Who Doesn't Love Cookies?
Sunday December 30, 2012
Do you know what was the first cookie to be mass-produced in the United States, the country that eats the most cookies (more than 2 billion per year) in the ... Read More
The Mickey Mouse Image
Friday December 28, 2012
Did you know that the image of Mickey Mouse is the most reproduced in the world? Over 7,500 items bear his likeness. Jesus is number two, and Elvis is number ... Read More
Does an Inventor get Paid when a Patent is Granted?
Thursday December 27, 2012
A patent does not guarantee monetary success by itself. An inventor gets paid by either selling the invention or by licensing or selling (assigning) the patent rights to someone else. ... Read More
Always Read The Small Print
Sunday December 23, 2012
First News received the Guinness World Record for the smallest newspaper on November 8, 2007 in London, England. The children's newspaper published the paper for Guinness World Record Day.
Did you ... Read More
Design Patents
Sunday December 23, 2012
A design patent is a type of patent that covers the ornamental aspects of a design. The functional aspects of an invention are covered by a utility patent, the most ... Read More
Nation’s Top Scientists and Innovators of 2012
Saturday December 22, 2012
President Obama today (12/22/12) named twelve researchers as recipients of the National Medal of Science and eleven inventors as recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, ... Read More
Stuffing Stuffers For The Mad Scientist
Saturday December 15, 2012
So what do you give to an inventor/invention lover? Well if they have patented an invention themselves, besides giving them a pat on the back for being so clever, how ... Read More
The History of Christmas Stuff
Saturday December 15, 2012
Did you know that in 1882 the first Christmas tree was illuminated by the use of electricity? Or that a Catholic priest called Gregory Keller invented a machine to automate ... Read More
Who Invented The Ugly Christmas Sweater?
Tuesday December 11, 2012
With all the ugly Christmas sweater party invites flooding my inbox, I had to know (and understand why) who invented the ugly Christmas sweater. Who patented bad taste? Short of ... Read More
Inventor Threatens To Prohibit The Making of Snowmen
Wednesday December 5, 2012
According to Gawker humor, Ignacio Marc Asperas invented snowmen in 2006 and now demands that no one makes a snowman without paying him a royalty. Asperas sent the U.S. Patent ... Read More
Hold It In - The History of Synthetic Marijuana
Tuesday December 4, 2012
He did not intend on inventing it. And he certainly does not want you to smoke it. However, John Huffman did indeed invent synthetic marijuana while researching the effects of cannabinoids on ... Read More
Writing Descriptions (Patent Applications)
Monday December 3, 2012
The description, together with the claims, are often referred to as the specification.
That last sentence was carefully worded.
As the words suggest, these are the sections of the patent application where ... Read More
Lock it Up... And Hide the Key
Saturday December 1, 2012
UC San Diego computer scientists have built a software program that can perform key duplication without having the key. Instead, the computer scientists only need a photograph of the key.
"We ... Read More