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Ingenious Patents

Bubble Wrap, Barbed Wire, Bionic Eyes, and Other Pioneering Inventions

by Ben Ikenson
Jay Bennett
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For the curious and the creators, Ingenious Patents tells the fascinating history of the inventors and their creations that have changed our world.
Discover some of the most innovative of the 6.5 million patents that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted since Thomas Jefferson issued the first one in 1790. Revised and reformatted from the original 2004 edition, Ingenious Patents presents each device along with background about the inventor, interesting sidebars and history, and an excerpt from the original patent application. Author Jay Bennet has also written 15 new entries, everything from iPhones to 3G wireless to CRISPR gene editing. Liberally sprinkled throughout are patent diagrams created by the inventors annotated to show exactly how each item works.
Entries include creative commercial successes in fields as diverse as medicine, aeronautics, computing, agriculture, and consumer goods. Readers are certain to find a topic of interest here, whether it is the history behind the patent for a Pez dispenser, cathode ray tube, kitty litter, DNA fingerprinting, or the design of a Fender Stratocaster guitar.

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  • Release date

    February 27, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780316438483
      • File size: 257906 KB

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780316438483
      • File size: 257906 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      September 15, 2018

      Covering everything from the handy (automatic teller machine) to the fun (PEZ dispenser), freelance writer Ikenson and Bennett (editor, PopularMechanics.com) update this examination of inventions with 15 new topics, including 3-D printers, solar panels, and GPS. Sections such as "Radical and Revolutionary" or "Strange and Sensational" include chronologies and occasional inventor profiles. Line drawings, a few photographs, and excerpts from U.S. patent forms, in the inventors' own words, increase interest. VERDICT The inclusion of information on obtaining a patent may inspire patrons of Maker space libraries, though all armchair inventors will enjoy this book.

      Copyright 2018 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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