Brainstorms and Mindfarts: The Best and Brightest, Dumbest and Dimmest Inventions in American History

Author: Jim Downey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 The American entrepreneurial spirit burns bright today. As of 2018, the US Patent & Trademark Office had granted its ten millionth patent. But with over 500,000 applications now being filed annually, fewer than half of these applicants will be granted patents and far fewer still will realize commercial success. Some are flawed by mistakes or missing details, others too ridiculous to take seriously, still others simply ahead of their time. From...Read more