This Day in Patent History - On March 20, 1883, Jan Matzeliger was issued patent for a "lasting device for shoes" On March 20, 1883, Jan Matzeliger was issued patent for a “lasting device for shoes”. This invention made the mass production of inexpensive shoes possible.…
Funny Patent of the week - Horse-powered car that literally puts cart before the horse In 1981, Philips Arthur Barnes patented this horse-powered car in UK. In essence it is a horse, tethered to a treadmill, inside a vehicle body…
This Day in Patent History - On March 19, 1850, Phineas Quimby was issued a patent for a machine for Steering Ships and Steamboats On March 19, 1850, Phineas Quimby was issued a patent for a machine for Steering Ships and Steamboats. Quimby was a watch and clockmaker…
Meet the most prolific female inventor in IBM’s history Lisa Seacat Deluca is mobile software engineer who works as technology strategist at IBM. She has filed over 420 patents with over 225 issued so far,…
