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Paul Marks’s story about the imposition of patent prohibition orders struck a painful chord (9 July, p 24). Because the principal activity of my company is the development of equipment for defusing ...

Inventors have a unique view on the world. They can see past a problem to a potential solution and drive change that betters our lives. The University of Delaware is home to many such creative ...

Some inventions are undeniably clever yet surprisingly irritating in everyday life. These inventions, though meant to be helpful and solved many purposes, instead annoyed millions of people.