INNOVATION is the grease in the economic engine, the sparkle that keeps culture fresh and the key ingredient in nearly every billion-dollar fortune. To kick off our yearlong series of special reports ...

There’s an apocryphal story of Christopher Columbus making an egg stand on its end after a hearty meal, showing that what seemed impossible was actually 'common sense' once demonstrated. Today, a ...

Jeffrey A. Killian, whose software-related patent application was rejected under Section 101 despite meeting other patentability criteria, is seeking to testify before Congress as it considers the ...

In a new book, Smithsonian historian Eric S. Hintz traces the rise and fall, and rise again, of the maverick inventor Elon Musk, after securing a $2.9 billion NASA contract for SpaceX, recently hosted ...

Brigham Young University was just ranked as one of the top 100 universities in the nation for most issued patents. But the new ranking from the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) isn’t the story for ...

“The African American experience is full of innovators who have done creative and productive things, but there was no pathway to patents.” – James Howard, Executive Director, Black Inventors Hall of ...

Robert Susa is the President of InventHelp, where he has long focused on supporting inventors in the invention process. He is ...