When Matt Carroll answered the phone earlier this year and learned a patent had come through for his invention, WiperFill, he didn’t believe the caller. “I thought it was a friend messing around with ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reinventing the research and development process, but until recently, patentability remained a major uncertainty. That’s until the United States Patent and Trademark ...

If you've thought of a new device or process that achieves some useful result and you've been able to make your idea work in any way you may have an invention If you've thought of a new device or ...

So you have an idea and want to get a patent? There are a number of things that you need to know about the invention and patent process that can help you focus your efforts and know what obstacles lay ...

When a human uses an AI system, the threshold questions remain as to whether the human made a significant contribution to the conception of the invention and whether that contribution is not ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.—The commonly held belief is that invention is a spontaneous process, the product of a burst of genius at a fortuitous moment. But in most fields, and specifically in the field of ...

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 ...

In the 1990s, Calvin Flowers, now 60, invented the Security Jack, a device that locked a touch-tone telephone. It was designed for parents who wanted to prevent their children from running up ...

Summer on the Peninsula is a time for adventure – plenty of which is in store for students at some unique summer camps this season. From time travel and horseback riding to invention and firefighting, ...