The basic steps in how to become a registered patent agent or patent attorney recognized by the USPTO. Get paid to examine the inventions of the next Thomas Edison.

Most of us either own a recliner or know a friend or family member who does. The innovative chair design was invented during the spring of 1928, about the same ... Read More

Gino Tsai, a mechanical engineer claims that his legs were too short, and his walking speed always seemed too slow to get around his large bicycle factory in Chang Hua, ... Read More

Get educated in how the whole process works with basic lessons on how to potentially turn an idea into a money making invention.

Benjamin Franklin advanced the single fluid theory of electricity, originated "plus" and "minus" designations, and invented the lightning rod. Inventions of Benjamin Franklin The Library of Congress will celebrate the tricentennial of ... Read More

"A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing, Everyone knows it’s Slinky…” "It's Slinky, it's Slinky, for fun it's a wonderful toy" "It's Slinky, it's Slinky, it's fun for a girl ... Read More

To my readers, thanks for your thought provoking questions, for your contributions, and for your kind words. This week I would like to salute the following readers. Jeff for the ... Read More

In May, 1886, Coca Cola was invented by Doctor John Pemberton a pharmacist from Atlanta, Georgia. John Pemberton concocted the Coca Cola formula in a three legged brass kettle in ... Read More

How much do you know about the history of the automobile? Before you take this quiz on car trivia - you may want to rev up on your knowledge with ... Read More

In 1954, Swanson TV Dinners fufilled two post-war trends: the lure of time-saving modern appliances and the fascination with a growing innovation called television. History of Food

We now have updated tutorials on filing for Nonprovisional Utility Provisional Utility Design and Plant patent applications. To file a patent application (patent filing) means to present a formal application for a patent to ... Read More

"I have asked Professor George W. Carver to make a careful study of the condition and needs of the farmers in Macon and surrounding counties and to publish something that ... Read More