Whirlwind's latest patent effort for flesh sensing table saw safety devices was among the week's top reports. Most viewed, however, was an article and video of Saturn Design Woodworking's dramatic ...

Long Island inventor Maria-Lucia Anghel has invented an expandable kitchen table that has several leafs that extend outward from underneath the primary surface that greatly increase the size of the ...

The patent system has received a lot of attention recently, and not the good kind. Recent pieces have called patent enforcers “modern-day robber barons” and their investors “suckers.” They vilify ...

Ford wants to make vehicle interiors more like living rooms. A recent patent application from the automaker published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) April 20, 2023, but ...

DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. thinks the interior of autonomous vehicles could resemble a kitchen or office conference room. The automaker earlier this month patented a retractable table -- complete with ...

GM has filed a patent application describing fold-out table for a vehicle cargo area. The application was assigned patent number US 2025/0018868 A1 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office ...

Several Apple patents have popped up at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Following is a summary of each. Patent number 8140975 involves slide show navigation. Per the patent, a slide show, ...

Things are starting to change a bit in the patent world. The U.S. patent system has traditionally been a very one-sided affair. Largely conceived and run by traditional industry—e.g. pharmaceutical ...

You used to be able to buy a Chrysler minivan that doubled as a living room. The second row seats swiveled to face the rear, and there was a table that was installed ...