by Team EvansIPLaw | Jan 27, 2026 | Welcome to All About Inventing!
Lewis Latimer: Prolific Innovator and Father of Electric Lighting Born in 1848, Lewis Latimer overcame racial barriers to become a prolific inventor during the Industrial Revolution. With artistic talent and patent office experience, Latimer collaborated on...
by Team EvansIPLaw | Jan 27, 2026 | Welcome to All About Inventing!
Charles Richard Drew: Pioneering Blood Bank Innovator In the 1930s, Dr. Charles Richard Drew embarked on a medical mission that would revolutionize the storage and transfusion of blood. Armed with an M.D. and Master of Surgery degree, Drew leveraged his role at...
by Team EvansIPLaw | Jan 27, 2026 | Welcome to All About Inventing!
Madam C.J. Walker: Pioneer of Black Women’s Haircare Born Sarah Breedlove in 1867, Madam C.J. Walker overcame steep odds to become America’s first black female self-made millionaire. Orphaned at seven and widowed by age 20, Walker held jobs as a washerwoman while...
by Team EvansIPLaw | Jan 27, 2026 | Welcome to All About Inventing!
Elijah McCoy Revolutionized Trains with Automatic Lubrication As railways boomed in the 19th century, trains relied on frequent refueling and manual lubrication of hot, moving parts. Laborers wasted countless hours re-greasing and oiling clumsy steam components...
by Invention101 | Jan 25, 2026 | Welcome to All About Inventing!
You know what they say about assumptions, right? Too often, people make assumptions about patents, trademarks, copyright. Intellectual property (IP) is divided into three types, patents, trademarks and copyrights. First, patents protect inventions. Trademarks...
by Team EvansIPLaw | Jan 25, 2026 | Welcome to All About Inventing!
TYPICAL PROCESSING TIMELINE OF A US PATENT This illustration demonstrates the typical application process timeline of a US Patent. Once a patent application is filed, because of the USPTO backlog, it can take over 1 year before the application is assigned to a US...
