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8 Inventions You Thought Were Patent-Free But Could Get You Sued If You Use … – Mother Jones


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8 Inventions You Thought Were Patent-Free But Could Get You Sued If You Use
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Innovation is the foundation of America, and since 1790, entrepreneurs have been able to claim patents on their inventions so that copycats can't profit off their work. But some companies have found a controversial use of the American patent system, 
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Ladies Last: 8 Inventions by Women That Dudes Got Credit For – Mother Jones


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Ladies Last: 8 Inventions by Women That Dudes Got Credit For
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When she was barely 20, she started collaborating with the inventor Charles Babbage at the University of London on his "Analytical Engine," an early model of a computer. In 1843, she added extensive notes of her own to a paper on Babbage's machine, 

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