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The company operates three primary investment funds: [11] Invention Investment Fund (IIF), purchasing existing inventions and licensing them; Invention Development Fund (IDF), partnering chiefly with research institutions to file descriptions of new inventions; Investment Science Fund (ISF), focused on internally developed inventions
Jerome H. Lemelson (1923–1997), U.S. – inventions in the fields in which he patented make possible, wholly or in part, innovations like automated warehouses, industrial robots, cordless telephones, fax machines, videocassette recorders, camcorders, and the magnetic tape drive used in Sony's Walkman tape players.
The 100 known most prolific inventors based on worldwide utility patents are shown in the following table. While in many cases this is the number of utility patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, it may include utility patents granted by other countries, as noted by the source references for an inventor.
Dean Lawrence Kamen (/ ˈ k eɪ m ɪ n /; born April 5, 1951) is an American engineer, inventor, and businessman. He is known for his invention of the Segway and iBOT, [2] as well as founding the non-profit organization FIRST with Woodie Flowers. [3] [4] Kamen holds over 1,000 patents. [5]
Display of inductees in the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Alexandria. The National Inventors Hall of Fame is an American not-for-profit organization, founded in 1973, which recognizes individual engineers and inventors who hold a U.S. patent of significant technology.
Positron, a startup chip maker that aims to compete with Nvidia, said Tuesday it raised $23.5 million to scale production of its U.S.-made artificial intelligence chips. Valor Equity Partners ...
Meta for years has been funding research into "embodied AI," hoping to develop AI assistants that can look at, listen to and navigate the 3D physical world around them. The company's top AI ...
In June 2009 Tesla was approved to receive US$465 million in interest-bearing loans from the United States Department of Energy.The funding, part of the US$8 billion Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, supported engineering and production of the Model S sedan, as well as the development of commercial powertrain technology. [33]