Gerald R. Prettyman, Patent Attorney

Corkscrews have been around about as long as corks and bottles, as have sore wrists of people having to insert corkscrews into bottles. While electronic devices are available, they are large and heavy and so not conducive to table-side restaurant service, and particularly so as they are seemingly...

Got A Bright Idea? Want to protect and develop the idea? Here is some preliminary information.
Part I. Cautionary Statements
1. Ideas are not protectable. You may be able to protect the registered use of a tangible idea, but not ideas. Never send an unsolicited idea to a company. Patents protect...

If the parts of any invention can be made separately, they can be sold separately. Manufacturers can make one part only and not infringe a patent. Prevent patent infringement by patenting each part. USD900404 is one of three parts of US9708154 Off-Road Rolling Film Vision System.

Protecting Creative Function: Film Spool US Design Patent D836423
Copyright protects creative design, but not when the design has function. Design Patents protect design elements and at a lower cost than a utility patent,, and thus work well to augment utility patents. This is Film Spool U.S. Des...

Humans have been wearing footwear for many millennia (a recent find was over 5500 years old), but even in the 21st century, patents are important for shoe designers. Not long ago, Elephant Shoes created new designs and wanted patent protection. To be worn, shoes must abide by human foot contours ...

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Toothpaste has been in use for perhaps 7000 years. For most of history, people used available components for abrasiveness, with soap for cleaning, and often in powder sold in jars or tins. Herbs and other flavorings were sometimes added to overcome the taste and smell, and to treat bad breath.
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Typical manufacturing techniques shape stock material by cutting or by injecting liquid or semi-liquid stock material into molds. Cutting techniques waste stock material and require much time and resources of personnel and equipment to assemble the final product. Injection methods require expensi...

US Patent 8757232 Monitoring and Changing Air Pressure in a Rotating Wheel
Riding a bicycle off-road can be bumpy and bouncy, but padded seats and spring and shock absorber devices designed for off-road use provide a bumpy and bouncy ride on smooth roads. Short of difficult to use and expensive a...