Patents traditionally have been perceived as the domain of industry and basic science the province of academia. Some separation of basic intellectual and commercial interest is desirable, but when ...

The Federal government is accelerating AI‑enabled innovation by launching the Genesis Mission, a sweeping national initiative ...

USPTO issues new guidelines on patenting AI-assisted inventions, reaffirming that only humans can be legal inventors.

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

Dr. Jonathan Isaacs, a surgeon and researcher at Virginia Commonwealth University, invented a medical device that is revolutionizing surgeries and improving lives. Yet he will never become ...

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Solomon McWorter of downstate Barry received the first patent granted to a Black person in the state of Illinois on Nov. 5, 1867. According to the Illinois State Library, U.S. Patent No. 70,451 was ...

Anyone taking a glance around the audience at a large scientific conference can see that there are significantly more women in science than there were just 15 years ago. But just how big a role are ...

The individuals on this list are among the most important inventors of all time. The phone, the lightbulb, and the World Wide Web are all thanks to individuals on this list. Vaccinations, calculus, ...

In recent years, there have been some incredible new inventions that use state-of-the-art technology and the latest innovations. However, there have also been some very simple inventions that have ...

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 ...