Understand how patents work, including how they protect inventions, along with the different types available, and their implications for inventors and businesses.

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Nissan has filed a U.S. patent for a multifunction pickup tailgate that can slide, extend, and reconfigure to better secure long or awkward cargo. The design uses guided tracks, rollers, and optional ...

Nissan’s engineering team has sketched out a pickup truck tailgate that splits into two panels, with one section sliding ...

Innovation in medical technology—spanning devices, diagnostics, software, and AI—creates enormous value. But capturing and ...

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Nuwellis, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUWE), a medical technology company committed to delivering solutions for patients with cardiorenal conditions, announces that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has ...

Silicon Ranch's Tennessee solar farm is now a working cattle ranch, with moving panels that allow cows to graze while ...

Beam Global, (Nasdaq: BEEM), a leading provider of innovative and sustainable infrastructure solutions for transportation, energy security and smart city infrastructure, today announced that it has ...

Wakeboard towers still provide the same basic function, but today's models offer more style and features than ever before.

Design brand aulumu has received the Red Dot Design Award 2026 for two products: the M10 Multi-Charging Dual-Mag Power Bank ...