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June 10, 1943: Biro Brothers Patent Ballpoint Pen 1943: Brothers László and Georg Bíró, Hungarian refugees living in Argentina, patent the ballpoint pen. A half-century-old idea is coming to commercial fruition. Lewis Waterman's invention of a practical fountain pen, patented in 1884, had solved the problem of portability. You no Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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June 10, 1943: Biro Brothers Patent Ballpoint Pen 1943: Brothers László and Georg Bíró, Hungarian refugees living in Argentina, patent the ballpoint pen. A half-century-old idea is coming to commercial fruition. Lewis Waterman's invention of a practical fountain pen, patented in 1884, had solved the problem of portability. You no Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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June 12, 1897: The Swiss Army Gets Its Own Knife 1897: Karl Elsener legally registers his "soldiers' knife" for use by the Swiss army. In an age when nationalism was fashionable, Elsener, a Swiss manufacturer of surgical instruments and cutlery, was a very fashionable man indeed. So he was less than thrilled to learn that the Swiss a Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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June 12, 1897: The Swiss Army Gets Its Own Knife 1897: Karl Elsener legally registers his "soldiers' knife" for use by the Swiss army. In an age when nationalism was fashionable, Elsener, a Swiss manufacturer of surgical instruments and cutlery, was a very fashionable man indeed. So he was less than thrilled to learn that the Swiss a Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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June 26, 1974: Supermarket Scanner Rings Up Historic Pack of Gum 1974: A supermarket cashier scans a multipack of chewing gum across a bar-code scanner in Troy, Ohio. It's the first product ever checked out by Universal Product Code. Some readers may be unable to remember when grocery clerks had to put price stickers on nearly every item in the Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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June 26, 1974: Supermarket Scanner Rings Up Historic Pack of Gum 1974: A supermarket cashier scans a multipack of chewing gum across a bar-code scanner in Troy, Ohio. It's the first product ever checked out by Universal Product Code. Some readers may be unable to remember when grocery clerks had to put price stickers on nearly every item in the Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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June 20, 1840: A Simple Matter of Dots and Dashes 1840: Samuel F.B. Morse receives a U.S. patent for his dot-dash telegraphy signals, known to the world as Morse code. The code Morse devised in partnership with Alfred Vail uses a system of dots and dashes to represent letters and numbers. It went into practical use in 1844, after he an Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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June 20, 1840: A Simple Matter of Dots and Dashes 1840: Samuel F.B. Morse receives a U.S. patent for his dot-dash telegraphy signals, known to the world as Morse code. The code Morse devised in partnership with Alfred Vail uses a system of dots and dashes to represent letters and numbers. It went into practical use in 1844, after he an Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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June 25, 1867: Barbed Wire -- the Beta Version 1867: Lucien B. Smith patents barbed wire, an artificial "thorn hedge." It's an idea whose time clearly has come, but not quite in this form. Smith's design called for spools of four short, sharp metal spikes at right angles. The spools would revolve loosely and be set every 2 to 3 feet a Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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June 25, 1867: Barbed Wire -- the Beta Version 1867: Lucien B. Smith patents barbed wire, an artificial "thorn hedge." It's an idea whose time clearly has come, but not quite in this form. Smith's design called for spools of four short, sharp metal spikes at right angles. The spools would revolve loosely and be set every 2 to 3 feet a Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Patent reform tops BSA's legislative priorities The Business Software Alliance wants the U.S. Congress to pass a patent reform bill and executives at the trade group say they're optimistic that the legislation will move forward in the Senate soon.Patent refor Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Trend Micro stresses 'tested' patent in trade case Barracuda Networks plans to focus on finding prior art to defend itself and the open source ClamAV project against patent claims by rival anti-virus vendor Trend Micro, which stressed Tuesday that it owns a tested and valid patent. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Patent reform debate heats back up Some tech groups are beginning to worry that major IT industry priorities, including patent reform, may lose out to other priorities in the U.S. Congress this year.In the last couple of weeks, large tech compani Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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July 31, 1790: New Nation Issues First Patent 1790: Samuel Hopkins of Vermont gets the very first U.S. patent. It covers a process for making potash and pearl ash (potassium carbonate). Under the Articles of Confederation, inventors had applied to state legislatures to obtain monopolies on the use of their inventions. But Article I Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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July 31, 1790: New Nation Issues First Patent 1790: Samuel Hopkins of Vermont gets the very first U.S. patent. It covers a process for making potash and pearl ash (potassium carbonate). Under the Articles of Confederation, inventors had applied to state legislatures to obtain monopolies on the use of their inventions. But Article I Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Microsoft: 'Page up' patent goes beyond the obvious In recent days, some tech bloggers and news sites created a bit of an uproar when they reported that Microsoft had applied for and received a patent for "page up" and "page down" functionality."Put this in the c Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Consortium launches Linux patent pool Open Invention Network, which buys patents related to the Linux operating system and licenses them royalty-free, Tuesday launched a program aimed at encouraging open-source developers to document information about their work so that it can be easily read and used by p Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Google denies infringing search patent Google responded on Friday to a lawsuit filed against it by Northeastern University, denying claims that its search service infringes on patented technology.Google denied all charges in the suit, which was file Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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May 2, 1887: Celluloid-Film Patent Ignites Long Legal Battle 1887: The Rev. Hannibal Goodwin files a patent application for camera film on celluloid rolls. He beats the Eastman Kodak company by two years and sets off a 27-year legal battle. Goodwin was an Episcopal rector in Newark, New Jersey. He liked projecting lantern-slides of Bible stories Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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May 2, 1887: Celluloid-Film Patent Ignites Long Legal Battle 1887: The Rev. Hannibal Goodwin files a patent application for camera film on celluloid rolls. He beats the Eastman Kodak company by two years and sets off a 27-year legal battle. Goodwin was an Episcopal rector in Newark, New Jersey. He liked projecting lantern-slides of Bible stories Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |