Inventions and Patents – Page 6

Overlooked No More: Ángela Ruiz Robles, Inventor of an Early E-Reader

Long before Kindles and iPads became popular, Ruiz Robles, a teacher, created her Mechanical Encyclopedia to help lighten her students’ textbook load.

By Cindy Shmerler

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Martin Goetz, Who Received the First Software Patent, Dies at 93

“I knew at some point in time the patent office would recognize” computer software, he said. It happened in 1968, helping to ignite the software market.

By Richard Sandomir

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La saga de los Jacuzzi, la familia detrás de las tinas de hidromasaje

Una historia de inmigrantes, del sueño americano y el aparato que definió la sensualidad burguesa.

By via Paulo Jacuzzi Whitten Sabbatini para The New York Times

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Common Patenting Tactic by Drug Companies May Be Illegal, F.T.C. Says

Experts say the exploitation of a loophole in the patent system has contributed to high prices for inhalers.

By Rebecca Robbins