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Camille Dreyfus
Celanese Corporation showed a profit every year after 1925 with its breakthrough year coming in 1939. The company grew by 700% from 1929-1939. By 1940, Dreyfus held 233 patents in the U.S., most of which were concerned with the production... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Faculty Research Online
protecting and monetizing their intellectual property. In a Q&A, Professor Josh Lerner discusses current trends in IP, including the rise of patent pools. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5925.html. Rethinking Retirement Planning Many of us... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Gibson Hits a High Note
patented computer chip in the instrument detects and processes the sound, sending it to a digital amplifier. To purists who protest, Juszkiewicz stands firm: “The electronics of the guitar are actually pretty bad by today’s standards.... View Details
- 01 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
and examples of how it is impacting the food industry. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517064 Harvard Business School Case 218-085 Patent Trolling The U.S. Intellectual Property (IP) Ecosystem is one of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
Thomas W. Mastin
Mastin was instrumental in the development and commercialization of many of Lubrizol’s products, the world’s largest manufacturer of chemical additives for lubricants. Mastin was a published chemist who held over 20 patents for new... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
Arnold O. Beckman
Beckman is considered one of America’s foremost inventors. Starting with the invention of the pH meter (the first accurate test for acidity) in 1935, Beckman went on to secure 14 patents and produce dozens of scientific instruments that... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
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Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs
research. PatentSight, a database with unique patent data analytic solutions, useful for obtaining insights about... View Details
Charles A. Coffin
Coffin led General Electric into the production of other electrical products besides arc lights, including railway motors and alternating generators and transformers. In the late 1890s, Coffin was able to negotiate a patent agreement with... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
New Venture Winner an Undercover Success
Washington, DC. Launched in 2011, Knock out!, which also makes products for men, uses a patented “No Trace” technology. “Entering the contest and presenting before the judges helped me to step back and define where I want to take my... View Details
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54888 Some Facts of High-Tech Patenting By: Webb, Michael, Nick Short, Nicholas Bloom, and Josh Lerner Abstract— : Patenting in software, cloud computing, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
Arjun Chopra
multiple technology patents that have been cited as prior art by firms like Apple, AT&T and iRobot. He has also held several technology development and management positions in consumer and enterprise software companies including... View Details
- May 2020
- Article
Inventor Gender and the Direction of Invention
By: Rembrand Koning, Sampsa Samila and John-Paul Ferguson
We study whether increasing the share of female inventors leads to more biomedical inventions that focus on the needs of women. After accounting for detailed disease-technology, disease-year, and technology-year fixed effects, we find that a 10 percentage point... View Details
Koning, Rembrand, Sampsa Samila, and John-Paul Ferguson. "Inventor Gender and the Direction of Invention." AEA Papers and Proceedings 110 (May 2020): 250–254.
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In Charts: Like Einstein, Global Inventors Bring Big Ideas Across Borders | Working Knowledge
School's Prithwiraj Choudhury. At a time when immigration has become a flashpoint in many countries, the team analysis of more 6 million patents reveals how so-called global mobile inventors have shared their expertise, especially during... View Details
Milton Bradley
Bradley created a business that has become synonymous with fun, family games. Initially marketing British games in the US, Bradley went on to patent a variety of new games including Zoetrope or “Wheel of Life” and Historoscope, a... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
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From Concept to Product | Baker Library
publications, legal and patent documents, audiovisual materials, cameras, and other Polaroid products. Explore the Polaroid Collections A Culture of Innovation Instant Photography Is Launched Research in Black and White Clarence Kennedy... View Details
- 28 Feb 2020
- News
Filling the White Space
companies involved in research into psychedelic compounds for medical use. (Compass has been granted a US patent that covers a method of obtaining psilocybin to treat drug-resistant depression; the treatment is in a phase IIb clinical... View Details
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Kavya Kopparapu | MBA
cost-effective methods to diagnose diabetic retinopathy and glioblastoma, and resource allocation for healthcare workers in infectious disease settings and have been awarded a patent for my work. However, I've firmly believed the role of... View Details
- June 1976 (Revised March 1984)
- Case
Polaroid-Kodak
By: Norman A. Berg
Describes Kodak's long-awaited challenge to Polaroid in the field of instant photography. Provides technological and company background of both Polaroid and Eastman-Kodak and their respective product lines. Discusses Polaroid's claim that Kodak infringed on 10 Polaroid... View Details
Berg, Norman A. "Polaroid-Kodak." Harvard Business School Case 376-266, June 1976. (Revised March 1984.)
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
Analysis Authors:Juan Alcácer, Michelle Gittelman, and Bhaven Sampat Periodical:Research Policy 38, no. 2 (March 2009): 415-427 Abstract Prior art patent citations have become a popular measure of patent... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors
smaller) communities and collaborations of inventors. Fleming and his colleagues found, for example, that at the end of the last decade, half of the patented inventors in Silicon Valley could trace an indirect collaborative path to one... View Details