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unusual facts about U.S. Patent



Entec Engine Corporation

This concept covered by U.S. Patent # 6,279,550 and many others, include the concept of admitting cold, or chilled, compressed air into the cylinder and combustion chamber of a compression or spark ignited engine during its compression stroke.

Erotic electrostimulation

U.S. patent 3,941,136: "Method for artificially inducing urination, defecation, or sexual excitation".

U.S. patent 4,585,005: "Method and pacemaker for stimulating penile erection".


see also

Addressograph

In 1896, the first U.S. patent for an addressing machine, the Addressograph was issued to Joseph Smith Duncan of Sioux City, Iowa.

Alexander I. Poltorak

He is also the founder and President of American Innovators for Patent Reform, a non-profit trade association representing inventors and other stakeholders in the debate over the future of the U.S. patent system.

Bishop Ireton High School

Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media, venture capitalist and high-tech executive noted for promotion of open source software and reform of the U.S. patent system

Finjan, Inc. v. Secure Computing Corp.

Finjan, Inc.("Finjan"), a company providing enterprise web security solutions, sued Secure Computing Corp. (acquired by McAfee in 2008), Cyberguard Corp., and Webwasher AG (collectively, "Secure") in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware for infringement of three U.S. patents (U.S. Patents No. 6,092,194, No. 6,804,780, and No. 7,058,822).

Gefilte fish

The U.S. Patent #3,108,882 "Method for Preparing an Edible Fish Product" for this jelly, which allowed mass-market distribution of gefilte fish, was granted on October 29, 1963 to Monroe Nash.

Henry Ellsworth

Henry Leavitt Ellsworth (1791–1858), Commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office

Hexoloy

Sintered silicon carbide was patented by the Pittsburgh based Carborundum Corporation in 1979 under U.S. patent 4,179,299.

Japan Patent Attorneys Association

The focus of the training for experienced members is primarily on the substantive patent and trademark laws, as well as PCT, EPC, and U.S. patent procedures and the patent procedures of other countries.

Josef Papp

Josef Papp (1933?, Tatabanya, Hungary – April 1989, Daytona Beach, Florida) was an engineer who was awarded U.S. patents related to the development of an engine, and also claimed to have invented a jet submarine.

Laura Sydell

On November 5th, 2013 Sydell and UCLA Professor Christopher M. Kelty debated with entrepreneur and Connected Patents CEO, Jaz Banga and media artist and entrepreneur, Scott Snibbe, in an Oxford style debate about the state of the U.S. Patent System.

Metal Section Frame

In 1972 the U.S. patent, along with the rights to the international patents Herbert received, became the property of Structural Industries in Hicksville, NY when they purchased Herbert's company, Presentation Sales Corporation.

Pen computing

1888: U.S. Patent granted to Elisha Gray on electrical stylus device for capturing handwriting.

Provisional application

The provisional application was introduced to U.S. patent law with a 1994 amendment of the Patent Act of 1952.

TDMoIP

TDMoIP was first developed in 1998 by RAD Data Communications (see U.S. patent number 6,731,649) and first deployed in Sweden in 1999 by Utfors (later acquired by Telenor).