5 Top Patent Holders

Discover the world's prolific inventors and their groundbreaking contributions to technology, from AI advancements to ...
Forbes

Inventors From The Land Of Innovation Deserve Better: How The Patent Process Can Be Improved

There’s an apocryphal story of Christopher Columbus making an egg stand on its end after a hearty meal, showing that what seemed impossible was actually 'common sense' once demonstrated. Today, a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Return of America’s Celebrity Inventor

In a new book, Smithsonian historian Eric S. Hintz traces the rise and fall, and rise again, of the maverick inventor Elon Musk, after securing a $2.9 billion NASA contract for SpaceX, recently hosted ...
Phys.org

Gender disparities limit chances for women PhD students training to be new inventors, says new research

In the innovation economy, individuals with STEM Ph.D.s are a critical source of human capital, with nearly 60% of Ph.D.s in STEM fields—such as engineering, chemistry and biology—being employed ...