Patentsomnia

This week we’re looking at body piercing technology, from a medical piercing device of the 1950s to an interesting 21st Century use for facial piercings.The second one is especially full of repetition, so is very boring to put you to sleep…until you think about what the actual invention is. (Get through this one and this episode title will all make sense.)For a preview of a later episode, check out the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization's annual page for absurd patents:https://www.wipo.int/en/web/patents/2025-patent-picks(Let me know if there's one you'd like to [email protected]://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575451991080https://patents.google.com/US 2,568,207 SURGICAL PIERCING DEVICE US 7,066,592 FRAMELESS GLASSES ATTACHING TO BODY

America’s Favorite Pastime in the 1800s led to several patents for baseball gear and related items. Tonight’s selections focus on three patents directed to game simulations, either to bring the thrill of a game at home or to fans following a game at a distance. Play ball!https://patents.google.com/US No. 540,197 GAME BOARDUS No. 292,709 CHECKER AND BASE BALL COMBINATION GAMEUS No. 543,851 BASE BALL GAME ILLUSTRATING APPARATUS

“Tactical to Practical” – when technologies perhaps originally developed for military use make their way into common civilian life. Continuing from last week, we have the second of two such inventions, each by a brilliant woman who was a trailblazer in her field, as well as an inductee of the Inventors Hall of Fame (www.invent.org). To learn more, www.patents.google.comUS No. 2,220,860 FILM STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF PREPARATIONhttps://www.invent.org/inductees/katharine-burr-blodgettUS No. 2,292,387 SECRET COMMUNICATION SYSTEMhttps://www.invent.org/inductees/hedy-lamarr

“Tactical to Practical” – when technologies perhaps originally developed for military use make their way into common civilian life. Tonight we have the first in a series of two such inventions, each by a brilliant woman who was a trailblazer in her field, as well as an inductee into the Inventors Hall of Fame (www.invent.org). To learn more, www.patents.google.comPart 1: US No. 2,220,860 FILM STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF PREPARATIONhttps://www.invent.org/inductees/katharine-burr-blodgettPart 2: US No. 2,292,387 SECRET COMMUNICATION SYSTEMhttps://www.invent.org/inductees/hedy-lamarr