The coolest patent agent that I know of is Calvin’s dad, from the “Calvin and Hobbes” comic strip. Bespectacled, good-intentioned, and hardworking, he always tells his son to put up with unpleasant things because they will “build character”. In one comic he got annoyed with Calvin for calling him at work. Calvin wanted a story, […]

In July 1958, one Mr. Godtfred Kirk Christensen filed a patent at the US Patent office. It was a design for a toy, made of bricks that had “cylindrical projections” on top, and “tubular projections” on the bottom. Both the cylindrical projections and tubular projections could make contact on one or more walls of the […]

The Ostrich Pillow is a pillow that is shaped like a hollow bean bag, meant to enclose the human head and present a soothing napping environment for its users. The Ostrich Pillow. A design variation of the Ostrich Pillow. From its KickStarter website: “OSTRICH PILLOW offers a micro environment in which to take a comfortable […]

After a long while, I have decided to revamp this website. It is now responsive, and I hope that it is readable on mobile devices. I know how enjoyable it is to read blogs and articles on the mobile phone; I hope that this blog will be able to offer a similar experience to readers […]

This is the Curta calculator, said to be the best mechanical calculator and widely used in the 1970’s until the electronic calculator became popular. From Wikipedia: The Curta was conceived by Curt Herzstark (1902–1988) in the 1930s in Vienna, Austria. By 1938, he had filed a key patent, covering his complemented stepped drum, Deutsches Reichspatent […]