tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1336726 2009-11-19T09:27:03+00:00 Steve van Dulken, British Library research specialist, blogs about patents, inventions and intellectual property TypePad http://www.bl.uk/images/entrypoint/logo100.gifSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesThis is a British Library blog about patent searching and intellectual property tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef012875b71b39970c 2009-11-19T09:27:03+00:00 2009-11-19T09:27:03+00:00 Steve Van Dulken There has been a lot of publicity about Apple's new patent application for their Advertisement in operating system invention but none, as far as I could tell, actually supplied a link to the...<br/> <br/> (From Steve van Dulken's Patents Blog)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=8wYxm0zM6t4:wDr7dTIf1Mk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=8wYxm0zM6t4:wDr7dTIf1Mk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?i=8wYxm0zM6t4:wDr7dTIf1Mk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=8wYxm0zM6t4:wDr7dTIf1Mk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=8wYxm0zM6t4:wDr7dTIf1Mk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog/~4/8wYxm0zM6t4" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/patentsblog/2009/11/apple-and-its-advertisement-in-operating-system-patent-application.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a6a9f404970b 2009-11-17T11:12:45+00:00 2009-11-17T11:12:45+00:00 Steve Van Dulken A friend sent me a slide show of unusual inventions and it included pictures of people with apparently tattooed arms. In fact they were wearing shirts whose sleeves imitated tattoos. Rather like this...<br/> <br/> (From Steve van Dulken's Patents Blog)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=Ulq7MqsM2wY:puHb1ty4zio:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=Ulq7MqsM2wY:puHb1ty4zio:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?i=Ulq7MqsM2wY:puHb1ty4zio:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=Ulq7MqsM2wY:puHb1ty4zio:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=Ulq7MqsM2wY:puHb1ty4zio:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog/~4/Ulq7MqsM2wY" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/patentsblog/2009/11/tattoos-on-shirt-sleeves.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a617614e970b 2009-10-23T15:01:23+01:00 2009-10-23T15:02:03+01:00 Steve Van Dulken The BBC news website is often the first to tell me of interesting innovations. It has a story about Toshiba's Dynario fuel cell, which is a revolutionary development. Fuel cells work with cathodes...<br/> <br/> (From Steve van Dulken's Patents Blog)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=azyatuIE6Rw:GduhgVpRqVU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=azyatuIE6Rw:GduhgVpRqVU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?i=azyatuIE6Rw:GduhgVpRqVU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=azyatuIE6Rw:GduhgVpRqVU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=azyatuIE6Rw:GduhgVpRqVU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog/~4/azyatuIE6Rw" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/patentsblog/2009/10/the-toshiba-dynario-fuel-cell.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a5e47887970b 2009-10-14T12:41:18+01:00 2009-10-14T12:41:18+01:00 Steve Van Dulken Dyson have produced an electric fan which they claim is the first in the world that works without blades. The Dyson Air Multiplier® fan contains a small motor at the base of a large plastic loop....<br/> <br/> (From Steve van Dulken's Patents Blog)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=ml2JfIT0rfc:6XUOX3tXiIo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=ml2JfIT0rfc:6XUOX3tXiIo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?i=ml2JfIT0rfc:6XUOX3tXiIo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=ml2JfIT0rfc:6XUOX3tXiIo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=ml2JfIT0rfc:6XUOX3tXiIo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog/~4/ml2JfIT0rfc" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/patentsblog/2009/10/the-dyson-air-multiplier-fan.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a614738e970c 2009-10-05T13:13:45+01:00 2009-10-05T13:13:45+01:00 Steve Van Dulken I was looking through the October issue of Saga, a magazine for those over 50, when I came across a brief item (page 101) stating that "a reader wrote in last month with details of his patented...<br/> <br/> (From Steve van Dulken's Patents Blog)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=aeCCgetfmbA:NAUeT7y6_W8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=aeCCgetfmbA:NAUeT7y6_W8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?i=aeCCgetfmbA:NAUeT7y6_W8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=aeCCgetfmbA:NAUeT7y6_W8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=aeCCgetfmbA:NAUeT7y6_W8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog/~4/aeCCgetfmbA" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/patentsblog/2009/10/saving-bathwater-for-the-garden.