{"id":1242,"date":"2016-03-04T15:40:45","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T15:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/patentlaw\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2016-03-04T15:40:45","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T15:40:45","slug":"innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/patentlaw\/2016\/03\/04\/innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"

A post from student blogger Nicole<\/em><\/p>\n

Recently in our patent prosecution class we read a Disney patent for one of their water slides.\u00a0 You might be thinking to yourself, what can be patented about a water slide?\u00a0 At least that\u2019s what came to my mind when our teacher asked us.\u00a0 Well I\u2019ll help you out. They developed a system at the bottom of the slide to help you comfortably slow down. \u00a0The system uses air injection nozzles to lower the density of the water, which helps you slow down more gently as you approach the end.\u00a0 Otherwise your butt might be bruised the next day if you went down a water slide more than 80 feet tall and smacked into the water at the bottom.\u00a0 If it wasn\u2019t for this then there wouldn\u2019t be Summit Plummet at Disney\u2019s Blizzard Beach.\u00a0 New technology helps create new possibilities.<\/p>\n

The most exciting part about being a patent agent is going to be seeing all the new technology.\u00a0 It\u2019ll be intriguing to see what brilliant ideas are being thought of next.\u00a0 Could you imagine if the company you were working for was brought an idea like an airplane?\u00a0 And you were the one that was chosen to write the patent for it?\u00a0 That is something to be proud of.\u00a0 How could you not want to become a patent agent?\u00a0 You get a jump start on the new things evolving in this world.\u00a0 The airplane was patented in 1906 and it was called a flying machine.\u00a0 It\u2019s funny to think of an airplane being called a flying machine, but back then it was historic and made a difference in the world today.\u00a0 Nobody knows what\u2019s coming next, but as a patent agent we\u2019ll be one step ahead.<\/p>\n

\"US8746616<\/a>It is interesting to see how much patents have changed.\u00a0 If you get the chance to look at patents, look at the airplane<\/a> patent (821,393) from 1906 and an airplane<\/a> patent (8,746,616) from 2014.\u00a0 The world is evolving in many ways and these airplane patents are perfect evidence of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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