than any other machinery marketplace in the world on an easy-to-use platform with great customer support.
The Virtual Machine Shop (VMS) is a web site dedicated to the perpetuation of machine tool knowledge and training. This project is designed and maintained by volunteers from industry and academia and is free to everyone.
