Inflatable Boat Patent

Patent of the Day: Inflatable Boat


Suiter Swantz IP takes a look back at past inventions and inventors with our Patent of the Day. On this day in 1967, Giacarlo Mambretti filed an…

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Seal

Motion to Amend in an IPR Defeated in the CAFC


In the recent case Shinn Fu vs. Tire Hanger, No. 16-2250 (Fed. Cir. 2017), decided on July 3, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the…

Ice Cream Freezer Patent

Patent of the Day: Ice Cream Freezer


Suiter Swantz IP takes a look back at past inventions and inventors with our Patent of the Day. On this day in 1897, Charles H. Ackerman was granted…

Life Saving Appliance Patent

Patent of the Day: Life-Saving Appliance


Suiter Swantz IP takes a look back at past inventions and inventors with our Patent of the Day.   On this day in 1904, James Monroe Decker was…

Group of Strawberries

UC Davis Wins Strawberry Suit


Most people associate California with the beach and Hollywood. However, California is more than just a state with vacation spots and pop-culture. In…

Lunch Box Patent

Patent of the Day: Folding Lunch-Box


Suiter Swantz IP takes a look back at past inventions and inventors with our Patent of the Day.   On this day in 1916, Myron A. Gilman was granted…

Electrical Generator Patent

Patent of the Day: Electrical Generator


Suiter Swantz IP takes a look back at past inventions and inventors with our Patent of the Day.   On this day in 1883, Thomas A. Edison was granted…

Capitol Building

STRONGER Patents Act of 2017 Introduced


In June of 2017, Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) introduced the Support Technology & Research for Our Nation’s Growth and Economic Resilience Act…

Knitting Machine Patent

Patent of the Day: Knitting Machine


Suiter Swantz IP takes a look back at past inventions and inventors with our Patent of the Day.   On this day in 1909, Louis L. Wilson and Exilias…

Baseball Cleat Patent

Patent of the Day: Baseball Cleat


Suiter Swantz IP takes a look back at past inventions and inventors with our Patent of the Day.   On this day in 1932, George W. Harper was granted…

Noodle Making Machine Patent

Patent of the Day: Noodle Making Machine


Suiter Swantz IP takes a look back at past inventions and inventors with our Patent of the Day.   On this day in 1939, Henry Chan Mun was granted…

Safety Belt Patent

Patent of the Day: Safety Belt


Suiter Swantz IP takes a look back at past inventions and inventors with our Patent of the Day.   On this day in 1962, Nils Ivar Bohlin Goteborg was…

Screw Driver Patent

Patent of the Day: Means for Uniting a Screw with a Driver


Suiter Swantz IP takes a look back at past inventions and inventors with our Patent of the Day.   On this day in 1936, Henry F. Phillips, was granted…

Railway Switch Patent

Patent of the Day: Railway-Switch


Suiter Swantz IP takes a look back at past inventions and inventors with our Patent of the Day.   On this day in 1909, Peter McGrath, was granted…

Eyelash Curler Patent

Patent of the Day: Eyelash Curler


Suiter Swantz IP takes a look back at past inventions and inventors with our Patent of the Day.   On this day in 1955, Charles M. Palmer, was granted…

Bifocal Lens Patent

Patent of the Day: Bifocal Lens


Suiter Swantz IP takes a look back at past inventions and inventors with our Patent of the Day.   On this day in 1914, Andrew Jay Cross, was granted…

Lunar Landing Flight Research Vehicle Patent

Patent of the Day: Lunar Landing Flight Research Vehicle


Suiter Swantz IP takes a look back at past inventions and inventors with our Patent of the Day.   On this day in 1965, Hugh L. Dryden, the deputy…

Google Logo Reflective

Has the Term Google Become Generic?


What do escalators, aspirin, thermos, and videotape have in common? They were once trademarked but lost their legally protected status because they…

Pill bottle with spilled pills

Patent of the Day: Edible Pharmaceutical Inks


Suiter Swantz IP takes a look back at past inventions and inventors with our Patent of the Day.   On this day in 1966, James Carroll Brown were…

patent for monocycle

Patent of the Day: Monocycle


Suiter Swantz IP takes a look back at past inventions and inventors with our Patent of the Day.   On this day in 1899, Louis Schutte were granted…