Audrey Berry, Intern Audrey Berry, Intern

The Patent King of the United States

Justus A. Traut was a prominent inventor and contractor at the Stanley Rule & Level Company. His extensive collection of patents earned him the title “The Patent King of the United States” or the “King of Inventors”...

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Riza Brown, Curator Riza Brown, Curator

The Patent: from Classical Antiquity to Modern Industry

When we think of invention, often we picture the invention process– coming up with an idea, creating a prototype for that idea, patenting the invention, and then going to production. 

A patent, or a government grant to an inventor of the right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention...

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