Ingenious Patents: Bubble Wrap, Barbed Wire, Bionic Eyes, and Other Pioneering Inventions

by Ben Ikenson and Jay Bennett

Book Overview

Discover some of the most innovative of the 6.5 million patents that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted since Thomas Jefferson issued the first one in 1790. Updated and reformatted from the original 2004 edition, Ingenious Patents presents each device along with background about the inventor, interesting sidebars and history, and an excerpt from the original patent application. Liberally sprinkled throughout are photos of original models...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316438499
• ISBN13: 9780316438490
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.7" x 9.3"