PITTSBURGH, Jan. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- "I work in hotel management, and I thought there should be a way to automate the cleaning and sanitizing process for keys and key cards," said an inventor, ...

What does it mean to be an inventor? In patent law, designed to protect the intellectual property of inventors, officials are used to thinking of inventors as humans, taking an “inventive step” – a ...

PITTSBURGH, March 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there could be a better way to collect and dispose of trash, dead animals, and other debris from roadsides and highways," said an inventor, from ...

At the turn of the 20th century, the quest for a perpetual motion machine took hold of public imagination. A number of Hoosiers were among those captivated by the idea of creating a perpetual motion ...

Does AI leave room for traditional innovation? From at least one inventor’s perspective, there will always be room for human contribution, no matter how ubiquitous AI becomes. This article concludes a ...

An invention at the heart of our modern world helped create radios, cars and smartphones. The team from Planet Money traces the origins back to a fight over who invented the sewing machine. How do ...

Corporate investment in AI continues to accelerate globally and patent filings for AI-related inventions are rising across ...

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