Businesses are often founded upon a new invention or unique product designs that set the company apart from competitors. A patent is a type of intellectual property protection that gives inventors of ...

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Did you know that the first design patent issued in the United States was issued on November 9, 1842, to George Bruce of New York? The USPTO searchable online database does not have a text copy of ...

Metrics are very important in society and business as they save time for everyone involved to get to certain levels of cognition and determine which widget or company is better at something. Whether ...

Have you ever wondered who invented the “Sealed Crustless Sandwich” (aka Uncrustables) or the “Board Game Apparatus” known as Monopoly? In a recent AVIATE program at Roesch Library, students not only ...

The number and quality of authorized patents in Shanghai is on the increase, a conference held in the city told. The Shanghai Municipial Patent Information Conference held on March 10 announced ...

Did you know that the first design patent issued in the United States was issued on November 9, 1842, to George Bruce of New York? The USPTO searchable online database does not have a text copy of ...