Question from Corra S.:
Who should I thank for the inconvenience of changing my clocks back an hour every fall?
Benjamin Franklin is often wrongly credited as the inventor of Daylight Savings Time. In a satirical essay “Turkey versus Eagle, McCauley is my Beagle.” Franklin suggested that people get up earlier in the summer to [...]
Benjamin Franklin was more than one of America’s most beloved Founding Fathers. He was also the first major American inventor. In 1748 at the age of 42, Franklin retired from his career as a printer to turn his attention full time to studying biology and physics, pursuing his curiosities about the world.
Here are just six [...]
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This Sunday, the PEZ Dispenser celebrates its 60th Patent Birthday.
On December 2, 1952, the iconic flip-top candy dispenser was granted its first American patent. It was designed to look like a cigarette lighter, a nod to the candies initial design as an alternative to smoking.
At the time I don’t think the company could have imagined [...]
We have just introduced the Patent Cube to the world. This beauty is a 4” x 4” x 4” solid granite hand-polished cube which features a medallion of the United States Patent and Trademark Office seal die struck and plated with 24kt gold. The sides of the cube can be engraved [...]
I get this question all the time. Sometimes the question is what is a patent plaque, other times it’s what is a patent award. In short it is an award plaque given to a company or inventor which displays their patent.
Patent plaques and patent awards come in many styles and material options. Some are hung [...]
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