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.
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Going With the Flowbee
The TV reporter was astonished when Clooney told her he uses a Flowbee to cut his hair. He said he had been using the device—a vacuum cleaner attachment that comes with 10 plastic spacers—for 22 years. Was he serious?
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Stretch Solution
Plantar fasciitis took Jim Cooper from being a world-class distance runner to being unable to walk. Now both his toes and a career as an inventor are inclined upward.
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Inventions That Never Caught On
Don’t think for a minute that extreme inventions are limited to the present.
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Hits and Errors
With MLB’s Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) technology, an official in the press box monitors a laptop running a system that electronically determines the call.
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Getting Busy
Invented by Beth Fynbo of Oronoco, Minnesota, the Busy Baby Mat holds utensils and playthings that will not land on the floor or in your lap.
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Seeing an Opening
With a Buckle Me Baby Coat, parents can put on the coat at home, then use it in the car seat without taking off the coat.
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Patent Brokerage Services
IPOfferings is the one-stop patent broker for today’s independent inventor.
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