Patents!
Links
US Patent & Trademark Office:
www.uspto.gov
European Patent Office
Patent of the Week
Google Patent Search
Famous Patents (you may have to search manually for these)
223898
how many light bulbs does it take...
408681
rosebuddddddd...
X72
responsible for more human misery than any other invention?
That's patentable??
4,022,227
The Combover
6,368,227
Swinging on a swing [
at google
if the uspto doesn't work] --
notice the reexamination!
5,508,049
pizza pie
It does
what
?
3,216,423
Centrifugal baby delivery
6,612,440
Is that a banana in your pocket...
5,385,154
For those of you who think sex is too much work [
google
]
5,501,650
For those of you who are even lazier... [
google
]
Design Patents and Trademarks
D376,811
Elvis disguise
You're Fired
!
Student Life
Misc
6584309
Coke cellphone purchase
Some key Ag-Biotech patents
6,608,241
Beachy's "CP"
5,352, 605
Monsanto's original 35S patent (see also
5,530,196
and
5,858,742
)
Squabbling over species patents on GM cotton
Mycogen patent on all transformed cotton
(challenged by Monsanto)
Agracetus species patent on cotton
(now owned by Monsanto)
Student Entries for Best Patent
musical condom
(Lizzie M.)
PB&J
(Jenny J.)
device to combat act "frequently practiced by weak-minded boys"
( Zoë U.)
interesting story on patenting the a-bomb
(Nancy S.)
cordless jump rope
(Lucy C.)
cucumber sandwich
(Lucy C.)
making toast
(Nathan O.)
putting
(Nathan O.)
buttock-kicking device
(Nathan O.)
high-five machine
(Nate F.)
anti-flatulent
(Josh M.)
interesting vignette in fig. 1
(Josh M.)
Santa Claus detector
(Julia B.)