An Australian government committee has recommended updating the country’s Patent Act to change the definition of patentable subject matter The change would replace the manner of manufacture test, ...

You have entered the innovation market taking your first steps. You had an idea, which matured to become definite enough to be characterized as an invention. Now what do you do? Many inventors will ...

From the Talkbacks to yesterday's post, it's clear that there is a lot of disagreement over what, exactly, constitutes innovation (or invention). My original intent for today's installment was to talk ...

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 ...

Author Steven Johnson looks at many of history's "artifacts of the future" that hinted at huge technological, scientific and cultural breakthroughs to come in his new book, Wonderland: How Play Made ...

In spite of tremendous increases in the number of graduate scientists and engineers and in the amount spent for research and development, the number of applications for patents filed in this country ...

Koning, Rembrand, Sampsa Samila, and John-Paul Ferguson. "Inventor Gender and the Direction of Invention." AEA Papers and Proceedings 110 (May 2020): 250–254.