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a594c452970b 2009-09-24T11:16:42+01:00 2009-09-24T11:16:42+01:00 Steve Van Dulken Today marks 250 years since Arthur Guinness signed a 1000 year lease on the St James's Gate premises in Dublin, and successor company Diageo are throwing a party, with the slogan "To Arthur !". Here...<br/> <br/> (From Steve van Dulken's Patents Blog)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=GR2Zmyj3x5M:iMNfNzU07xk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=GR2Zmyj3x5M:iMNfNzU07xk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?i=GR2Zmyj3x5M:iMNfNzU07xk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=GR2Zmyj3x5M:iMNfNzU07xk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=GR2Zmyj3x5M:iMNfNzU07xk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog/~4/GR2Zmyj3x5M" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/patentsblog/2009/09/to-arthur-250-years-of-the-black-stuff.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a5b1a343970c 2009-09-09T09:02:52+01:00 2009-09-09T09:02:52+01:00 Steve Van Dulken I have found Forbes magazine, perhaps surprisingly, a good source for interesting articles about inventions. Recently I read in it an interesting article about Leif Hauge of Norway and his research...<br/> <br/> (From Steve van Dulken's Patents Blog)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=e5FbBP3XDiY:UeMjJaKWUAQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=e5FbBP3XDiY:UeMjJaKWUAQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?i=e5FbBP3XDiY:UeMjJaKWUAQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=e5FbBP3XDiY:UeMjJaKWUAQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=e5FbBP3XDiY:UeMjJaKWUAQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog/~4/e5FbBP3XDiY" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/patentsblog/2009/09/pressure-exchangers-in-desalinization.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a55274d0970b 2009-09-07T08:53:58+01:00 2009-09-23T09:12:42+01:00 Steve Van Dulken The latest big product in footwear seems to be Vibram FiveFingers® shoes. The idea is a shoe that fits like a glove, with each toe having its own pouch. Vibram USA is a company that has been...<br/> <br/> (From Steve van Dulken's Patents Blog)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=eW7LYaT8XSg:BE1UBlLhBTA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=eW7LYaT8XSg:BE1UBlLhBTA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?i=eW7LYaT8XSg:BE1UBlLhBTA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=eW7LYaT8XSg:BE1UBlLhBTA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=eW7LYaT8XSg:BE1UBlLhBTA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog/~4/eW7LYaT8XSg" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/patentsblog/2009/09/vibram-fivefingers-shoes.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a592b89b970c 2009-09-01T11:54:56+01:00 2009-09-01T11:54:56+01:00 Steve Van Dulken It is always interesting to hear about the technology in well-known inventions. I was looking for something else when I came across an article from 2003 about Sean Noone and his method of switching...<br/> <br/> (From Steve van Dulken's Patents Blog)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=zrJHYEs66ng:mvDdqzvtWko:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=zrJHYEs66ng:mvDdqzvtWko:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?i=zrJHYEs66ng:mvDdqzvtWko:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=zrJHYEs66ng:mvDdqzvtWko:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=zrJHYEs66ng:mvDdqzvtWko:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog/~4/zrJHYEs66ng" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/patentsblog/2009/09/photoelectric-controls-on-street-lighting.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a57b2b07970c 2009-08-27T09:56:06+01:00 2009-08-27T09:56:06+01:00 Steve Van Dulken I was watching a TV programme last night about redesigning ships after disasters like the loss of the Titanic and the Estonia car ferry. A new solution is the X-bow. The traditional ship's bow is...<br/> <br/> (From Steve van Dulken's Patents Blog)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=bNi24ztbnjo:iQio6DhhoaE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=bNi24ztbnjo:iQio6DhhoaE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?i=bNi24ztbnjo:iQio6DhhoaE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=bNi24ztbnjo:iQio6DhhoaE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?a=bNi24ztbnjo:iQio6DhhoaE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SteveVanDulkensPatentBlog/~4/bNi24ztbnjo" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/patentsblog/2009/08/the-xbow-on-ships.html