German Utility Models (otherwise known as Gebrauchsmuster) can now be filed online via GlobalIPCo. GlobalIPCo and Prisma IP (a German patent law firm) have created an easy-to-use online system for filing national phase, convention and direct German Utility Models. Although, only national phase German Utility Models are available to general users, direct and convention German … Read more
Jan 30th, 2024Hotdogs are great. Saucy hotdogs are super, but a messy shirt is the pits Newton Hall was partial to a hotdog with plenty of butter, mustard and condiments, but he was also particular about his appearance. So, he set about boring a blind hole along a roll and slotting the roll partly along the bore. The slot allows for liberal squirtings of sauce, … Read more
Jan 26th, 2024Aging tenderizes a steak, but takes time. Pounding is quick and effective, but you risk the steak being mistaken for a schnitzel. What if you’re handicapped by a brisket and need to deliver a thick, tender steak on short notice? For reasons I can’t explain, it fell to American Mine Door Company – a supplier of mine doors to the mining … Read more
Jan 19th, 2024What’s the bigger challenge: un-scrambling an Egg 🍳 ; or un-mincing Fish 🐟 ? 🤔 Whereas, we unquestioningly accept we can’t accomplish the former, the clever scientists at Sea Harvest set about reconstituting a minced fish. Likely, you’ve unwittingly eaten un-minced fish, mistaking it for the real deal! 😳 Here’s the patented secret: – Roll minced … Read more
Jan 12th, 2024How to make the best hot, crispy chips: freeze them! Totally counter-intuitive, but that’s the McDonald’s secret; the secret that McDonald’s unwittingly stumbled upon. If you:– simply deep-fry chips, they turn into “slap chips” – limp and soggy;– double-fry chips, they become crispy, but with a hollowed-out interior; or– over-fry chips, they, well, … burn. … Read more
Jan 5th, 2024How did KFC crack the secret of crispy, juicy chicken? B(KF)C, chicken was either crispy or juicy, never both. To open the gates to chicken Nirvana, those clever chicken-fryers from Kentucky:1. immersed chicken in a bath of oil heated in a pressure cooker to 175-205C;2. reduced the oil temperature rapidly to 120‐135C;3. cooked the chicken for 2 … Read more
Dec 29th, 2023Why is it so difficult to tell the difference between a Fisher Price Little Snoopy (1965) and a real dog? It’s those clever patented V-shaped wheeled axles, which cause Snoopy’s body to bob when driven ‐ perfectly mimicking the natural movement of a Basset frolicking about wild grassy plains. (US3407531) Iptica – Easily file provisional … Read more
Dec 22nd, 2023Most parents have the fondest memories of Kinder Surprise Egg. But, I bet you also recall the pang of disappointment when happening upon the “new” Kinder egg. What made this wonderful Surprise into such a Disappointment? If you listen to Ferrero, it was bloody Health & Safety and the expansion of Nancy’s city limits beyond … Read more
Dec 15th, 2023Kellogg’s marketing team didn’t simply invent Snap, Crackle & Pop. Their engineers actually put them into each Rice Krispie. After cooking the rice until rubbery, Kellogg’s: 🍚 Adds the Crackle by slightly compressing the rice between rollers; 🍚 Adds the Snap by drying the rice until crisp; and 🍚 Adds the Pop by rapidly heating the rice to … Read more
Dec 8th, 2023McDonald’s bookish patent attorneys admit that their scrambled egg is a “Congealed Mass of Egg”, much to the dismay of the marketing department … which stepped up with:– Scrambled Sensation– Fluffy Egg Delights– Fluff up your Mornings… and flipped it to the trademark attorneys to consolidate the save. Go McTeam! You too can create the perfect Fluffy Congealed … Read more
Dec 1st, 2023What is the most interesting word you saw in a patent claim, which you had to look up? Mine is definitely “VIVIFYING MEANS”! In 1962 Fisher Price patented its Chatter Telephone with rolling eyes. They got stuck on a broad term for rolling eyes … something that moves … something that grabs attention … Fascinator? … Read more
Nov 24th, 2023Why doesn’t your ice cream rotate in the cone when licked? It’s those little radially inwards extending tabs on the cone! Scientifically speaking: they compound the inertia of the ice cream scoop, preventing contra‐rotation of the scoop and cone. But, little Johnny is more pleased by their unintended benefit: by gripping the ice cream; they … Read more
Nov 17th, 2023Who can forget the timeless ditties muffled out by Fisher Price’s patented record player 🎶 ‐ Humpty Dumpty; Jack and Jill; Twinkle twinkle; London bridge; Oh where has my little dog gone; Hickory dickory doc; and Eidelweiss? What Fisher Price Patented was a little music box in the tone‐arm head. Explains why my turntable didn’t … Read more
Nov 10th, 2023Remove the patent blindspot over Africa – the continent with the second largest population, growing at the fastest rate worldwide. You can obtain a SANi combination patent that covers 44% of sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP for only $875. And, for an additional $875 you can pre-pay all 20 years of renewals. No further payments required for … Read more
Aug 8th, 2023African patent growth is the fastest in the world. And, for good reason … The African continent is larger than China, US, India, Mexico, Germany, UK and France combined. It has the second largest population of all other continents, and the highest population growth rate. Africa also offers the cheapest and easiest patents worldwide. GlobalIPCo … Read more
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