Patent of the Day: Excavator
On this day in 1880 Joseph Clark was granted the patent for EXCAVATOR. U.S. Patent No. 234,851. The object of this patent was to reduce the cost of…
Patent of the Day: Exercising Apparatus
On this day in 1904 Jay L. Roberts was granted the patent for EXERCISING APPARATUS. U.S. Patent No. 775,989. This invention relates to an exercising…
Patent of the Day: Police Handcuff
On this day in 1882 Edward Davis Bean was granted the patent for POLICE HANDCUFF. U.S. Patent No. 268,171. This invention was created out of…
Thanksgiving Patent of the Day: Combined Cornucopia and Candleholder
On April 7, 1959 Gilbert Josephson was granted the design patent for a COMBINED CORNUCOPIA AND CANDLEHOLDER. U.S. Patent No. D184,815. Cornucopias…
Thanksgiving Patent of the Day: Method of Preparing Edible Fowl
On February 14, 1956, Peter A. Sieczkiewicz was granted the patent for METHOD OF PREPARING EDIBLE FOWL. U.S. Patent No. 2,844,844. This invention…
Thanksgiving Patent of the Day: Turkey Fryer with Vertically Stacking Cooking Racks
On September 27, 2011, Robert L. Boyer was granted the patent for TURKEY FRYER WITH VERTICALLY STACKING COOKING RACKS. U.S. Patent No. 8,025,007.…
Patent of the Day: Furnace
On this day in 1941 Moritz L. Mueller was granted the Patent for FURNACE. U.S. Patent No. 2,263,098. This invention relates generally to furnaces and…
Patent of the Day: Carbonizing Apparatus
On this day in 1903 Bernhard Zwillinger was granted the patent for CARBONIZING APPARATUS. U.S. Patent No. 744,666. This invention relates to…
Patent of the Day: Toothbrush with Liquid Container
On this day in 1965 Bernard Cyzer was granted the patent for TOOTHBRUSH WITH LIQUID CONTAINER. U.S. Patent No. 3,217,720. Toothbrushes are known in…
Patent of the Day: Ammunition Jacket
On this day in 1904 Joseph W. Righton was granted the patent for AMMUNITION JACKET. U.S. Patent No. 775,149. This invention relates to…
Patent of the Day: Ruby Laser Systems
On this day in 1967 Theodore H. Malman was granted the patent for RUBY LASER SYSTEMS. U.S. Patent No. 3,353,115. This invention relates to the…
Software Patent Considerations for Startups in Light of USPTO McRO, Inc. Memo
We talk to new and small business owners all the time about intellectual property in the earliest phases of business development. In a…
Patent of the Day: Life Boat
On this day in 1837 John Macintosh was granted the patent for LIFE BOAT. U.S. Patent No. 462. A canvas is taken, of other flexible material, and…
Patent of the Day: Recording Pen
On this day in 1903 Florentine A. Jones was granted the patent for RECORDING PEN. U.S. Patent No. 743,725. This invention relates to that class of…
Business Law for Entrepreneurs (Nov. 17)
On November 17, our Matt Poulsen and Jonathan Wegner from Baird Holm will serve as a panelists in a forum discussing business law for entrepreneurs,…