About a year later IBM began developing a small 3-D printer with an extrusion mechanism eerily similar to Crump's patented design but with a different feeding system.
In an effort to save smartphones from the landfill, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently patented a design for a smartphone airbag system and we fell head over heels for the Scrubba, a portable washing machine made of lightweight material that's so small it can fit in your pocket.
More broadly, the fact that any company can demand protection for the basic shape of a device, years before it had invented the actual device or technology, should not entitle that company to claim that it had patented the design for a smartphone any more than Richard Branson can patent business class travel in outer space.
Easily store and charge 2 Wii U Pro Controllers utilizing Nyko's patented charging dongle design.
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Featuring electronic paper display, absolutely unique battery lifetime (up to 60 hours active) and patented USB hinge design.
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His first design, patented in 1884, used a long strip of paper into which holes were punched to represent information.
The motor's design has been patented, along with 30 other unique designs for the "A-Drive".
Both installations were created by Klip Collective, a Philadelphia-based company that uses a patented video mapping process to design these types of visual effects.
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So he invented and patented a couple of machines and started to design dies.
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From the truss bridges of the 1800s to patented designs such as the Golden Gate in 1936, bridge design has led to patents and new technologies.
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Familiar with Unequal's claims that its pads can absorb up to 80% of the "chronic impact shock" from hits, Mr. Hatfield asked Unequal to design a chest protector for Mr. Vick using the same patented technology Unequal develops for shoes worn by some NFL players.
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