The paper clip is something of a fetish object in design circles. Its spare, machined aesthetic and its inexpensive ubiquity landed it a spot in MoMA’s 2004 show Humble Masterpieces. This was a ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A paper clip is a small thing. However, that mundane object has come to mean much more for ...

In the patent literature, the term "prior art" is virtually synonymous with "state of the art," the standard against which any claimed improvement is necessarily judged. Normally, "state of the art" ...

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