Heinz ketchup is being sued for patent-infringement for the flexible condiment package for ketchup, known as “Dip & Squeeze.” In a suit filed in August in the U.S. District Court in Chicago, Scott White claims he had a “flash of inspiration” after too many ketchup spills at the drive-through. He came up with the idea […]
While it is unknown as to who actually invented the first horseshoe, some credit must be given to Buffalo, New York’s African American Inventor, Oscar E. Brown. Oscar Brown was an African American inventor and a part of Western New York’s history. In 1892, Brown was issued the United States Patent No. 481, 271 […]
According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a patent is defined as a property right granted by the Government of the United States of America to an inventor “to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States or importing the invention into the United […]
This is the story of an invention made by two famous scientists – Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard – who dramatically changed the world we live in. Einstein, of course, is well known for his Theory of Relativity and the famous equation E= mc2 . Szilard, among his many accomplishments, was co-inventor and patentee of […]
The question answered here is whether or not you can patent an idea? Remember you can get a patent for the “thing” you make not the idea. “Thoughts become things…choose the good ones!” “Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.” […]