Application to Register: "the three-dimensional configuration of a frozen confection that has the internal and external appearance of fried chicken" as identifying, distinguishing, and indicating a single source of: ice cream tsdr.uspto.gov#caseNumber=5...

A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...

I'm halfway through this book but I don't know which half

Barilla has a patent on "Pasta with a Novel Form," basically rigatoni but with ridges that spiral between 45° and 58°. They claim that these more tightly wound spirals make for better-tasting pasta. I wanted to see if this advanced technology was available to American consumers. (1/2)

"Make Money Writing Short Paragraphs" is a good description of being a patent attorney

Jeff Nichols@backwardsriver.bsky.social · last mo.

Now anyone who can write a sentence in plain English can write for money without spending weary years 'learning to write.' Chicago 1966

Just jogged past a group of preschoolers singing a song 😃 Turns out they're singing about how not to get run over by cars 💀

"Meat-based flours" for making "breads, bagels, tortillas, pastas, dumplings, crackers, and the like." Patented yesterday. US Patent 12708121

Today in design patents: D1143305 issued for a nail clipper. The worst design, no matter what article it gets applied to. #DesignPatents

130mph winds in the south suburbs of Chicago Oh my god

Something like this would have been helpful to me. The first time I saw "Office Hours" on a syllabus, I thought it was when the professor had Important Business and should not be bothered.

Jess Miers 🦝@jmiers230.bsky.social · 2mo ago

3. Explaining the importance of office hours. Every year students tell me they don't go to office hours because they don't know what to ask. That's ok -- I've got you covered.

Today in design patents: D1138536 issued for a banana stand. #DesignPatents

August 2, 1881: The Oldreive tricycle was patented by Charles Wood Oldreive. Propelled by crank handles with gearing concealed in the hub caps, riders entered the contraption by threading themselves between the giant spokes.

Design choices were made

"Direction Indicator for Pushable Transport Objects" US Patent 10363864

leon@leyawn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

the shopping carts at costco should have turn signals

1/2 On this day in 1999, Dennis Olsen received US Patent No. 5,924,732 for an “In-line skate sail”, with poles attached to the skates and a sail above the user’s head. #OnThisDay #OTD #PatentHistory #Patents

Hi everyone, I'm hiring a post-doc to work on my FLF project on plant IP. Please spread the word! Queries about the nature of the role and working at Queen's should please be directed to my colleague, Dr Ethan Shattock. hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

The local English pub is already overflowing (not shown: a long line of patient optimists extending to the left)

An apparatus for swaddling a baby, patented this week. US 12672680

"Systems and Methods for Detecting Drug Based Impairment" US Patent 12672820, issued this week

Spotted this morning in North Center

An athletic shoe for doing Kegels, patented yesterday.

A neural interface for bionic prostheses, patented today by MIT. US 12667471

Bifurcated skirt 1895. 🚲🚴🏼‍♀️👒 #bikesky #bike