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✅ Novel (Original experiences only)
✅ Non-obvious (Breakthrough successes)
✅ Highly Useful (Health and prosperity)
May your next "Big Idea" be just around the corner.
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🚀 Keep inventing,
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Table of Contents
This Week's Patent News:
🧬 Amazon v. InterDigital: Jurisdiction Challenge. A major dispute over SEP (standard‑essential patent) licensing strategy. Amazon challenges the UK court’s jurisdiction, highlighting conflicting approaches between global courts and the growing complexity of cross‑border patent enforcement.
🧪 Unified Patent Court (UPC) Analytics Update. A data‑driven snapshot of ongoing UPC litigation, including high‑volume plaintiffs like Panasonic, Abbott, Motorola Mobility, and Qualcomm. While not a narrative article, it is a litigation‑focused update published on the exact date.
🛡️ Amazon v. InterDigital – Broader SEP Licensing Implications. A second angle on the same case, focusing on how diverging foreign‑court approaches complicate global patent‑licensing frameworks. This is treated as a separate news entry because WIPR published it as a standalone analysis.
New weekly USPTO Patents data have been added.
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✒️ The Pen is Mightier Than the Smudge
How Laszlo Bíró Cleaned Up the Ink Mess, and Changed Writing Forever
Before the ballpoint pen, writing was a delicate and messy art. Fountain pens were elegant but impractical: they leaked, smeared, and demanded frequent refills.
For journalists like Laszlo Bíró, who needed to write fast and legibly, fountain pens were less a tool and more a daily disaster.
While working as a newspaper editor in 1930s Budapest, Bíró grew increasingly frustrated with the smudged ink that turned his pages into Rorschach tests.
He noticed that the ink used in printing presses dried much faster than fountain pen ink, and didn't smear. So, he asked a simple question: Why not use that ink in a pen?
The answer, of course, was that thicker ink wouldn’t flow through a traditional nib. So Bíró collaborated with his brother György, a chemist, to solve the problem. Together, they designed a tiny ball-bearing mechanism at the tip of a pen that would roll ink onto paper smoothly and evenly. In 1938, Bíró filed his first patent in Hungary for what we now call the ballpoint pen.
Early versions were expensive and imperfect, limiting adoption outside specialized uses. The pen wasn’t refined enough for traditional writers and wasn’t a fashion item like the fountain pen. But when World War II broke out, the British Royal Air Force discovered that Bírós pens worked at high altitudes, unlike fountain pens, which tended to leak under pressure. Pilots adopted them quickly, and the rest of the world followed.
The invention was a commercial hit post-war. Bíró's name became synonymous with the product, so much so that in many countries (especially in Europe), a ballpoint pen is still called a "biro."
Laszlo Bíró didn’t set out to create a global staple. He just wanted a pen that wouldn't sabotage his deadlines. But in solving his everyday problem, he permanently rewrote how the world puts thoughts to paper.
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Trivia
Which toy was invented accidentally by a naval engineer in 1945?
A) Yo-yo
B) Slinky
C) Silly Putty
D) Play-Doh
Please scroll to the bottom of this newsletter to find out.
Featured Inventor
Don Vultaggio: Innovator in Beverage Dispensing Technology
Don Vultaggio, born in Brooklyn in 1952, is the billionaire co-founder and chairman of AriZona Beverages. Without a college degree, he built his career from grocery and beer distribution to creating one of America’s most iconic drink brands. In 1992, he launched AriZona Iced Tea with its distinctive 23-ounce can and bold 99¢ price tag, a strategy that made it a cultural staple and business triumph. After a lengthy legal battle, Vultaggio gained full control of the company in 2015. Today, AriZona sells billions of cans annually, while Vultaggio champions humility, creativity, and accessible indulgence.
Today in Patent History
The Spark That Shaped the Modern Lightbulb
On December 30, 1913, a groundbreaking patent transformed the future of electric lighting: ductile tungsten for incandescent bulb filaments. Before this invention, filaments were brittle, inefficient, and prone to breaking. The introduction of ductile tungsten changed everything. Its extraordinary strength, flexibility, and ability to withstand high temperatures allowed bulbs to burn brighter, last longer, and operate more efficiently. This single advancement pushed electric lighting from fragile novelty to global necessity, powering homes, factories, and entire cities. The 1913 patent didn’t just improve a filament, it illuminated the path to the modern electrical age.
U.S. Patent No. 1,082,933
Introducing New Data Products and Enhancements
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The stomach is a flexible, stretchable organ rather than a fixed container. When a person eats quickly, the signals that communicate fullness to the brain are delayed, making it easy to consume more food than the body actually needs. As food moves from the stomach into the small intestine, hormones begin to shift: ghrelin, the hunger hormone, decreases; cholecystokinin (CCK) and peptide YY increase, slowing digestion and promoting satiety; and insulin rises in response to carbohydrates, signaling nutrient abundance. These chemical signals take time to register, which is why overeating can occur before the body fully responds, followed by a period of sluggishness as energy is redirected toward digestion..
This UpFront Research report provides a thorough examination of the patent landscape surrounding cholecystokinin (CCK), ghrelin, and their roles in appetite regulation and satiety. This dynamic and evolving field has seen a notable increase in patent filings in recent years, reflecting a robust interest in developing innovative solutions for obesity treatment and metabolic health management.. |
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Read our guide to find out why growth marketers should make sure CTV is part of their 2026 media mix.
Centurion Patentors
Congratulations to last week's Centurion Patentors! |
The Centurion Patentors are 0.185% of ALL Inventors worldwide who hold more than one hundred U.S. patents. They are the Navy SEALs of innovation. They don’t just have good ideas once; they’ve built a discipline, a repeatable process for turning thought into impact. |
We are excited to welcome the following inventors into these prestigious patent clubs: |
Trivia
Answer: B) Slinky ✅ ⚙️ Richard James dropped a tension spring, watched it “walk” down a staircase, and a legend was born.
Recommendations
As we wrap up the year, we wanted to summarize the Growth rates of Patents granted to Inventors over 1, 3, and 5 years.
Every prolific inventor has a story, but the clearest way to see that story unfolding in real time is through growth rates. These rates show how many issued patents an inventor adds over 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years. Think of it as the velocity behind their creative engine.
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