@council4ip.bsky.socialNearly every technology, life-saving invention, and creative work was made possible by strong #patents, #copyrights, #trademarks, or #trade secrets.
Throughout #IPMonth, we're highlighting the value of strong #IPrights and building momentum for continued advocacy.
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@peteris.skorovs.com1/3 On this day in 1911, Henry Ford received US Patent No. 1,005,186 for a “Transmission mechanism” used in the Ford Model T, generally regarded as the first automobile affordable to the mass market.
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@dustcircle.bsky.social#Walmart Denies Plans for #Surveillance #Pricing Despite Holding #Patents for #SurveillancePricing
@newsramp.comThe USPTO now converts patent DOCX filings directly to TIFF, skipping the PDF step. But the $430 non-DOCX surcharge for utility nonprovisional applications remains firmly in place. Know the format rules before you file. #Patents #USPTO
@newsramp.comThe USPTO Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program fast-tracks patent applications at no petition fee — but closes October 27, 2026. Only pre-October 2025 original utility filings with 10 or fewer claims qualify. Eligible inventors should act now. #Patents #USPTO
@peteris.skorovs.com1/3 On this day in 1962, Wilson Greatbatch received US Patent No. 3,057,356 for a “Medical cardiac pacemaker” designed to be implanted entirely inside the body.
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@hardwarebriefcom.bsky.socialSony Transfers 43 XR Patents to Meta
@uwmadisonchem.bsky.socialNew patents! Congrats to Ying Ge, Song Jin, David Roberts, Timothy-Neil Tiambeng, Stephanie Oliveras Santos & Martin Zanni. Heart-health diagnostics, carbon nanotubes, and optics: Badger Chemistry inventors at work.
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@newsen.bsky.socialArmata Pharmaceuticals Enhances Patent Portfolio for Innovative Bacteriophage Therapies in the US #United_States #Los_Angeles #Armata_Pharmaceuticals #Patents #bacteriophage
@patseer.bsky.socialMeta’s smart-glasses patents reveal a long-term push to build the AI, sensing and wearable tech platform.
Find the patents Google can’t show: bit.ly/3sZr3iy
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@chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOn this day in 1942, Chester Carlson was granted U.S. Patent 2,297,691 for electrophotography. Four years earlier, in Astoria, New York, his first copy said only: 10.-22.-38 Astoria. That scrap became the photocopier.
@ccianet.bsky.socialTomorrow at the 2026 PTAB Bar Association Thought Leader Summit, CCIA’s Head of IP Policy, John Lee, will present “Perspectives on PTAB Policy Initiatives,” alongside Jamie Simpson of the Council for Innovation Promotion. More information: www.ptabbar.org/2026_ptab_ba...
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@hacks.grThe patent-payment relationship is turning around: Qualcomm will pay Huawei under a deal allowing both to use each other’s patents, 25 years after Huawei began paying Qualcomm.
A planned…
https://en.hacks.gr/i-qualcomm-tha-plironei-ti-huawei-gia-ti-chrisi-patenton-tis/
@peteris.skorovs.com1/2 On this day in 1942, Chester Carlson received US Patent No. 2,297,691 for “Electrophotography,” later known as xerography.
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@mkybooksdigital.bsky.social📘 BIOTECH PATENT STRATEGY MADE SIMPLE: A Practical Guide to Protecting, Managing, and Monetizing Biotechnology Innovations
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@peteris.skorovs.com1/3 On this day in 1951, Alexander Salot, a shoemaker from Bremen-Blumenthal, received German Patent No. 815761 for “Football boots or the like with exchangeable anti-skid studs”.
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@pantsrevolution.bsky.socialValve patents adjustable liquid lenses for VR headsets
Valve has published a new patent application for liquid-filled lenses that dynamically adjust to a user's vision prescription inside a VR headset.
@peteris.skorovs.com1/2 I’ve just read the new book “Unfettered Invention: How the X Patents Sparked Early American Technology” by Scott Guthery, Julie Burke, and Michael Risch.
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