Everyday routines often look ordinary until the history behind them comes into view. A warm house in January, groceries that survive a long truck route, safer elevator rides, a quick cataract ...

For each of the past 25 years, TIME editors have highlighted the most impactful new products and ideas in TIME’s Best Inventions issue. The first, published under a cover featuring the protracted Bush ...

In the seclusion of the kitchen, the driver’s seat, or the workshop, women have consistently transformed their frustration into ingenuity. While these inventions may not have been groundbreaking or ...

The mid-20th century was a wild frontier of innovation where inventors weren’t just trying to solve problems, they were trying, somehow, to reinvent the way we lived. Some of these inventions came up ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued updated examination guidance (“New Guidance”) on inventorship in applications involving artificial intelligence (AI). The document rescinds and ...

On Friday, Feb. 27, the sun was shining and students in matching gray hats walked around the Detroit Zoo. To the naked eye, the small groups of children walking around with their chaperones would seem ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued Revised Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions (Updated Guidance), providing a more streamlined and traditional framework for determining ...

An expert Q&A on invention capture and harvesting, focusing on high technology for in-house legal departments of research and development organizations, strategies for efficient invention capture, and ...

The 1980s offered a wild mix of ideas. Some gadgets felt exciting on the surface, but left behind nothing but regret. Poor ...