December 2007:
. Painting on a guests cast in the own restaurant in Baden - Vienna / Austria
. Positive feedback from employees of the hospital in Baden at a date of check
. New design with Christmas-Styling and thinking about possible technics
. Learning how to use the napkin-technic and trying different materials
. Inquiries in the net in German and English
January 2008:
. Contacting a famous Patent-Agent-Company in Vienna, first phrasing of the necessary
patent-claims
. Meeting with the General Secretary for Public Healthcare of the Ministry of Health, Family and
Youth in Vienna - Recommandation and positive feedback for CAST-Design
February 2008:
. Collecting of Informations about the several materials (safety-sheets of clues,...)
. Planning of the futural company and the office
. Round-tables about fiscal topics, European Rights, Meetings with families and kids (designs)
March 2008:
. Mailing with managers of Swarovski/Wattens (Tirol) concerning the use of crystals as
accessoires, additionally applicated on a CAST-Design
. Finishing and presenting the map of the patent-claims at the Patent-Office of Austria, Vienna
. Meeting with the Key Account Manager of Swarovski in the Restaurant Hauswiese, Baden.
Acceptance to use the term "Crystallized by Swarovski" for CAST-Design
April 2008:
. Talks with different big print-offices in Europe concerning printing on napkins, qualities, colors,
safety-sheets for materials,...
. Meetings with employees of hospitals, like the Clinical "Thermenregion" Baden, the
Clinical "Mostviertel" Scheibbs,...
. Mailing from Swarovski (CCB Direct Markets West - Customer Interaction Center) - with the list
of the whole-salers (Crystals of Swarovski) in Austria, also receiving a parcel with a lot of
crystals to practice
. High-level-talks with managers of famous PR - workshops, planning of marketing-strategies,
roll-out, time-table, PR in printings and TV,...
May to December 2008:
. Producing of further designs, testing different materials
. Sending the first Information-maps, feedbacks from marketing-analyses (favorite designs)
. Decided seperation to other patents (e. g. in the USA), partly new patent claims
. Videoclip, presentations of CAST-Design in several hospitals in Austria
March 2009:
. Presenting the map of the patent-claims at the Patent-Office of Germany
October 2009 - 2010:
. Making the patent public in Austria and Germany by the Patent-Offices
. Examination-procedure for Austria, then positive decision and announcement of certification
. Order for Examination-procedure for Germany by the Patent-Agent-Company
. Private emigration to Vorarlberg / Western Austria
March 2011:
. Receipt of the official Patent-Certification for Austria
. Foundation of the company CAST-Design
January 2012:
. starting the german site
. mailing