For as long as I can remember, in order for a nonprovisional utility patent application to be awarded the all important filing date you had to file a specification that adequately described the ...

PHILADELPHIA — This artist is famous enough for his name to become an adjective recognizable over a century. His namesake Rube Goldberg machines make simple tasks ridiculously complicated. But did you ...

Even if you don’t know his name, you have likely seen a Rube Goldberg machine in a television commercial, cartoon or movie. The complicated mechanical systems are often made of everyday items cobbled ...