Time Magazine's The 25 Best Inventions of 2017 is my pointer to readers tonight.
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Showing posts with label invention. Show all posts
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Sunday, March 8, 2015
Los Altos Town Crier - Robert Showen - Los Altos Scientist and Inventor of the Year 2014
I suggested reading Los Altos scientist named inventor of the year 2014 for a story on how US patents can play a role in a tech startup.
The Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Lawyers Association named Robert Showen for his inventions for ShotSpotter Inc. (now SST Inc.), a gunfire alert and analysis company, which has set up a vast network of microphones that detect gunfire, record the audio, map the location and send alerts to local patrol officers. It had a humble beginning with a computer on the grand piano connected to the rest of the prototype set up in rooms of his house, but is now a system implemented in 90 cities across the United States to reduce gun violence.
"'It was sort of a shot out of the blue,' Showen said of the honor. 'I hadn’t expected it.'"
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The Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Lawyers Association named Robert Showen for his inventions for ShotSpotter Inc. (now SST Inc.), a gunfire alert and analysis company, which has set up a vast network of microphones that detect gunfire, record the audio, map the location and send alerts to local patrol officers. It had a humble beginning with a computer on the grand piano connected to the rest of the prototype set up in rooms of his house, but is now a system implemented in 90 cities across the United States to reduce gun violence.
"'It was sort of a shot out of the blue,' Showen said of the honor. 'I hadn’t expected it.'"
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Thursday, January 1, 2015
Zachary Crockett - The Man Who Invented Scotch Tape
Happy New Year! Here's an article by Zachary Crockett The Man Who Invented Scotch Tape.
Zachary is a gifted storyteller, and his article about 3M's Richard Drew convinced me to buy his coauthored book Hipster Business Models: How to make a living in a modern world.
Here's the tail end of the article:
"In 1980, at age 81, Richard Drew passed away. He’d spent more than 40 years at 3M as an inventor, two decades more as a contractor, and had 30 patents to his name.
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Zachary is a gifted storyteller, and his article about 3M's Richard Drew convinced me to buy his coauthored book Hipster Business Models: How to make a living in a modern world.
Here's the tail end of the article:
"In 1980, at age 81, Richard Drew passed away. He’d spent more than 40 years at 3M as an inventor, two decades more as a contractor, and had 30 patents to his name.
Today, the technologies he created in Pro-Fab Labs account for more than 20 percent of 3M’s sales. His Scotch Transparent Tape remains the crown jewel of 3M’s immense, multi-billion dollar product line, and can be found in nearly 90% of American homes.
But Drew’s legacy extends deeper than the manifestation of a physical product, says old co-worker Paul E. Hansen.The reward for persistence is internal,” he writes. "The person who is persistent and eventually succeeds is usually only recognized for accomplishing the feat; seldom does anyone appreciate all that went into making the success a reality."
But Drew’s legacy extends deeper than the manifestation of a physical product, says old co-worker Paul E. Hansen.The reward for persistence is internal,” he writes. "The person who is persistent and eventually succeeds is usually only recognized for accomplishing the feat; seldom does anyone appreciate all that went into making the success a reality."
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Sunday, November 9, 2014
IP Watchdog - A Strong Innovation Ecosystem is Needed for Job Creation
Tonight, I recommend reading Gene Quinn's article: A Strong Innovation Ecosystem is Needed for Job Creation, which summarizes Jay Walker's talk at the 2014 IP Dealmakers Forum on November 6, 2014.
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Copyright © 2014 Robert Moll. All rights reserved.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Vinod Khosla - The Case For Intelligent Failure To Invent The Future
Tonight, check out Vinod Khosla's The Case For Intelligent Failure To Invent The Future that tells why Silicon Valley has succeeded.
As Mr. Khosla states it, "I have experienced the power of doers, the chaotic and naïve world of optimistic entrepreneurs who just try things, admit mistakes, fail, learn, iterate, try again and find solutions – often out of necessity. Accepting, even encouraging, the right kind of failure is the best way to discover the solution to our problems and close the resource gap."
George Bernard Shaw said, "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." People like Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak who held onto the unreasonable belief they could start a company in a garage that would bring computing to the world.
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As Mr. Khosla states it, "I have experienced the power of doers, the chaotic and naïve world of optimistic entrepreneurs who just try things, admit mistakes, fail, learn, iterate, try again and find solutions – often out of necessity. Accepting, even encouraging, the right kind of failure is the best way to discover the solution to our problems and close the resource gap."
George Bernard Shaw said, "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." People like Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak who held onto the unreasonable belief they could start a company in a garage that would bring computing to the world.
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Thursday, April 24, 2014
Professor Hricik - Patent Attorneys Become Inventors?
Tonight, I am reading Professor Hricik's article Save a Little Room For Me: The Necessity of Naming as Inventors Practioners Who Conceive of Claimed Subject Matter. My comments will be brief.
The article is worth reading if you are a patent attorney or agent preparing US patent applications. If nothing else it will increase awareness of the issue and give guidance on how to handle a practitioner's inventive contribution to a claim of an application.
As a matter of practice, I think it's better to conduct an inventor interview so you don't increase the possibility of contributing to the conception of an invention. Ask questions rather than suggest things and listen more than talk. However, if you have contributed inventive material, Professor Dolak's proposal appears to be right: (1) add your name as an inventor to the application to satisfy US requirements that all inventors be named, and (2) assign your entire ownership to the client to satisfy your fiduciary duty.
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The article is worth reading if you are a patent attorney or agent preparing US patent applications. If nothing else it will increase awareness of the issue and give guidance on how to handle a practitioner's inventive contribution to a claim of an application.
As a matter of practice, I think it's better to conduct an inventor interview so you don't increase the possibility of contributing to the conception of an invention. Ask questions rather than suggest things and listen more than talk. However, if you have contributed inventive material, Professor Dolak's proposal appears to be right: (1) add your name as an inventor to the application to satisfy US requirements that all inventors be named, and (2) assign your entire ownership to the client to satisfy your fiduciary duty.
Copyright © 2014 Robert Moll. All rights reserved.
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