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- Why Has America Stopped Inventing
- Publication Name
- Why Has America Stopped Inventing
- Title
- Why Has America Stopped Inventing
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9781614480488
- ISBN
- 9781614480488
- Publisher
- Morgan James Publishing
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Law, Political Science
- Topic
- Intellectual Property / Patent, General, History, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Industrial Technology
- Release Date
- 15/12/2011
- Release Year
- 2011
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
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- 6in
- Item Weight
- 6.4 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Number of Pages
- 252 Pages
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America loves innovation and the can-do spirit that made this country what it is--a world leader in self-government, industry, technology, and pop culture. Everything about America has been an experiment and a leap of faith. And one such experiment--upon which all others depend for success--is the U.S. Patent System. Why Has America Stopped Inventing? takes a close look at why this experiment appears to be failing, and why America has all but stopped inventing. Our belief that we are the most innovative people on earth is mistaken. Statistics show that today we invent less than half of what our counterparts did a century and a half ago. Look around: Where are the groundbreaking inventions comparable to those from the Industrial Revolution? It's unforgivable that we've been using the same mode of transportation for over a century. Why are we giving trillions of dollars every year to hostile foreign nations for imported oil when we have the inventive talent in America to solve the nation's energy crisis? We don't have these desperately needed technologies because regular Americans have given up on inventing. Why Has America Stopped Inventing? compares some of America's most successful 19th century inventors with those of today, showing Jefferson refusing to waste any more weekends examining patent applications, Whitney being robbed of his fortune while the South's wealth exploded, the patent models that kept British soldiers from burning Washington's last-standing federal building, the formation of Lincoln's cabinet, and Selden crippling the entire U.S. Auto Industry. It also tells the largely unforgotten stories of the Wright brother's airplane monopoly, the Colt revolver's role in the Mexican American War, the Sewing Machine wars, the last six months of Daniel Webster's life, and the controversy surrounding the first telephone patents.
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Morgan James Publishing
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9781614480488
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Why Has America Stopped Inventing
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Trade Paperback
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English
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Intellectual Property / Patent, General, History, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Industrial Technology
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Law, Political Science
Number of Pages
252 Pages
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9in
Item Height
0.6in
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6in
Item Weight
6.4 Oz
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Table of Contents Preface Introduction: The Patent Game Chapter One: Life Could Be Better Chapter Two: How America's Innovation Began--Eli Whitney Chapter Three: The U.S. Gets Her First Patent Office Chapter Four: America's Laws Get Broken In Chapter Five: In Come the Models Chapter Six: America Gets Rubber Fever Chapter Seven: A New Patent Office and Patent Statute Chapter Eight: The Patent Office Rescues Colt and Morse Chapter Nine: McCormick and Goodyear Secure Their Rotunda Fame Chapter Ten: Singer Starts the Patent Wars Chapter Eleven: Colt Turns to the Courts Chapter Twelve: Goodyear Seeks Out Daniel Webster Chapter Thirteen: The Legal Elite Join the Fight: Lincoln and His Future Cabinet Take Sides on the McCormick Reaper Case Chapter Fourteen: Morse Encounters Salmon P. Chase Chapter Fifteen: The Aftermath Chapter Sixteen: The Old Curiosity Shop Is Mothballed Chapter Seventeen: The Telephone and the Automobile Chapter Eighteen: The Patent Office Confronts the Ether Chapter Nineteen: In Come the Wright Brothers Chapter Twenty: Where Did the Inventors Go? Chapter Twenty One: The Staggering Cost of Inventing Chapter Twenty Two: How Do We Fix This? About the Author Resources References
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