Last month, Google introduced its new Patent Search feature (in beta), allowing users to dig through 7 million US patents from 1790 to mid-1996.
Inspired by Google’s new easy-to-use patent search, I decided to dig up some of the celebrity patents that have been issued over the years. The following patents are all by celebrities not usually known for being inventors. You can follow the links to the actual patents to learn more about each one.
1. Eddie Van Halen, Musician.
Patent #4,656,917 — Musical instrument support2. Michael Jackson, Singer.
Patent #5,255,452 — Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion
3. Abraham Lincoln, President.
Patent #6,469 — [Method of] Buoying vessels over shoals4. Julie Newmar, Actress (“Batman� TV Show).
Patent #3,914,799 — Pantyhose with shaping band for cheeky derriere relief5. Marlon Brando, Actor.
Patent #6,812,392 — Drumhead tensioning device and method6. Jamie Lee Curtis, Actress.
Patent #4,753,647 — Infant garment
7. Gary Burghoff, Actor (Radar on “M*A*S*H� TV Show).
Patent #5,235,774 — Enhanced fish attractor device8. Mark Twain, Author.
Patent #140,245 — Improvement in scrap-books9. Hedy Lamar, Actress.
Patent #2,292,387 — Secret communication system10. Harry Connick, Jr., Musician/Actor.
Patent #6,348,648 — System and method for coordinating music display among players in an orchestra
Photo by USPTO.
tobto on January 8th, 2007 at 5:14 am
thats really funny! I’m interested to search guys kind of Mao, Lenin, Hitler :))))