Patent of the Week: Manner of Buoying Vessels Over Shoals
On May 22, 1849, President Abraham Lincoln was granted the patent for MANNER OF BUOYING VESSELS OVER SHOALS U.S. Patent No. 6,469. This patent was designed to improve the “manner of combining…
Patent of the Week: Climbing or Trailing Rose
On August 18, 1931, Henry Bosenberg was granted the patent for CLIMBING OR TRAILING ROSE US PP1. The climbing rose or “New Dawn” was the first plant patent granted by the United States Patent and…
Patent of the Week: Tetrafluoroethylene Polymers (Teflon)
On February 4, 1941, Roy J. Plunkett was granted the patent for “Tetrafluoroethylene Polymers” also known as Teflon®. U.S. Patent No. 2,230,654. Roy Plunkett worked for DuPont research laboratories…
Patent of the Week: Brewing Beer and Ale
On January 28, 1873 Louis Pasteur was granted the patent for BREWING BEER AND ALE, U.S. Patent No. 135,245. Louis Pasteur born in Dole, France was a French chemist and microbiologist. His most…
Patent of the Week: Soda Fountain
Samuel Fahnestock was granted a patent for the first soda fountain on April 23, 1819. MINERAL WATER APPARATUS, U.S. Patent No. X3,096. While soda fountains have given way to bottled and canned soda,…
Patent of the Week: Multi-Functional Hand-Held Device (iPhone)
January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs, the late founder and CEO of Apple Inc., unveiled the iPhone (Multi-Functional Hand-Held Device US 2006/0197753) at the Macworld convention in San Francisco. Jobs said…
Patent of the Week: Mistletoe Supporting Headband
Mistletoe, a parasitic plant that thrives off the healthy plants it attaches itself to, is a plant that has been associated with Christmas for hundreds of years. The plant was used by many ancient…
Patent of the Week: Traffic Signal
Today in 1923 Garrett Morgan was granted the patent for “Traffic Signal” U.S. Patent No. 1,475,024. Morgan, a hard worker with an entrepreneurial spirit got his first job at the age of 14. He…
Patent of the Week: Dough Package
Thanksgiving is almost here and for many what they will bring or have to eat is a big part of the day. For most, the turkey tends to be the main focus of the meal but, for others, it is all about the…
Today in History Mary Anderson was Granted Patent for Windshield Wiper
On this day in 1903, Mary Anderson was granted a patent for a WINDOW CLEANING DEVICE (U.S. Patent No. 743,801), the first windshield wiper. Anderson got the idea for the wiper when she was riding on…
Patent of the Week: Electrically Heated Garment
With winter on the horizon it is hard not to think about the cold temperatures that will soon be here. There have been many inventions to ward off the cold but the ELECTRICALLY HEATED GARMENT (U.S.…
Halloween Patent: Bat-Like Decorative Object
This BAT-LIKE DECORATIVE OBJECT, U.S. Patent No. 5,285,898, was granted on February 15, 1994. Bats are a Halloween staple and this one is sure to add a little fright to the night. It is described as…