After scoring a couple of overseas wins, the Artificial Inventor Project has lost its latest bid to force the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to name artificial intelligence machines as inventors on ...

A number of countries have now issued decisions on whether a patent can be granted to Dr. Stephen Thaler for an invention made by a machine named DABUS. In response to a request by the United Kingdom ...

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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- "I work in hotel management, and I thought there should be a way to automate the cleaning and sanitizing process for keys and key cards," said an inventor, ...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an all-in-one machine that would provide nail technicians with a quick, convenient, and simple way to provide nail care services to clients ...

Does AI leave room for traditional innovation? From at least one inventor’s perspective, there will always be room for human contribution, no matter how ubiquitous AI becomes. This article concludes a ...

Beulah Louise Henry was just nine years old when she came up with her first invention in 1896, a device that allowed a man to tip his hat without ever putting down his newspaper. By her death in 1973, ...

At the turn of the 20th century, the quest for a perpetual motion machine took hold of public imagination. A number of Hoosiers were among those captivated by the idea of creating a perpetual motion ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. PITTSBURGH, Jan. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- "I work in hotel management, and I thought there should be a way to automate ...