Patent Search Activity Template

Instructions:
Complete the following form for the Invention and Innovation Patents Activity.

Topic 1: Ball Point Pen

Patent Number: EP20110753339 Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic. The ball point pen is something that almost all people use and it can be useful to have Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why. NOTE: Some patents can be argued to be either invention or innovation. Choose one and justify your statement. This is an innovation and this is true because it takes an old design and changes certain things like in this design where it makes the ink stay in the pen and not glob onto paper like older ones would have. Patent Number: US8500354 Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic. This innovation of the ballpoint pen allowed the ink to be aqueous. Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why. Its an innovation because it is the modification of another design of the product. Patent Number: US8430591B1 Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic. This is an innovation that allows the pen to write more smooth than the original designs. Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why. This is an innovation because the rotatably holder on the pen holds the small rounded ball to smoothly write on something.

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Topic 2: Glue
Patent Number: US20130075649A1 Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic. It is important because glue is used a lot in the world for many different things. Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why. NOTE: Some patents can be argued to be either invention or innovation. Choose one and justify your statement. This is an innovation because the original design is not curable and is more of a pollutant. Patent Number: US20120316260A1 Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic. Its an innovation of the original design and it more useful. Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why. Its an innovation because the original design does not have high -strength and doesnt have a color indicator. Patent Number: CN103181859A Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic. Its a type of glue that is very durable and very useful for many things. Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why. This is an innovation because the original design of this glue couldnt be invisible or be used for nails.

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Patent Number: Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic.

Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why. NOTE: Some patents can be argued to be either invention or innovation. Choose one and justify your statement.

Patent Number: Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic.

Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why.

Patent Number: Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic.

Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why.

Conclusion
1. 1. Describe in your own words the difference between an invention and an innovation. An invention is something new thats never been created before now and an innovation is an improvement on an original design product of another innovation.

2. 2. Describe the most interesting patent you discovered. The first most interesting patent that I discovered was the patent for a water-based ballpoint pen which used water to make the ink less viscosity. The second one I found was the patent for nail glue because It uses a carbon coating to make it stronger.

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