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That 'Eureka!' moment The adage "luck favors the prepared mind” applies more to the process of inventing than romantic notions of serendipity. |
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Small firms targeted in patent cases Patent holders have begun demanding licenses fees for common Internet technologies |
U.S. patent office swamped by backlog Without more funding, the wait for a patent could grow to five years |
Would-be inventors lose money in scams Many firms that promise to market new products instead take their clients' money and vanish. |
Video: Whiz kids at work Pa. high school students create a device that reads product labels for the blind |
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Whiz kids at work April 30: A group of Pennsylvania high school students explains their invention, a device that reads labels for the blind. MSNBC.com's Gary Krakow reports. MSNBC.com |
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