America is unique in its tradition of protecting individual ingenuity to spur new technologies and new industries that allow this country to be the cradle of innovation. It is no accident that America was the birthplace of… Read More »
In 2003, after many years of research, scientists at Ohio’s premier health care research institution, the Cleveland Clinic, made a groundbreaking and lifesaving discovery — they determined how to detect an enzyme called myeloperoxidase in the human… Read More »
On Friday, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will open the “Gateway to Culture,” part of a new “Arts and Culture” wing that will be devoted to music, sports and entertainment. It is the first of… Read More »
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, housed in the building that formerly was the U.S. Patent Office, displays an 1862 painting titled “Men of Progress.” It depicts some of the great American inventors of the 19th century: Cyrus… Read More »
The Trump administration started its trade war this year with China under the auspices of countering Beijing’s theft of U.S. intellectual property. There is no doubt that China, with its Made in China 2025 plan, has been… Read More »
In 1871, Margaret Knight earned a patent for inventing a brown paper bag with a flat bottom, the same model that is used in most grocery stores to this day. More than a century later, African American inventor Lonnie Johnson received… Read More »
Innovation is the United States’ most valuable economic export and the cornerstone of our international competitive advantage. We are not the world’s largest manufacturing nation, but we are the world’s leading creator of technology and innovation, with… Read More »
From mainframe computers to mobile devices, from vaccines to cures, American ingenuity underwritten by the U.S. patent system has compounded over time to make our lives longer, more productive and more fulfilling. Modern technology pays the legacy… Read More »
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) recognized a milestone of human ingenuity this week that perhaps even the Founding Fathers’ never anticipated: granting the 10 millionth patent. The Founding Fathers who drafted the Constitution understood… Read More »
Innovation is something that keeps me up at night — because of excitement, not stress. I get an idea, and I just can’t sleep. I draw it out, sometimes I code, and when I get really excited… Read More »
