Journeys of Invention: Science and Technology From Past to Present

The home screen shows thumbnails of all 81 objects, connected by lines of various colors. Tapping on an object zooms in on it, and tapping on it again lets you launch its animation (if any) or access related drawings or images. The colored lines connecting …
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Camp Invention at Hehnly School in Clark fosters problemp-solving skills

Camp Invention, the nation’s premier summer enrichment day camp program that is supported by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) came to Hehnly School the week of July 27-July 31. Directed by …
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Process of invention can be long, tedious

I wrote last week that I was curious as to how a Chinese vendor of paper cups found me as a potential consumer and sent me an e-mail inquiry as to my needs. A few readers responded to inform me of some answers. Ray Cote of Peterborough and David Mitchell …
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When should you do a Patent Search?

Most frequently, inventors will seek a patent search once they have an invention that they think is worth patenting, but sometimes inventors won’t yet have an invention that is complete, but would like to get a sense of the patent landscape to determine …
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