Invention Machine Unveils Innovation Software to Foster Expert Collaboration

BOSTON, February 23, 2010 - Invention Machine, the innovation software company, today announced the
availability of Invention Machine Goldfire 6.0 with integrated collaboration
and expert identification technologies to further accelerate product
innovation. The new software automatically identifies and connects innovation
workers with domain experts, delivers solutions immediately and measures
company-wide innovation initiatives and trends in real time. It also empowers
the community with precise innovation intelligence by leveraging undocumented
expertise from problem-sharing dialogues, then captures and processes those
discussions as reusable corporate assets. Goldfire 6.0 is designed to
increase productivity between five to 30 percent, accelerate every day
innovation activities and deliver cutting-edge products quickly.

Invention Machine has added new content to Goldfire, the innovation
intelligence platform. Users can now access patents from local authorities in
France, Germany, Japan and the U.K. and also take advantage of Goldfire's
intra-lingual capability to read the summaries in their own languages. In
addition, more than 18 million citations from PubMed's 5,200 biomedical
journals were added to Goldfire and 3.5 million documents from 1,100 deep web
sites were pre-indexed, making it easier for users to tap into additional
innovation intelligence.

"Maintaining an innovation-edge is critical to our business success,"
said Kelvin Pitman, director, Open Innovation, Crown Packaging Technology, a
subsidiary of Crown Holdings, Inc. "Goldfire 6.0's new capabilities will
allow us to easily identify experts and foster better collaboration within
the organization, accelerating the development of innovative products for our
customers to meet ever-changing consumer demands."

Goldfire drives and sustains the innovation process by helping global
manufacturers transform ideas into market leading products, efficiently and
economically. The platform combines proven innovation workflows and
collaboration capabilities with precise access to corporate and external
knowledge. This unique software empowers innovators so they can deliver the
right products the first time, validate and rank the right ideas and
streamline the ideas to productization process.

"In today's global environment, every day innovation workers must
successfully tap into experts and utilize knowledge throughout their
innovation intelligence ecosystem," said Jim Todhunter, chief technology
officer, Invention Machine. "Goldfire 6.0 connects the right people at the
right time, accelerates product innovation so innovators can deliver the
right solutions, which in turn can significantly impact a company's
bottomline."

About Invention Machine

The innovation software company, Invention Machine drives sustainable
innovation by empowering global organizations to deliver market-leading
products, consistently and rapidly. Manufacturers in more than 25 countries
rely on Invention Machine Goldfire to design the right products the first
time, improve processes and foster market expansion. Goldfire, the innovation
intelligence platform, identifies, validates and ranks the right ideas
consistently, streamlining and accelerating the ideation to productization
process. Goldfire fuels and sustains innovation across numerous industries,
including aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer technology, energy and
environment and life sciences. For additional information, please visit
www.Invention-Machine.com.

Parna Sarkar of Invention Machine, +1-617-305-9250, ext. 3305, psarkar at inventionmachine.com