In bringing suitable illustrations to our articles, we Hackaday scribes use a variety of sources that offer images featuring permissive licences. Among the usual free image libraries there is one ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, at 176 years old, has granted patents to some of the most important inventions in American history. It’s also granted some of the dumbest (see: Patent 5,865,192 ...

LOS ANGELES — In the great pipeline of innovation, we always hear about that spark of genius, the agonizing product development, the design team debates, and then at least the final product rolling ...

Google is launching a new version of Google Patents today, its web app that lets anyone search for references in patents to better assess if their own invention or patent application is already ...

Patent Agent, engineer and Internet entrepreneur Kevin Prince is attempting to raise money on Kickstarter. His project? A book that celebrates the art contained in published U.S. patent applications ...

Google Patent Search now includes the full database of European patents, as well as a new prior art finder. Google Patent Search now includes the full database of European patents, as well as a new ...

A fun little side project-cum-startup from two of the founders of Soundwave, the social music company acquired by Spotify, wants to turn patents into art. Launching today, Retro Patents lets you buy ...