Uploaded March 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Have you ever thought, "wouldnt it be cool if…"
We exist to get product ideas out of your head and onto retail shelves, all at no risk to you.
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Patents & Pitfalls
Take a trip to the United States Patent and Trademark office to learn how the USPTO has evolved in the last 100 years, what a patent is and what makes our Everyday Edisons' products patentable.
Also, watch the scrapbook ladies' invention come to life through the industrial design phase of their product, see the first branding session and name choice for Wendy's idiom game and root along with the Murtagh family as their late father's invention gets put to the test.
This episode first aired on public television stations around the country in 2007.
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Want more Everyday Edisons? Catch Seasons 2 & 3 on hulu at hulu.com/everydayedisons
Have you ever thought, "wouldnt it be cool if…"
We exist to get product ideas out of your head and onto retail shelves, all at no risk to you.
Learn more at EdisonNation.com: bit.ly/1oxgQ9d
Patents & Pitfalls
Take a trip to the United States Patent and Trademark office to learn how the USPTO has evolved in the last 100 years, what a patent is and what makes our Everyday Edisons' products patentable.
Also, watch the scrapbook ladies' invention come to life through the industrial design phase of their product, see the first branding session and name choice for Wendy's idiom game and root along with the Murtagh family as their late father's invention gets put to the test.
This episode first aired on public television stations around the country in 2007.
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Want more Everyday Edisons? Catch Seasons 2 & 3 on hulu at hulu.com/everydayedisons
