Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20060064502 | Using Popular IDs To Sign On Creating A Single ID for Access Every being has a presence and can be associated with an ID. Popular IDs such as AOL ID, Yahoo ID, MSN ID, SIP ID, or PSTN and mobile telephone numbers, etc. are used by people to read their emails, send IMs, talk, interact, watch TV, etc. IDs such as biometrics IDs and... | 03/23/2006 |
| 20060041499 | Obtaining A Need With Guiding Information And Credit Worthiness Using A Competitive Process A process for obtaining a need with guiding information and credit worthiness using a competitive process. The competitive process could be a reverse auction where multiple sellers bid on the need. The guiding information and credit worthiness make the need under bid a ... | 02/23/2006 |
