Jeff Steck

Before pneumatic tires became standard equipment, inventors really thought hard about how to get a softer ride. Here's the Peugeot Lion from 1892.

This inevitably brings me to my favorite patent title worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/searc...

Paul Erdős has a Chester the Cat number of 4.

Roscoe Village Halloween party

Batting left handed for the Sox

New recession indicator. The number of undergrad students that have reached out to learn more about patent law and decide if law school is for them has gone up astronomically in the past year.

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

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

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.

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

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

On this day in 2018, US Patent No. 10,000,000 was granted. From No. 1 in 1836, each next million took: 75y, 24y, 26y, 15y, 14y, 9y, 6y, 5.5y, 3.6y, 3.2y, 2.9y, and 3.1y. First million took 75 years. Now, about 1 million every 3 years. #OnThisDay #OTD #PatentHistory #Patents

The latest in hoodie technology: a drawstring that's actually a hose (20) between a vape pen (32) and mouthpiece (34). US Patent 12648599, issued Tuesday

Are you a privacy lawyer who wants to work with me? www.mozilla.org/en-US/career...

I was enjoying this small urban prairie until two blackbirds attacked. I did not know that birds can hiss!

Bears territory, according to iNaturalist

A secure graduation cap for "individuals with curly or voluminous hairstyles." US Patent 12588729

Patents are comics

This is the plot of Brainstorm (1983), starring Christopher Walken and Natalie Wood. (US Patent 12623047, issued this month)

The Chicago River this morning along Horner Park.

Re-usable toy wounds for children. Patented this week by Melissa & Doug. US 12623159

The Obama Presidential Center in B&W