Your USPTO
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Your USPTO: The Search for Lost X-patents
Surviving X-patents are scattered far and wide. Some are at grand repositories like the National Archives and the Smithsonian Institution. Others are at state and local archives, buried amid the papers of inventors, their businesses, or their families.
American Inventors
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When Was the 3 Millionth Patent Granted?
U.S. Patent No. 3,000,000 was granted to Dr. Kenneth R. Eldredge of Palo Alto, California, for an automatic reading system for utilities.
Eye On Washington
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Iancu Blasts Waiver
“Property rights are not just good for the economy. They save lives.”
Inventing 101
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Moving at the Right Pace
Some inventors move way too fast to market, overlooking key considerations that could help them succeed or prevent them from wasting a lot of money. Some inventors move too slowly, paralyzed from too much analysis, and fail to move on their idea when it has a chance to succeed.
Lander Zone
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The Language (and Vision) of Inventing
The inventor’s language, as I think of it, is a vision of form as well as sounds and their symbolic equivalents.
Marketing Tips
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The Art of the Newsjack
Great publicists will always be looking for things in the news that make your product or invention reportable.
Bright Ideas
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A Mechanical Puzzle and More
The makers of the Tetra Puzzle say “It's a captivating and mysterious challenge to understand and unlock. It activates your spatial reasoning and manual dexterity skills in a way that's immersive and deeply engaging.”
Time Tested
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Still On Guard
A good pizza is supposed to stick to the roof of your mouth, not the inside top of a corrugated cardboard box.
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