When Matt Carroll answered the phone earlier this year and learned a patent had come through for his invention, WiperFill, he didn’t believe the caller. “I thought it was a friend messing around with ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reinventing the research and development process, but until recently, patentability remained a major uncertainty. That’s until the United States Patent and Trademark ...

Shortly before President Trump issued Executive Order 14363, titled “Launching the Genesis Mission,” a “national effort to unleash a new age ...

If you've thought of a new device or process that achieves some useful result and you've been able to make your idea work in any way you may have an invention If you've thought of a new device or ...

Author Suhani Dalela (center) with a team of classmates and fellow inventors. Photo courtesy of the author ...what Invention Convention values is the hard work put into the process that results in a ...

Inventing something new is exhilarating but turning that idea into a protected patent can be challenging. Getting the right patent referral service can significantly impact the patenting process.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.—The commonly held belief is that invention is a spontaneous process, the product of a burst of genius at a fortuitous moment. But in most fields, and specifically in the field of ...

The team from Draper Spark!Lab, located in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, explores each step of the invention process. Spark!Lab activities communicate that invention is a ...

NEWPORT NEWS – Summer on the Peninsula is a time for adventure – plenty of which is in store for students at some unique summer camps this season. From time travel and horseback riding, to invention ...