Walter E. Disney received patent #2,201,689 for the art of animation on May 21, 1940. In 2002, USPTO recognized Walt Disney and his advancement in…
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This Day in Patent History - The iconic "Imbertson inflatable gate" was patented on March 16, 1965
The “Imbertson inflatable gate” was an inflatable rubber dam patented by Norman Imbertson. Norman Imbertson worked at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power…
Ford's awesome bikes!
Ford patented a support for bicycles that deploys automatically, such that riders never need to put their feet down while riding (such as at traffic…
This Day in Patent History - On March 15, 1951, Pierre Leglise filed a patent for an apparatus for justifying typewritten material
This invention saved time required to achieve justification of typewritten material. On March 15, 1951, Pierre Leglise filed a patent for an apparatus for justifying…
Nikola Tesla Patent #17 – Dynamo Electric Machine – US 390414 A
Critical Features disclosed in this patent 1. Related to the patents of Tesla and Charles F. Peck, numbers: US381968 and US382280; 2. Ordinary forms of…
This Day in Patent History - Chester Greenwood Day" is celebrated in the honor of the invention of earmuffs
On March 13, 1877, Chester Greenwood received a patent for earmuffs. Chester Greenwood invented the earmuff in 1873, at the age of 15. He reportedly…
Facebook improves its "Hello" application
Last year, Facebook released an app called “hello”, which was similar to a popular app called Truecaller. Truecaller is a phone application that finds contact…
Google patents a velocity based advertisement delivery system
The patented velocity based advertisement delivery system determines position, speed and direction of movement of the user device and then selects an advertisement to provide…
Microsoft patented techniques for generating voice with predetermined emotion type
Computer speech synthesis is increasingly becoming prevalent in the modem computing devices. For example, smartphones are expected to offer an intelligent personal assistant interface for…